Thumb Position for chords

sev112 · April 2022

bertie said:

sev112 said:

A lot of people seem to think that a F chord (or any of the e shape barres up the neck) require one to barre all 6 strings!?
whereas it is much easier to just barre the top E and B, and use the tip of the finger to get the 1st fret on the Low E.

but an F barre and E barre (shape defining not note defining) are two separate things, one required a straight finger across (but not necessarily fretting) all the strings , and the other one doesn't

unless Ive misunderstood what you've written

Yes, I meant playing F F# G G# … etc chords up the neck using the E shape and a first finger barre

and noting @Tannin ’s comes t about G7 (or any other chords that might need more than the 2 strings barred etc) , yes I concur, but I’d add that not many people complain about many chords, but almost everyone does about F on the first fret

bertie · April 2022

sev112 said:
Yes, I meant playing F F# G G# … etc chords up the neck using the E shape and a first finger barre

gotcha

but I’d add that not many people complain about many chords, but almost everyone does about F on the first fret

except me

BigPaulie · April 2022

If I'm picturing your hand position correctly it is much different than the way mine is when playing that E shaped partial barre.

However, that is not to say it's "wrong".

Why are you looking to change your technique? Is it causing a problem for you?

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