Free Online Guitar Lesson #14 - Beginners Guitar Course
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Channel: Ulrich Peise · 2014 · Education
Welcome to "Free Online Guitar Lesson #14 of the Beginners Guitar Course – F-Major Chord Exercises". For easier navigation in between the lessons, access to the Online Metronome, Online Guitar Tuner and other resources, please click on the link below. Don't worry, everything is free and there is no email-sign-up required: http://guitaringenuity.com/guitar-courses/beginners-guitar-course/resource-section/guitar-lesson-14-f-major-chord-exercises-2 Alright, at this point you should have had an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the fingerposition of the F-Major Chord. I fully understand if it still doesn’t sound perfectly. It will take a few weeks or even months until we get there. But by now, I hope that you know what you need to do with your fingers and that you build some strength in your wrist and hand. Like with all activities in life, learning to play the F Guitar Chord takes time and the more you practice the better you will get and the easier it will become over course of time. In this lesson of the Beginners Guitar Course we will focus on practicing the F-Chord by cheating a little bit. Well, let me take that back, because cheating might not be a good term. I’d rather say that we are going to be a bit creative and make our lives a bit easier. So, what does that mean? As mentioned, you know what to do with your fingers by now, right? You know the role of your index finger (covering all six strings at the same time), you know that your middle finger goes on the G-String, ring finger on the A-String and the pinky on the D-String. However, instead of playing this chord in the first, second and third fret, we are moving everything up on the fretboard just as shown in the video above. This way we don’t have to deal with as much tension on the strings. It is much easier to play the F Bar Chord closer to the body of your guitar. Now, of course, the caveat is that it’s now not called and F-Chord anymore. But for now, let’s don’t worry about that. Once we are comfortable to play this chord in the 5, position (meaning your index finger in the 5th fret and your other fingers in the 6th and 7th accordingly), we can slowly move things up until we are back to where they F-Chord should actually be played. Another cool thing is the fact that you can use this finger position all over your fretboard and it will always sound good. You can play whole songs that way, just like I did in the F-Chord Guitar Exercise video. As always, if you need any help, contact me directly via my website – see the link here: http://guitaringenuity.com/contact I'm known for going above and beyond when it comes to helping my students. However, please understand that based on the volume of questions I receive, it might just take a little longer to answer. Therefore, I do recommend that you just post your question as a comment here under the respective video. That way, you may have other viewers/students jumping in and provide you with a more timely answer. Your guitar teacher, Dieter Ulrich Peise
