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Guitar Bar/Barre Chords Tip #2 – Quick Practice Tip

Teacher: Steve Eulberg

About Guitar Bar/Barre Chords Tip #2 – Quick Practice Tip:


Hi, I’m Steve Eulberg here from myTalentForge with a Quick Tip.

When you’re playing barre chords- that’s a lot! You’re covering all 6 strings with your hand.

Sometimes people are trying to get everything right and they want to look at everything they’re doing. And it just takes a long time to get to the chord.

Here’s what I do. I make sure to get the barre down first, and then I use the other 3 fingers as a cluster.

So if I’m playing a major cluster in the E shape- I take what would be an E shape here, and I get used to lifting all 3 fingers off and dropping them at the same time.

Then I put the barre down first, then I put the cluster down following that. And then I get to putting them all down at the same time.

So break it up into little chunks, add one piece at a time. And see if that doesn’t help you!

About Steve Eulberg

An Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Steve Eulberg weaves mountain and hammered dulcimers with a variety of unusual instruments to create thought-provoking, smile-inducing, toe-tapping acoustic experiences. Steve also plays and teaches guitar, bass, piano and hand percussion.

After years of study in the school of musical hard-knocks, Steve earned a Master of Music Education degree from Boston University which informs his equipping and encouraging educational style. He teaches guitar, both kinds of dulcimer, mandolin, autoharp, African hand percussion and Irish Bodhran and Australian didjeridoo.

Steve, is has released 15 recordings, and is featured on numerous others. He has sung and composed for religious communities, union halls, picket lines, inter-faith retreats, mountain-top youth camps, as well as the more familiar venues: clubs, coffeehouses, bookstores, festivals, charity benefits and showcase concerts.

Steve is a member of Local 1000 (AFM), The Folk Alliance, BMI and the National Academy of Recording Sciences.

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