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How many times have you tried and struggled with barre chords in the past?
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This week I’ve been yapping on about barre chords.
Some guitarists have no real desire to learn barre chords.
They just want to strum some simple songs or are happy fingerpicking some open chords.
This is all well and good, but let’s picture this…
On October 7th, 1903, esteemed engineer Samuel Langley was about to change the world.
He and his large staff have just created an aeroplane.
They were ready to test it and be the first ever to achieve the incredible feat of having a motorised plane fly in the sky.
Here is another 10-second tip for you to enjoy…
…And it’s all to do with barre chords.
Most guitarists want to be able to play better barre chords.
Rightly so, as playing a few barre chord shapes can really open up the whole of the fretboard and allow you to play many more pieces of music.
The problem – most barre chord tuition is downright awful.
I may be chased down, hunted, and burned at the stake by some guitar tutors stuck in their ways for saying this but sometimes… Chords are overrated.
…Especially if you play melodic music such as fingerpicking.
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an email from a chap called Tino.
If you didn’t see the email, he basically replied to me moaning and patronising…
All the beginner guitarists out there in the world who can’t yet play a C Major chord smoothly.
Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including advice from Billy Joel, Wotsit nightmares, and more. Here we go…
How many chord progressions do you know?
How well can you play them, and…
What can you play with the chord progressions you do know?
