[Hurricane Ramon]

Originally Posted by 3woodengulls

Been playing for a few years. I can hold my own but I can't get over the fatigue I get in my hand playing songs with multiple barre chords. Set up on my guitars is fine, technique is fine. I used to be a heavy weight lifter so I always thought I had strong hands! Not sure what else to try but it really frustrates me with this. Hoping someone has some ideas or hand exercises that willl help. And no I am not looking for work around. I don't mind playing barre chords I am talking about songs that are entirely using them.

Hello 3woodengulls :

Loosen up man - - literally loosen up the string tension a whole step , and -
continue as normal with out as much strength required to play . I can barre
with normal standard [ E ] but It wasn't the case when I began . I tuned down
a whole step .

This means one big thing , you play longer and in doing so you get to
increase your forearm's strength .

It's in the forearm you get your power to do barre chords period ,
not your hand and fingers albeit they do work as well .

He's a true comparison . I know several athlete musicians who are
strong as oxen and can play barre chords with out effort or fatigue ,
these guys are not what I call pro musicians at all but they can barre
like the devil with out a problem . These dudes are thrash metal players
mostly , some are country pickers though and can wail .

To help you further your ability to have more/stronger stamina I'd pick
up a weight lifters bar and do curls , both the regular and reversed .

https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercis...l-reverse-curl

Guarantee you it won't be an issue in a years time if you do this .

There are two rules about tuning a guitar :

• #1 : There Are No RULES
• #2 : Refer To Rule # 1

EZ :

HR