[Anonymous]

Needless to say I'm new at playing the guiter. I have all the chords down except the g and f. I am getting a little frustrated.Does anybody know any easy way to play these two chords or should I just take up basket weaving as a hobby.

[strbfields4ever]

May I get some reeds and join you in basketweaving?
I know what you mean about those two chords.
I just got my first guitar yesterday. I have played a little ukulele, which I am glad I did too as it's clearly helped.
Isn't it possible to get variations of F & G major chords and just sub on the commonly accepted ones just for right now while we are new players? I am anyway. I see on Kirk's lesson for House of the Rising Sun that he has substituted an Fadd9, 5th fret, for the F chord.
As far as G goes, have you tried using 2,3 and 4th fingers instead of the usual 1,2 and 3? It worked for me. Just a thought.
Oh, have you seen the B chord???
Jeez.....I nearly fainted!
LOL

[Anonymous]

luckipep, finger the G chord however feels comfortable for you, but no matter what fingers you decide to use, your just gonna have to practice.

OR

you can just play pieces of the full chord.

Ex. for the G chord, just put you finger on the high E string on the third fret, and play that along with the 3 OPEN strings below it (D, G, B).
here, i'm sure you know how to read tab, this is what it looks like....

E-------3---------
B-------0---------
G-------0---------
D-------0---------
A------------------
E-----------------

hope that helps

[strbfields4ever]

scottieboy, that is cool.
Have you got one of those clever fixes for an F?!!

[Spyder F16]

I myself tend to use a tad of a modified G.

e[--3 (Pinky)
B[--3 (Ring)
G[--0
D[--0
A[--2 (Index)
E[--3 (middle)

If you want, you can change that b string to open, to make it a regular G.

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

F chord isn't that hard, it's probably because you are trying to play it as a barre chord. (meaning that your index finger pushes down all six strings while your other 3 fingers push down other strings) there is an easy way to play an F chord

e|----1---(index finger)
B|----1---(index finger)
G|----2---(middle finger)
D|----3---(ring finger)
A|--------
E|--------

you only play those 4 string, it's similar to the position you would use for a C chord, except move it all down one string, and the index finger pushes down 2 strings at once. it's really pretty easy. as for the g chord


e|----3---(ring finger)
B|----0---
G|----0---
D|----0---
A|----2---(index finger)
E|----3---(middle finger)

that is really the easiest way to play the G, I don't know if this is how you were trying it or not, you may have been trying to play it as a barre chord, okay. so, you can play a B-chord then? that one is impossible to play as anything but a barre chord, so it's easily the hardest of all the open major chords. I still have trouble with the B-chord, lol.

[Brad E]

I've been playing for about three months or so and the G chord is by far the easiest chord for me (besides Em of course)

here's a good exercise to get the G chord down

start out on E minor (000220) but use your 1st and 2nd fingers (index and middle) to play that.

Strum that chord a couple of times then move your 2nd finger down to the 6th string, 3rd fret, and your 3rd finger (ring finger) to the 1st string, 3rd fret. leave your 1st finger on the 5th string/2nd fret. You are now set up for the G chord.

Also your problem may be that you are trying to play the harder version of the G chord, in which you use 4 fingers (330023). The 3 finger G chord is so much easier (300023).

As for the F chord, try the same thing using 2 fingers instead of 3. hold down the 1st and 2nd strings on the first fret with your first finger, and the 3rd string/2nd fret with your second fret.

[allthumbs]

hi all. Keep in mind that the higher up the neck you go, the easier it is to bar a chord. Try the B chord at the 7th fret, it looks like an E with the bar accross the 7th. It does take a lot of time to be able to catch a good F or Bb chord near the nut. Be careful not to over practice those shapes. I sprained my thumb that way and couldn't play for 2 or 3 weeks.
allthumbs

[austin]

it took me a while to get an f chord also it took about a day of playing, put your index across first fret put your middle on the g string 2nd fret, pinky d string 3rd fret, than that other finger i dont know the name forbetween pinky and middle on the a string 3rd fret. i hope this helps because tabs confuse me and you can use a capo if needed instead of your index fingerjust make an e chord and move it down 1 fret i use a variation of this when i play house of the rising sun it may also just be easier to leave the bass e string open ( and not pluck it) so your index only has to coverthe b string and the e and play from the a string down. sorry if this doesnt help you but i just dont understand how else i could explain it.

[austin]

oh yeah the ring finger hahaha 8) 8)