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I just joined the forum and I do not want to be duplicating this question though I find references to it, I am not finding help. I have been playing for five weeks. My teacher ensures me that I am making great progress and told me to stay away from teh F chord because I was getting very frustrated. Does anyone have any advice, so far I am havent had problems learning anything new except this.
it's a really tough chord to play, especially if your guitar action is too high. you can try learning it higher up on the neck until your fingers get stronger.
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Thanks for the tip !!! I have learned about 12 chords, the pentatonic scale and a blues scale so far and am excited about my poor fingers and calluses hehehe but chord switching is coming slow and that F chord isnt coming along at all. I guess reading comments here I am not doing bad for only playing for five weeks now, but at 28 I feel like an old dog learning new tricks !!!
You are progressing well but you need to allow yourself a bit more time when handling barre chords.
Barre chords, especially the F chord requires considerable amount of finger strength and flexibility, which comes in due time.
Also, I would start practicing barre chords farther up the neck ( i started from 7th fret ) and would move down as I got comfortable.
For what it's worth my teacher's advise on handling barre chords.
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but at 28 I feel like an old dog learning new tricks !!!
OKAY.. Dont EVER... EVER EVER EVER say that again. :D :lol: Thats the first F chord advice I can give you.
I am much older than that and just started not too long again, and there are much older dogs than me that have just started.. So, your the young pup. :lol:
Secondly, What they said up there. Ya know most everything with the guitar so far has come at a time when I just really didnt think about it. Just did it.
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I'm guessing you're working on the 4-string F chord, rather than the barre.
Place your ring and middle fingers first, then lay down the index. Everyone's finger length is a bit different, and trying to barre two strings and then add the other fingers often leads beginners to convoluted hand positions and deadened strings.
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I'm guessing you're working on the 4-string F chord, rather than the barre.
Place your ring and middle fingers first, then lay down the index. Everyone's finger length is a bit different, and trying to barre two strings and then add the other fingers often leads beginners to convoluted hand positions and deadened strings.
This makes sense as I started with my index finger and worked up, and lose my two high strings after that, I will try it Backward
and to Geoo Keith is my inspiration !!! I have wanted to play guitar forEVER taught myself piano as a child but KU really made me go after guitar and man how I love it !!!
the F chord still cramps my hand. and Ive played that sucker for forty years.
still , it's an awesome chord. those long vibrations are killer.
I started playing guitar at 39.
I much prefer the full barre versions (A or E shape) to the 4 string "open" version although I can play it.
That said, if I need a quick open F, 90% of the time I will use the 3 string version which is 5000% easier:
e|--x---
B|--1---
G|--2---
D|--3---
A|--x---
E|--x---
It has all 3 necessary notes.
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I found the bar chord article I'd referred to in another thread:
Thanks for all the info, who knew such great sites existed !!!!!!!!
but at 28 I feel like an old dog learning new tricks !!!
OKAY.. Dont EVER... EVER EVER EVER say that again. :D :lol: Thats the first F chord advice I can give you.
I am much older than that and just started not too long again, and there are much older dogs than me that have just started.. So, your the young pup. :lol:
Secondly, What they said up there. Ya know most everything with the guitar so far has come at a time when I just really didnt think about it. Just did it.
Thirdly, welcome to GN.. Any fan of Keith Urbans.. is a fan of min... errr is a great person.. Sorry, I am not good enough for fans yet.
Geoo
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Old Dog? quite a few of us starting in our 40s and older. 28? your still wet behind the ears.
If you need an F chord but can't quite play it, you can susbstitute an Fmaj7.
XX3210
Usually will sound ok in most songs.
Welcome to Guitar Noise,
Old Dog? quite a few of us starting in our 40s and older. 28? your still wet behind the ears.
If you need an F chord but can't quite play it, you can susbstitute an Fmaj7.
XX3210
Usually will sound ok in most songs.
Ok i dont know what xx321 means I assume xx means dont strum 2lowest strings but what is the 0 if 321 is fingers and what fret is it on
