Guitar Barre

 (8 customer reviews)

I bought this device ten years ago because although I play guitar, I found the traditional tuning awkward when using the guitar as a demo instrument in my early childhood music classes. Now I can tune the guitar into D major and have the children strum the guitar while Mom or Dad use the guitar barre to change chords. The parents are thrilled, especially those convinced they will never be able to play an instrument or sing in tune. Suddenly there they are sitting with their child and a guitar on their lap singing and playing music together. What could be better?

We start with "Row your Boat" and the children strum with no chord change. Then I teach the parents the one change. From there we add other familiar songs. I also have parents bring in those out of tune guitars they bought for christmas and I tune them to D major show them my guitar barre. Even the parents that go to lessons like the idea of this flexibility.

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I ordered the Guitar Barre. When I first got it, even though I can understand pretty much figure things out on my own. This item, came with directions and 2 bars that hold down the frets. One is a soft hollow rfubber like tube, and the other bar is a soild plastic(hard plastic,durable)unit. Which both can be exchanged from one to the other. The hand unit can fit easily on your or anyones hand VIA velcro straps. I personally use open tunings often, and this unit has made playing my style much more easier to play. No more cramped finger or sore finger. If you like to utilize the open chord tunings, then this is a great tool for playing without the strain. The construction is good and I predict that from my past week playing with it, I really enjoy playing my guitar agian(in open chord tuning). The owner and inventer, personally answers the information and calls for questions. And the feature that is best is the fact that you can fret a open chord or use the hard bar and do slide action...Read more

While it may be a crutch, so are a lot of other things that I enjoy using. Like cars, calculators, and matches. Sure, there is an older, harder way to do it. But why?

Honestly, I just felt motivated to balance out the one star reviews from people who have stated that they've never used, handled, or purchased the product. But don't take my five star rating too seriously; I haven't used it either.