The time stamp in the video that I linked specifically covers the pulsing of pressure that I described. I found it super helpful in improving all of my barre chords, including Bm. I thought that it might be useful to some of the other posters in this thread that were mentioning difficulties with B minor and other barre chords.
I know that for me, early on in learning Bm and F, I was using a lot of pressure to try to get the barre down and hold it. It would cause fatigue and pain, plus when I tried to move to those chords, it slowed me down because I was trying to get into the proper fingering and apply a lot of pressure. The technique in the video really helped me to understand how little pressure is really necessary to play a good barre chord which also allowed me to change chords much faster.
I had trouble getting this change accurate and fast, too (in Neil Youngās Harvest). I found it a lot easier if I played the A with a mini-bar using my index finger. It made a big difference, surprisingly. Try it, if you already havenāt.
Hi Dan, as a beginner myself I rarely offer advice over and above comments on what I like about someones performance of comment however in this instance I feel compelled to say āDontā Personally I feel that there is nothing more soul or motivation destroying than spending most of your time just practicing techniques.
We all pick up a guitar to play a song, right? So most of my enjoyment comes from actually playing (and in my case) singing songs that I enjoy. I have some easy ones that when I am frustrated, I dive back and play my āgo toā songs with easy chords and a few embellishments and the enjoyment returns.
The balance between playing songs and plugging away at a technique is really important, too much plugging away I feel is where some people get too frustrated and drop off the radar.
Also, some great additional advice in this post guys.
If playing a Bm for a few strums I donāt have a problem. If you donāt get it perfect on the first downstrum you have time to adjust before the next upstrum.
The issue Iām having with the John Lennon song is if I donāt hit it spot on I donāt have time to adjust before lifting fingers off for the Bsus2 and Bmadd11 and back to the Bm.
Agreed, but if you want to get the song down youāve got no choice but to plug away.
With any chord either open or barred posture plays a big part in how it feels, take this Bm we are talking about, and this is just talking about how it can feel not suggesting this is how to play it by the way, but we do have to be curious try pulling the neck of your guitar up and or moving the nut closer to your body sit up straighter or even stand, we have to make our bodies comfy as well as our fingers, its a big thing getting comfy imagine if your guitar was longer how hard it would be or if it was shorter how easier, Of course, I am exaggerating but for a reason we have to consider everything that helps us to achieve our goal.
I thought āMy Sweet Lordā would be a fun and easy songā¦lolā¦I would say it belongs in level 100 for for all the barre chords necessaryā¦lol. After about 2 or 3 weeks of really focusing and experimenting with posture and the timing of pulling the elbow in etc, I feel like a made a bit of a jump and Iām almost thereā¦ we keep trying and encouraging each other and we get there!
