Tips and Tricks on How to avoid painful 5th String Major Bar Chord

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Channel: GuitarWithBrett · 2011 · Music

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One of the most irritating chords on guitar is the major bar chord with its root note on the fifth string. No matter how long you play guitar, it just gets annoying sometimes. 

Fortunately, there are many ways to avoid it. In this lesson, I cover some of the ways I find most useful. 

Although there are these tricks, I do use the fifth string major bar chord quite often. But, it's nice to know how to avoid it when possible.

Good luck! 
lesson by Brett Sanders

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