I have always believed that my skill in programming was a gift delivered by means of a learning accident. And that if I cracked this accident, I can cause it to happen with anyone.
However today I discovered an easy way to learn chords and specifically barres accidentally.
The technique is not to focus on playing the chords and barres at all 
We are talking about two challenges:
1. Shifting Chords
2. Sounding Barres
For a long time I believed that to get smooth transition between chords I need to play a chord make a perfect transition to the second chord and then strum and so on. That is so wrong!
The best way to learn to instantly and quickly shift chords is to practice constant strumming.
You are allowed to miss the chord or even hold it wrong, but not allowed to missing a strum or a beat. Once you shift you practice to hold on to the beat and rhythm, very soon the chords just comes to you naturally. Even when some chords sound muted, or you just cannot transition that quickly, just keep strumming. Your brain will learn even when you don’t realize that it quickly needs to transition and will make that happen. It worked for me.
Last week I wanted to fix my long due challenge with Barre chords. But I had a compelling reason to work on my strumming instead! So I ignored the muted strings and just focussed on the strumming. I continued to work on the rhythm like everything was fine. And today I am surprised to notice myself barre effortlessly!
I had actually discovered and forgotten this technique when I had initially overcome my challenges with quick chord transitions. I owe a lot of thanks to Ashish. His methods of teaching was to get me to continue strumming and maintain the rhythm even when my chords where not sounding perfect and even when my left hand couldn’t keep up with the right.
