Need Help playing "F" Chord

This is a great thread, i started learning from a book yesterday, and can play C and G7 cleanly and switch between the two at a decent speed smoothly but got stuck on F. After reading this thread i could play F cleanly after about 30 mins practice. I can change into it with any speed yet but i reckon i'll get it down in a few days if i practice.

I found the easiest way to play it was to have my other two fingers putting pressure on my index finger whilst putting pressure on theyre own strings two. This helped a lot because my index finger isn't strong enough yet without the help of the other two.

 

i have problems with F too......similarly.. D ....but i guess the trick is in keep practising...and i guess..(to the person who started the thread) try playng songs wth chords you can play...tht way u dnt get discouraged....!

 

Still waiting for the response:

Guys ...

Is there more than one way of playing the F chord?

I play it this way:

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1,2,3 are order of the fingers ..

On one site I saw:

100011 -> (How the hell can you do that?)
000200
034000
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Please help!

Ramesh

 

saw someone commenting about short fingers
i have short fingers, i didn't have problem with the F chord, my playing sucks
my teacher has shorter fingers, he doesn't has any problem with the F chord, his playing rocks
God's queer ways i guess

 

@floyd&vodka
that's the actual way to play it really
actually its more like
111111 << this is called barre
000200
003400
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barre means u spread the index finger flat (i prefer to do it sideways, maybe because i have short fingers) over all the six strings
u don't mute them
u actually press and make sure that they all sound
may take time

 

Really simple!!! Hold first fret of E and B strings with ur first finger!! THt's it!!

But the easier way to play F Maj is to play the Barr form i.e....


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


To learn chords perfectly, Use Guitar Pro 4 or 5..

If you have it, Open the software, Press "A", the chord chart will come. See how many shapes available for a chord and how they sound. Also see the fingering.. That's how I have learned chords

 

nice suggestion

 

yaar Meri Baat Sun,mera Saath Bhi Yahi Problem Thi.i Think Yr Main Proble Is That When U Play The F Chord U R Unable To Hold The 1st Fret Of 1st And 2nd String Together And When U Try To Play The Chors The String Gets Muted.isn't That Ur Prob.well Boss If Thats Ur Prob There Is A Very Easy Way To Get Rid Of It.when U Play The F Chord Don't Bend Ur 1st Fingre,i Mean Hold Da 1st And 2nd String With Ur 1st Fingre So That Ur Fingre Is Like This HOPE ULL UNDERSTAND)

 

That's some serious effort to explain vivek. BTW I found playing the full-barre easier for F than the half-barre. It will ONLY COME BY PRATICE. Don;t get disheartened.

 

The F chord wasn't complicating at all, in fact, it was unbelievably trouble-free, if you can't manage such an easy task...you should just give up your hope..you're good for nothing.

 

Ayeshaa dude or dudi. That's not good. F is difficult to play for normal people. For ones with giant hands its another story.

 

Hehehe, I can't play it myself either..lol I'm a complete novice! And I need help

 

^ The answer to that lies in what you said earlier:

 

I was just bluffing..hehehehe! Silly me!

 

I could say for sure this was no ordinary topic! And a funny fact...that keep-fingers-behind-fret was something I realized the first 5 minutes I held my guitar, not even something someone told me...and F was the first chord I had learnt. Its C# and others like em that cause more panga...
Different strums, sorry strokes for different folks! rofl.
-regards,
ultrabot90

 

hey can any one tell me how to play chords i got the diagram and all the things related to chord but i hadnt get the step how to play chords
what i hv to do is not clear yet the main ques. is which strings we have to play and what we hv to do ...??????????