Will there be an easier B chord in the future? There is an easier C chord that was taught, and that is the one I use because I can reach it, I can’t reach the traditional C chord.
Best not to worry about the B chord right now, Valerie. Just think of it as an exercise… the A chord move up two frets and using the pinkie and fingers 2 and 3. There’s more to come.
Tomas, I have very big fingers. I learned to make an A chord by using a D7 shape configuration of my fingers but squashed into the space of three strings in one fret. Give it a try 🙂
Hi Robert, you can use any form of the a chord that you’re comfortable with for now that you see in the video. Eventually, I’d like you to be able to do all of them… But that’s down the road quite a ways.
About barring three notes with one finger… I don’t think that’s gonna work. Whenever I try it I cannot make that first string sound right. The first string either gets muted or creates a wrong note for the A chord. I suggest sticking to what I show on the video.
Of course, I could be wrong and you have some new technique.
When should I proceed from the Recap of Major Chords to the F Chord? I can do the progression but have barely attained the slow speed play along. Should I keep practicing these to attain an acceptable speed or move on?
Hi Michael,
If you can keep up with the slow Play-Along I think it’s okay to move on. It might be good to go back occasionally and practice the Play-Alongs again but you’ll get a chance to play these chords again in the 5th Adventure.
Same thing with the F chord. It’s good to learn it now but don’t worry about perfecting it. There’s a whole course on Barre Chords after the 5th Adventure.
Hi David, thanks for your question. Are you asking about the difference between a B chord and an F# chord? If so they are very different chords.
I just noticed the sheet music has the symbol B/F#. What that means is that it’s a B chord with the F# note in the bass.
Stretching from the second fret to the fourth fret is difficult for many people. This chord is not very important right now, but you’ll want to work on stretching for the future. You can use the B chord just as an exercise to help work on this stretch. You’ll find it a combination of stretching and adjusting your left hand and wrist position.
Be patient and don’t take it too seriously. Again, we will NOT be using that B chord too much right now.
When learning guitar there are some things that come pretty quickly. But as you progress you’ll find a lot of what you do is work on things a little at a time. At first it seems like you can NOT do it. But over time little by little, it gets better.
One of the concepts I’m teaching in the Guitar Gym is to not get hung up on getting something right away. This was not easy for me to get at first. I like things to go in a logical step-by-step fashion. Master this concept, then move on to the next, then the next… I wanted to see clear step-by-step progress.
This isn’t quite the way it works when learning a language such as music (or dance, or Spanish… ).
Will there be an easier B chord in the future? There is an easier C chord that was taught, and that is the one I use because I can reach it, I can’t reach the traditional C chord.
Best not to worry about the B chord right now, Valerie. Just think of it as an exercise… the A chord move up two frets and using the pinkie and fingers 2 and 3. There’s more to come.
Tomas, I have very big fingers. I learned to make an A chord by using a D7 shape configuration of my fingers but squashed into the space of three strings in one fret. Give it a try 🙂
That’s cool. I’m glad you found something that works.
Sorry, that was the A chord that I can bar with my first finger.
Hi Robert, you can use any form of the a chord that you’re comfortable with for now that you see in the video. Eventually, I’d like you to be able to do all of them… But that’s down the road quite a ways.
About barring three notes with one finger… I don’t think that’s gonna work. Whenever I try it I cannot make that first string sound right. The first string either gets muted or creates a wrong note for the A chord. I suggest sticking to what I show on the video.
Of course, I could be wrong and you have some new technique.
I can make a bar chord with my first finger on all three notes of this chord – is that recommended? I can do any of the alternates you show here.
Hi Tomas,
When should I proceed from the Recap of Major Chords to the F Chord? I can do the progression but have barely attained the slow speed play along. Should I keep practicing these to attain an acceptable speed or move on?
Thanks Mike
Hi Michael,
If you can keep up with the slow Play-Along I think it’s okay to move on. It might be good to go back occasionally and practice the Play-Alongs again but you’ll get a chance to play these chords again in the 5th Adventure.
Same thing with the F chord. It’s good to learn it now but don’t worry about perfecting it. There’s a whole course on Barre Chords after the 5th Adventure.
What is the difference in B and F# ,so what I am asking is it ok to play F# instead of B as I can’t reach my fingers from fret 2 to fret 4?
Hi David, thanks for your question. Are you asking about the difference between a B chord and an F# chord? If so they are very different chords.
I just noticed the sheet music has the symbol B/F#. What that means is that it’s a B chord with the F# note in the bass.
Stretching from the second fret to the fourth fret is difficult for many people. This chord is not very important right now, but you’ll want to work on stretching for the future. You can use the B chord just as an exercise to help work on this stretch. You’ll find it a combination of stretching and adjusting your left hand and wrist position.
Be patient and don’t take it too seriously. Again, we will NOT be using that B chord too much right now.
When learning guitar there are some things that come pretty quickly. But as you progress you’ll find a lot of what you do is work on things a little at a time. At first it seems like you can NOT do it. But over time little by little, it gets better.
One of the concepts I’m teaching in the Guitar Gym is to not get hung up on getting something right away. This was not easy for me to get at first. I like things to go in a logical step-by-step fashion. Master this concept, then move on to the next, then the next… I wanted to see clear step-by-step progress.
This isn’t quite the way it works when learning a language such as music (or dance, or Spanish… ).
Here’s an exercise that will help: https://realguitarsuccess.com/courses/warm-up-exercises-2/lessons/finger-stretch-a-thon/
Be patient and do a little at a time.