CitizenSnips
Well-known member
Well looking around the internet I see alot of people have a problem with Barre chords, and I'm no differen't. None of what I've read though has helped very much though because its usually something differen't than my problem. So I came to describe my specific problem and hopefully a few of you can help out.
Basically, I can't play a single Barre chord with all strings held down. When I play a Barre chord, E,A,G,B, and e all ring out beautifully. The only problem is the D string. No matter how I lay my finger on the fret, sideways, flat, even piggy-backing with my middle ontop of my index, I can never get the D-string held down and have it ring out. Its extremely frustrating, I'll press down so hard that my entire finger has deep lines running across it and the D-string still refuses to ring out. At first I thought it was my tiny finger, I'm only 15 and my hands aren't very big.
I found out its because when I lay my index finger down on the fret, right where my index finger bends (the crease of my finger) is where the D-string lays. So I tried moving my entire finger up, and then the A-string won't ring out. If I move it down, the G-string won't ring out, and so on. This problem is extremely annoying especially when playing finger-style. If I'm playing a barre chord, and have to pluck D, no sound comes out except a "pung".
I've tried so many techniques to try and fix this, but I've had no success at all. Does anyone have any ideas?
Basically, I can't play a single Barre chord with all strings held down. When I play a Barre chord, E,A,G,B, and e all ring out beautifully. The only problem is the D string. No matter how I lay my finger on the fret, sideways, flat, even piggy-backing with my middle ontop of my index, I can never get the D-string held down and have it ring out. Its extremely frustrating, I'll press down so hard that my entire finger has deep lines running across it and the D-string still refuses to ring out. At first I thought it was my tiny finger, I'm only 15 and my hands aren't very big.
I found out its because when I lay my index finger down on the fret, right where my index finger bends (the crease of my finger) is where the D-string lays. So I tried moving my entire finger up, and then the A-string won't ring out. If I move it down, the G-string won't ring out, and so on. This problem is extremely annoying especially when playing finger-style. If I'm playing a barre chord, and have to pluck D, no sound comes out except a "pung".
I've tried so many techniques to try and fix this, but I've had no success at all. Does anyone have any ideas?