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Tips playing F barre chord
Any tips for a newbie in playing the F barre chord.
I find it very hard to put my fingers in place. I've got a strat.
I hear you can move it up and down the neck for other barre chords.
TeaDrinkingGeek
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The "right" way to use my pinky.
Ever since I've been playing, I've always fretted a B chord like this:
Using my pinky to cover the D, G, & B string. However, while it works, it's never felt quite right. I've tried to use three ...
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Is this an acceptable fingering of a G Chord?
I'm trying out the CAGED method, and whenever I use the G Form, either my pinky can't keep enough pressure on the High E string, or my ring finger lies so flat that it mutes the A string.
By curling ...
Joe
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What's the correct fingering for a three string power chord on guitar?
Should you "barre" fingers 1 and 3, so 1 covers the lowest pitch note and 3 covers the higher 2, or should you use 1, 3, and 4 to play them?
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What is the proper way to play this chord?
I have been playing for a while, but for some reason, I still can't play this 5th chord cleanly without that center note. Even with muting it just doesn't sound clean.
Here's what I mean:
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Is the following non-standard fingering for an A shaped barre chord still technically sound?
Having slowly come to grips with E shape barre chords I'm now grappling with A shaped ones. The two popular fingerings I have seen involve one finger each on the 2, 3, 4 strings or alternatively ...
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Why play a B chord on piano with this fingering?
I am taking piano lessons, and my teacher has taught me the scales and chords/arpeggios for the keys of C, G, D, A, and E. So far, the fingerings for the chords of each key have been the same- ...
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When changing chords, is it always good to keep a finger in place?
When changing chords, they often have common notes, which can be fretted by the same finger. Leaving this finger in contact with the fretboard improves stability and avoids unnecessary motion.
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With black keys, does one use curved or straight fingers; what about curved or straight between the black keys?
When I play piano chords with sharps or flats, should my longer finger on the black key be straight or curved? I have tried both approaches, but I can't see any difference.
Also, should my fingers on ...
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How would you finger this Cmaj9 chord?
In this video, I'm having trouble with a particular chord.
The first chord is here:
e|-3-| 3
B|-3-| 3
G|-4-| 4 Fingers
D|-2-| 1
A|-3-| 2
E|---|
The G on top is giving me particular trouble. ...
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Piano voice guitar sheet music [duplicate]
Got a chord in music b c e b with square shaped bracket next to it. I tried playing it but finger can’t stretch to other b octave higher. It is on a P V G sheet music from Sound of Music.
