Anyone with any advice on how to play the A shaped barre chords sounding all the correct notes. I need to play Suzanne in a couple of weeks and I'd rather do it like that than with open chords
The first section of your ring finger bridges the three strings which form the basic shape of the chord.
that's the problem. how to do that without getting the high E string to thud.
I sorry to quote this but, "Practice makes perfect."
You'll get it eventually, you have no choice.
All of a sudden, it will just happen.
that's the problem. how to do that without getting the high E string to thud.
Learn it on a ukulele first. I couldn't do it at all on guitar until after I'd been playing the uke for a while (now I can do it using my index, middle or ring finger!). E chord on a ukulele is 4442, but the uke strings are slightly further apart so it is much easier and the skill is fully transferrable.
Who cares about the top note. :lol:
Who cares about the top note. :lol:
That's what I was taught! Just Barre the 4 strings with you ring finger, Index on the "A" string and play the middle 4 strings, even if you play the high "E" I was told it didn't matter?
Bob Jessie
Depending on the size of your hands you can also do the four-finger version of the chord - barre with the index and use fingers 2, 3, and 4 on the other three strings. It's a tight squeeze but I can do it up to the 10th fret or so.
Who cares about the top note. :lol:
Right. It's just another A note albeit an octave or two higher. Not needed.
"Nothing...can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."
Who cares about the top note. :lol:
Right. It's just another A note albeit an octave or two higher. Not needed.
Shhhh!!! Stop picking on that poor little A...you'll hurt his feelings! I used to do my B chord using mmoncur's method, but I always had trouble fretting the "important" B note, the one on the 5th string, properly.
i'm fingerpicking my song and the top note is the one i want! :shock:
Which specific chord are you trying to get?
Peace
Yikes- using the ring finger is a LOT easier. (I've been playing it with all four fingers- you get all the notes, but it took a LOT of practice to be able to change to it at speed.)
But if you want to finger pick it, I'd go with a separate finger for each string, rather than ring finger across.
Best,
Ande
mostly i'm trying to get the C chord.
If that G is your melody note try [x 3 2 0 1 3].
