Originally Posted by: cary.johnsonI have been practicing the lessons every day for four months. Made some proress but the F chord is still a huge challenge. My index finger just cant seem to hol down the first two strings. Watching the lessons it looks easy, like they are hardly applying any pressure. It also looks like they are holding it on the fret bar. To make it work I have to use vise grip force on the strings.
Everything Dave said,
Plus...........
If you haven`t already, check to see if the action on your guitar ( height of strings) can be lowered and a smaller guage of strings switched in. Both of those will help make fretting barre chords a bit easier.
Hope that helps.