Guitar Chords: Songsterr "Waves" by Guthrie Govan, A Hard To Play Song On Guitar While he may not have found mainstream success (yet), Guthrie Govan is known as the consummate virtuoso in the guitar community, with the ability to play just about anything you throw at him - style, genre, artist, song, or otherwise. The Most Difficult Guitar Chord to Play: Ranking the Ultimate Challenge. Voting rules: Choose the chord you think is the most difficult! Jump to ranking. Gregor Krambs. Updated on Aug 22, 2023 06:48. Welcome to StrawPoll, where we dive into the world of music and uncover the most challenging guitar chord s to master! In the grand scheme of things, an F chord is not very hard at all. It is usually considered to be a difficult chord by beginner guitarists who are more used to playing open chords. An F chord cannot really be played without barring on the 1st fret, raising the low E to an F root note. What Are the Hardest Guitar Songs? 1. "Cliffs of Dover" By Eric Johnson. Cliffs of Dover is a timeless masterpiece, seamlessly combining beautiful melodies, and a dozen solos showcasing Eric's exemplary guitar skills while even the main riffs aren't simple by any means. In this video, I'm going to suggest a few contenders to the hardest guitar chord to play, ever! To me, 3 elements make a chord hard to play: #1 - Barring. #2 - Stretching. #3 - Low Frets. It's the combination of those 3 that makes chords very hard to fret! By Christopher Scapelliti. published 28 June 2018. Darrell Braun recently presented a video where he demonstrated 10 of his hardest-to-play chord voicings, all of which stretch over four or five frets. If you missed that lesson, you can check it out here. The open string C chord is among the first ones a beginner learns. It is relatively easy and involves only three fingers. However, the barred C chord is one of the hardest guitar chords for beginners. Although it involves the same notes but is rearranged (in a different order), this chord is more challenging to play. 0:00 / 7:25. Looking for a new challenge? Try out 10 of my favourite really difficult chords!If you enjoyed the video, be sure to like and Subscribe :)EXERCISE WORKSHEET: qkfI.