This may take some time to become comfortable but once you feel confident that you can get both notes to ring clearly, try adding the middle finger on the G string at the 2nd fret. Often times, a diagonal angle is a good place to begin, meaning that the middle knuckle of your index finger is under the nut (the white piece at bottom end of the head stock). Experiment with the angle required to get both notes to ring with clear, bell-like tones. Making sure your left thumb is slightly peeking up over the guitar neck, first attempt to place the index finger down alone. As we can see from this shape, we need to “bar” the high E and B strings with the index finger on the first fret. Lets start with the F barre chord in 1st position. If you are one of those guitarists in the midst barre chord hell then I am here to tell you that there is la path to success! Here are some tips to help you with barre chords. One issue is that every guitarist’s hands and fingers are shaped a little differently, so can be hard to nail down one specific technique that works for everyone. Everyone who has learned them knows that they can cause a lot of frustration and discomfort. Barre chords can be the breaking point for many beginning guitarists.

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