efficient fingering

thats one of those things u just do what feel right i you could ask ten different people and half would do it one way and half the other just do what is easier

Anybody else? Man, I'm having a heck of a time sliding that F to G chord. The song is Freewill by Rush. I would ask my teacher but he got the axe(no pun intended) Monday. I felt like a ping pong ball at class, no structure at all.

Hmm. I tried the bar, and using a- ring c- index f- middle. I think using 3 separate fingers is easier, but just by the hairs on your chinny chin chin. Remember that you only have to bar the 2 top strings in this situation, not any more. For the context of this song, I wouldn't bar, because it's not really necessary.

Just use that fingering (or a different one if you wanted) and use the open D shape chord for the other parts. No need to bar, really. Unless of course it's easier for you slide the bar, then by all means bar it.

I see it's a shift slide so the note must be strummed anyways. I'll keep working on it.

HEY WHERES THAT FROM IT SOUNDS PRETTY COOL

HEY WHERES THAT FROM IT SOUNDS PRETTY COOL

Rush "Freewill"

Heck yeah! It's on Rush "Exit...Stage Left" that I've got on record. I'll listen to it. I've tryed it and it sounds cool. I don't know what to tell you Sid. Tricky.

I have Guitar Pro 5. I also have Freewill on tab. By what GPs chord bank says, you do barre all of the chords in the sequence.

I guess it is the "proper" technique

just do a partial barre, like on an f chord.

I have Guitar Pro 5. I also have Freewill on tab. By what GPs chord bank says, you do barre all of the chords in the sequence.

I guess it is the "proper" technique

I don't always trust guitar pro.
just do a partial barre, like on an f chord.

That's what I've been doing, just a bit tough to slide that bar without loosing the note.

Using a barre is coming along, albeit slow. So, how to strum those 16th notes. It sounds like he's playing all down but man at a 156 beat that is pretty fast. What do you all think?

Sid,

I would play the passage with a 3 string bar. My middle (second) finger would play the A on the G string hiding my index on the G#. This way when you get further along all you have to do is drop your middle finger down a string to make a D chord shape. One finger moving up and down a string is as about as efficient as you can get here, I think.

Hope this helps.

Mike