I'm quite comfortable with the occasional barre chord, but have recently begun playing in an open tuning that allows rhythm playing in many keys without ever a barre.
The tuning is what I call DUDGAD, where the A string is tuned Up to Bb.
It is good for playing in the keys of D, G, C, F and Bb major along with at least 2 minor keys. For many of the chords the top A & D strings ring out unstopped, so you're getting quite rich voicings. It really works well for strong rhythmic accompaniment playing, and works well alongside a conventionally tuned guitar.
Maybe one day I'll do a video, but I'm still developing patterns in DUDGAD.
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