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You are absolutely correct, @Moonhare when you treat this like a special small win, because it is. The Friday lesson is one of the things that makes Tony’s method help people who have played for years see improvement and helps those who are new to guitar make unusually quick progress. The transitions are really critical to playing a song, but also to getting the shapes down cleanly.
Now here’s the thing about the E shaped minor barre chord, it’s not necessarily easier. Without that middle finger, your index barre has one more string to fret. The knuckles are fatter than the spaces between them, so that one string can be a real challenge for some of us. That’s why it’s so important to use that middle finger as a lever to help the index barre. But also, you are learning to lead with the ring/pinky pair, which is very useful.
And speed is nothing in itself. Learning to make a clean barre is the biggest step you can take in chord shapes. Without a clean barre, none of the different shapes and positions are going to work. Once you can make that barre, you can move forward to learning all the different barre chords and using the whole neck of the guitar.
Great win. Thanks for sharing your success with us.
MG 😀