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Hi Laurajean, I like the suggestion of the bar chord, skills course: super to get to the little things that matter but hard to see at the beginning. Such as….take a moment and figure out what strings are being barred by your “Bar”. Most of us expend way to much energy pushing on, squeezing strings already covered by other fingers. Take the Bar F for example. The low E , the B and the High E. Try making the bar without fingering the chord part, just bar the Low E the B and the High E and figure out how to make those notes ring out (don’t play the other notes just the three that the bar covers.) You may find that by directing pressure with a little practice, you don’t have to wear out your hand to make a bar chord. I think Tony demonstrates this in the bar chord course…and if he doesn’t…., well,…. he should. (I think he does). : )