Originally Posted by: gabrieltelloI recently watched the F major cord video in Chapter 5 of GF1 and I've been having trouble getting the B and high E strings to ring out.[/quote]
Can you identify what exactly is causing the trouble? Is it string spacing? The right angle or microplacement of your fingers?
[quote=gabrieltello]I can play the standard method perfectly but I want to follow the course along as instructed so I'm also trying to get the variation down as well, but it's giving me so much trouble. Any tips?
As long as you can play some version of the chord, then that's fine to use & keep going forward in the course!
You can always make time in your future practice to review & refine this or any problem area.
I have these options for beginners struggling with the F chord.
First just try this triad. This is enough to get the sound of the chord because it contains all the notes you need. For now just do that when you need to practice an F chord in time.
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|--1--(C)-------------|[br]|--2--(A)-------------|[br]|--3--(F)-------------|[br]|-----------------------|
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Or if necessary break it down to the diad version.
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|--2--(A)-------------|[br]|--3--(F)-------------|[br]|-----------------------|
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At a different practice session try working on the upper part. Again this is enough to create a full F chord because it has all the notes you need, just a different voicing!
|--1--(F)------------|[br]|--1--(C)------------|[br]|--2--(A)-------------|[br]|-----------------------|[br]|-----------------------|
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Eventually you can work on putting them together after you get a handle on those two different "pieces" of the traditional F chord voicing.
Also, electric guitars do typically have lower action & smaller neck profiles. Are you playing acoustic or electric?
Hope this helps!
