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Barre Chord ExercisesThis page will provide you with some barre chord exercises, with backing tracks, to supplement the barre chord exercises from the introductory lessons. One of the main obstacles guitarists face with barre chords is the strength required in your fingers to play them cleanly and continuously. This lesson will help you develop your stamina and muscle memory for playing those awkward barre chord shapes. Of course, I won't be able to cover every possible chord combination, but what I'll do is provide you with some exercises that use a good range of barre chord fingerings, challenging you to change between different shapes up and down the neck. So, follow the chord "flow diagrams" below to create the progression. Suggested fingerings are provided, with the yellow barre representing your barred index/1st finger, just like in the barre chord lessons before. Download the backing tracks (right click and "save as" or "save target as") and put them on your mp3 player/burn them to CD if you like. Put the tracks on loop so you can get comfortable with your guitar and play the exercises uninterrupted.  Tip:
the jam tracks are at a set speed, so it might be useful at first
to start off slow using a metronome, and gradually speed up
until you're confident you can play to the speed of the tracks.Have fun! Barre chord exercise 1[ Download backing track ][ Hear chord sequence ]
...then repeat! Your fingers will no doubt ache a bit or cramp up after two plays or even just one play through this progression. Shake off, rest, stretch and continue... Barre chord exercise 2[ Download backing track ][ Hear chord sequence ]
Barre chord exercise 3[ Download backing track ][ Hear chord sequence ]
Work on these exercises every day, or as much as you can, and try and come up with your own barre chord changes. The more awkward the fingering, the better! Constantly challenge yourself.
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