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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No Music Discussion > Musician's Lounge > GUITAR MEGATHREAD: Dan Erlewine is your huckleberry
 
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SnackinStarfish
Feb 27, 2007

 My classical guitar instructor taught me a very simple and useful trick for barres the other day: Just use the weight of your arm to hold the barre. Try fretting only the lowest note, using the barre finger as a pivot point, swinging your arm up and down so you can feel the point where your arm is using your finger to pull the strings towards the fretboard. Then barre the other strings once you have used this pivot/swinging method to find the weight of your arm. It should take a good deal of tension out of your wrist if you do it right.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No Music Discussion > Musician's Lounge > GUITAR MEGATHREAD: Dan Erlewine is your huckleberry