Barre Chords: The Complete DiY Guide

by Dave Wirth

Barre chords tend to be a vexing problem for beginners, and yet they are considered a milestone on the path of learning guitar. Barre chords can easily triple the amount of songs someone can play, easily tripling our enjoyment of guitar. Knowing how to play them helps us invest, long term, in the well-being of our guitar happiness. Barre The Complete DiY Guide starts with the absolute basics of learning how to play barre chords, and eventually helps you to learn the most commonly played barre chords in pop guitar's repertoire. It's emphasis is on helping the complete novice to guitar invest in barre chords with a minimum of effort. Barre chords may be tough, but this book gives you an easy path to learning them.

126 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 18, 2013

About the author

Dave Wirth has been playing guitar for close to twenty years. He managed to successfully audition for the guitar program at Bowling Green State University without knowing how to read music notation. He graduated with a bachelors degree in jazz and classical guitar performance from Bowling Green. Despite having only three years of experience on classical guitar, Dave also successfully auditioned for the Eastman School of Music, widely regarded as a top music school. He graduated from Eastman with a masters degree in classical guitar performance and literature.

Dave moved to Austin, Texas in 2003 to escape the depressing cold of the Northeast. Three years later he opened The School of Feedback Guitar. The School of Feedback Guitar continues to grow to this day.