"F" Chord - are you nuts?

WhiteMaleRat

11233X or 112331

What you think I'm an octopus?

Schmakt

hahahah.

I felt the exact same way not too long ago...

but now I can play that fucking F-chord ANYWHERE on the fretboard. just keep doing it... b/c, DAMN, it's a great feeling when you finally get it!

62strat

this one is even more fun once you get it...


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Schmakt

Originally posted by 62strat
this one is even more fun once you get it...


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hey... that's the first note of SOLAT, isn't it?

rock on.

62strat

Originally posted by Schmakt
hey... that's the first note of SOLAT, isn't it?

rock on.

si. and F at the 5th position? (is that what they call it?) well its an f nonetheless

Schmakt

Originally posted by 62strat
si. and F at the 5th position? (is that what they call it?) well its an f nonetheless

eh... I don't care.
It's the first chord of SOLAT.

djyman15

move it back two frets and switch the order, you got "Got me wrong" by Alice in Chains

mccreadyisgod

And so barre chords were born...

LennonLives86

i always played F like this;

1123xx


one less finger but makes it a little easier. only 3 fingers then

mccreadyisgod

E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

The F chord is the same as an open-E chord moved up one fret. Just barre the whole first fret with your index finger, and fill in as listed above. Once you learn the F chord, you can play any 6-string barre chord by moving the whole thing up and down the neck. Move it up two more frets, and that's a G chord. Up two more, that's an A.

Schmakt

Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

The F chord is the same as an open-E chord moved up one fret. Just barre the whole first fret with your index finger, and fill in as listed above. Once you learn the F chord, you can play any 6-string barre chord by moving the whole thing up and down the neck. Move it up two more frets, and that's a G chord. Up two more, that's an A.

that was one of the coolest things to learn... like, that moment right b/t where you don't know something and you do know something... that's cool. that was a great one...

sirjamston

i still hate barre chords to this day. been playing a while now and i'm getting quite good but i often get a rattle on at least one of the barred strings. dammit!

vacatetheword

F is the bane of my existence. It's just wrong, it should be illegal. I could never play it and then I finally started to sort of be able to and that's the exact moment that I broke my first guitar string. So F is evil, evil I tells ya!

PJJC6203

Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

The F chord is the same as an open-E chord moved up one fret. Just barre the whole first fret with your index finger, and fill in as listed above. Once you learn the F chord, you can play any 6-string barre chord by moving the whole thing up and down the neck. Move it up two more frets, and that's a G chord. Up two more, that's an A.

When I first started playing,I used all my first to play an F chord! aww the memories:P

WhiteMaleRat

Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

The F chord is the same as an open-E chord moved up one fret. Just barre the whole first fret with your index finger, and fill in as listed above. Once you learn the F chord, you can play any 6-string barre chord by moving the whole thing up and down the neck. Move it up two more frets, and that's a G chord. Up two more, that's an A.

I'm working on this, and I think you need a bionic index finger or have a steel plate planted in it.

Gossard_Is_God

You will realise how easy it is soon enough.

mccreadyisgod

Originally posted by WhiteMaleRat
I'm working on this, and I think you need a bionic index finger or have a steel plate planted in it.

Well, until you get used to the idea... try either the high 2/3 of the chord or the low 2/3 of the chord.

Low:
E--X
B--X
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

High:
E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Ring
A--X
E--X

Barring the whole fret with the index finger will take time... mostly it's finger strength, but you need to develop the dexterity, too.

mca47

yeah, the F is pretty much evil. the B is a real bitch for me too. i can play both of them, it just takes a while to "setup".
having tiny hands with an acoustic doesn't help. oh well..

mccreadyisgod

So, what about a Bbm-maj7? Anyone?

djyman15

So, what about a Bbm-maj7? Anyone?

ok ill try

E
A 1
D 3
G 2
B 3
E 0

mccreadyisgod

Originally posted by djyman15
ok ill try

WRONG!

E--1
B--2
G--2
D--3
A--1
E--x

You forgot to make it minor... B-flat-minor, major-seventh.

I just tried to play that. Man, that's kinda tough.

dreadhead

im yet to master the F chord. i used to hear guitarist wine about it and thought that it couldnt be that hard. now i know that the person who came up with it must have been severly doubled jointed

HYLA

Originally posted by djyman15
ok ill try

E
A 1
D 3
G 2
B 3
E 0

That would be C7. If you really want a challenging chord, try this one, it opens the Smashing Pumpkins "Mellon Collie" piano track.

E -
A 10
D 7
G 7
B 9
E 10

WhiteMaleRat

Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
Well, until you get used to the idea... try either the high 2/3 of the chord or the low 2/3 of the chord.

Low:
E--X
B--X
G--2--Middle
D--3--Pinkie
A--3--Ring
E--1--Index

High:
E--1--Index
B--1--Index
G--2--Middle
D--3--Ring
A--X
E--X

Barring the whole fret with the index finger will take time... mostly it's finger strength, but you need to develop the dexterity, too.

good advice - 1123XX is good for now.......

waldo22

Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
WRONG!

E--1
B--2
G--2
D--3
A--1
E--x

You forgot to make it minor... B-flat-minor, major-seventh.

I just tried to play that. Man, that's kinda tough.

it is tough, but once you get it, you can incorporate it into things you never thought of... crazy. it almost has a jeff buckley tonation to it, but i've never heard it used, that i've noticed anyway, in any of his songs.

E--1--index
B--2--ring
G--2--middle
D--3--pinky
A--1--index
E--x--thumb (yeah right)