That's a great lesson, Steve, you put a lot of work into that ... thanks.
Yes, barre chords are the bane of most beginners. They seem impossible at first, but as you say in your lesson, once you realize that partial barre chords are OK, that you don't always need to play the full six string chord, you can start with them and slowly get to the point where you can comfortably play full chords ... even then, you may choose to play smaller, more compact barre chords simply because they sometimes sound better.
The most important lesson to learn here is that ALL shapes, whether chord shapes, or the aggregate 'shape' of a lick or riff or even a full solo, can move up and down the neck and still retain its original sound. That truly is the beauty of the guitar, a trade off against its complicated layout. Keyboards make a big deal out of those sharp/flat notes by making them black and making them seem different. They're not ... the guitar fretboard makes no such distinction and that's a good thing.
Oddly, I was just starting to think about doing a barre chord lesson myself when I saw this!
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