TAC Family Forums

Barre chords are a tough kind of rite of passage with guitar. I think folks that have fun with open chords are well… having fun!

Once that first Barre F is made though, all bets are off. Then it is just a matter of how fatiguing they can be at first, even if you follow all the advice for better barre chords, that thumb muscle will burn. Just have to exercise it a bit every day, like most things.

Trying to convince folks that it is worth the pain is a whole different story. For my Daughter the magic was putting a really nice Ibanez RG in her hands and watching her hit her first barre chord… Now she runs to them.