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Originally Posted by lcjones
Rich,
Your text book bar F sucks. To be blunt.
Here it is in tab form.
a Bar F
E|--1----|------|------|
B|--1----|------|------|
G|-------|--2---|------|
D|-------|------|--3---|
A|-------|------|--3---|
E|--1----|------|------|
Now lets cheat a bit ...  ( hey, tricks of the trade )
E|--M---|------|-------|
B|--1---|------|-------|
G|------|--2---|-------|
D|------|------|--3----|
A|--x---|------|-------|
E|--x---|------|-------|
... and in time you'll be doing ...
E|--M---|------|------|
B|--1---|------|------|
G|------|--2---|------|
D|------|------|--3---|
A|------|------|--3---|
E|--x---|------|------|
Ok, in the bottom illustration you see an F7maj chord.
It is essentially the same as a Bar F if done correctly.
Notice the "M" on the high E. The "M" is for "mute".
We're muting the high string by just barely touching the
string. The "X's" on the low A and E are ignored altogether.
They dont even get touched or your thumb can lay over them,
creating the same mute as on the high E string.
Basically, you're strumming from the D string up (or down physically)
The high E is muted by your index finger even though your index finger is
working the first fret, second string. Don't even worry about the low A and E.
The benefit from doing your bar F in this fashion, is that you are not expending all of your energy on the bar. Rather, you are now concentrating on the "core" F chord without the barring.
Hope this helps.
Les
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Whos' text book chords are you talking about? Kirk shows the text book chords,but in the lessons and in posts states several times,like you, that playing full chords is not always the way to go.
It is good to know the basic form because in fingerpicking you will at times need to play that F on the 6 string. Also there can be a lot of hammer ons and pull offs in a bar chord. Much simpler to do them with the bar in place.
EDIT
I just noticed your Fmaj7 chord is missing the natural 7. You have from top to bottom. 1,5,3,1,5. It needs to be 1,5,3,7,5. or you could play the top E string open which would make the 1 a 7. You could then choose to mute or not the 1 on the D string or reinforce the majorness of the chord by doing a 7 there too. depending on the feel of the chord you were going for.