Re: Trouble Playing A major
There's a few things that can make barre chords (the 2-2 is a mini-barre) easier:
- use the bony side of your index finger closer to the thumb to fret, rather than center finger
- pull your fretting hand back using your whole arm rather than squeezing with the thumb as hard as you can
- use your picking hand arm to stabilize the instrument body, with elbow countering the forward movement from the other arm pulling back
when starting out any fretted instrument you can make it easier:
- lower string action
- lighter gauge strings
- tune down a half step (these all reduce string tension at the expense of tone/sustain)
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