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Originally Posted by NotAnyGood
Hi,
I would like to know from more experienced players how you play A-shaped barre chords. I have trouble keeping enough pressure on the barre to get a full six string barre while also getting the other three strings in a more common finger formation. I also simply have trouble fitting all three fingers within the frets. I usually try to avoid the chords altogether, make a "mini-barre", a thumb-over or most commonly barre the six strings with my index and the remaining three with a pinky-barre. The latter takes a lot of effort for me.
Any cheats or tricks you'd be willing to share? Besides practice, practice, practice.
Thanks!
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I used one finger to place the half-barre A-shape in the open position. I use the pad of my index finger to do that. After practice it will bend sufficiently to clear and prevent muting of the high E string.
This really is the preferred method for placing the A-chord shape. It frees the other fingers to use for coloring the sound when needed.