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Originally Posted by C Squared
Yes, they do get easier!!!
Initially I would suggest taking your middle finger and adding it on top to your first finger. This will give you just a little more pressure then with your first finger alone. It also helps to try and use your first finger slightly angled so that you are using a little bit of the flesh on the side of it. Start with an A minor barre in the V position (5th fret). When trying to find the sweet spot for your first finger to barre, play each string individually and listen for notes that won't ring true. If you have any, take your finger up and off and move it a little up or down. I've seen a lot of people just try and slide their finger up or down and then all they are doing is moving the strings a bit sharp, and still have the same dead notes.
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Learned this way back in the 90's! Take two fingers to barre. Take a song book with chords, and try to play everything you see there in barre form. You'll find some songs more interesting that way, and you get to train your barre finger. Eventually, you'll develop strength, and you'll get impatient with two-finger barres, that you can do it already with one!
Extra tip: Work on those minor barre chords (with root on the 6th string), and dominant 7ths(root on 5th). If you can nail those and make every note ring, you can nail other barre forms. Pay special attention to them.
Am
E|----5----|
B|----5----|
G|----5----|
D|----7----|
A|----7----|
E|----5----|
D7
E|----5----|
B|----7----|
G|----5----|
D|----7----|
A|----5----|
E|----x----|