I was wondering for some suggestions on a specific fingering, basically any barre chord that is like an A, but further down the neck, so for example a C, I try to finger it like this, but it's pretty sloppy to change to/from:
(ignore the periods, I'm just using them to make stuff line up)
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x 1 1 1 1 1 .......... 3rd fret
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..... 2 3 4
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it's a really tough stretch, but my fingers don't seem fat enough to cover the three strings with only two fingers.
I've also tried to do it like this:
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x 1 1 1 1 1 .......... 3rd fret
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..... 3 4 2
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so that my fingers can kind of keep the same familar shape of lots of other barre chords, but this seems pretty hopeless.
Any help?
Thanks,
Tyler
Hmm I don't understand what you mean, your diagrams seem a bit odd...
You say you are trying to cover 3 strings with 2 fingers? You say like an 'A' ? Do you mean exactly like a 'B'? Are the numbers supposed to represent the finger? In which case I'd say your first diagram is correct but that doesn't show 3 strings with 2 fingers.
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Or with finger #'s
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111111
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That's how I do it. It is pretty difficult, but you'll get it with time. Some people may disagree but I concentrate on the final 4 strings and make sure most of the force on the barre finger is on the thin strings.
I do it like this (using your diagram method)
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X 1 1 1 1 1 (3rd Fret)
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X X 3 3 3 X
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Sorry about the confusion. The chord I was using as an example was a C chord - x35553 (where these numbers represent the fret played). The way I wrote it in the diagrams was where the numbers represent the finger in that position.
