Although the chord in your video lesson isn't strictly an F as you wrote it, the principle of using a thumb to fret or often deaden the low E is quite common in many styles of playing. It's only in classical guitar where its a taboo. There are advantages of knowing all the ways of using your hands on the fret, and not to get hypnotized into thinking that there is only one way to finger a chord. In finger style and rhythm playing its often about getting your hand in position for the next chord change. So the few strings you hit in the F are probably fretted. the others you don't need but lead in to the next chord - partials and passing chord I believe they are called. A beginner should certainly learn the craft by using clean shapes and full strums at first - but take a look at your favourite singer songwriters and see that they add colour to the song by using all kinds of partial chords, substitutions, inversions etc etc - and lots of thumb! That sounds complex on paper but its often about playing open strings or even only 4 strings. Often a semi-dead bass note is better than a full ringing one - its all about getting some style in your playing. So -long live the thumb. Note to purists - so I use both techniques - sue me! 
51 2008-01-05 10:44:29
Re: F Chord (12 replies, posted in Acoustic)
52 2007-10-26 04:58:53
Re: Stars Guitars (23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
John Lennons' Rickenbacker or Casino. George Harrisons' Psychodelic painted Strat would also be cool.
Theres gonna be a fight - I might just settle for the Gibson acoustic s they play in Help!
53 2007-10-25 18:59:48
Topic: Stars Guitars (23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
If you could own the actual guitar of any musician, alive or dead, whose guitar would you choose?
54 2007-10-23 15:57:16
Re: New Administrator - Guitardocphil (44 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Doc
Vat het niet persoonlijk op als mensen je plagen vanwege je Engels. Ze realiseren zich niet hoe moeilijk het is om in een andere taal te schrijven. (I do! 
)
Ze bedoelen het niet kwaad.
Keep posting!
Suze
55 2007-10-23 08:32:11
Re: The source of this topic: what was the best concert you ever saw (11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Hard question Doc - but the one that is burned into my memory is 1993 -Sheffield - Depeche Mode Devotional Tour.
I was (and am- but I could go on about their last two poor efforts) a big fan of "Depressed Mode" as we occasionally call them, and that era "Songs of Love and Devotion" was their golden age - dark, rich, anthemic music. The stage set was fantastic, but Dave Gahan was at the height of his "rock star" life style crisis - he was edgy and magnificent - beard, tattoos, stripped to the waist, swan diving into the crowd, really connecting. The vibe was fantastic - DM fans are fanatical and a bit weird - lots of singing and arm waving. Now we are older it doesn't seem the same. Shame. Also a shame that Gahan had to be wasted to be loose! That year he died and was revived after an OD. Now he's nice and clean (and looking good - his new album is out soon). It was a night to remember ..... here's a taste I found - wow brings it all back - was it really- 15 years ago!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b52jhFg930w
56 2007-10-23 06:38:33
Re: Which album is on your player this week? (45 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Today its Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime - which is her ode to New York. Because I saw her live last night at the Paradiso!!! Yayyy - wooohoooo.
I love the Paradiso because you can get up close - its not allocated seating. So being a (sort of) player I was watching her technique - because I have never managed to get her sound. She is definitely not orthodox- holds a plectrum all wrong and seems to finger pick at double speed with a strong and rapid alternating thumb - but - she's fantastic and a great band too.
All her albums are vvgood in any case. Most people at work say - "Oh - I vaguely remember her" - mouse brains! (You can tell I' m all Vega' ed up this morning - she is one of my idols!)
Here's sort of what it was like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfwxVGPsNIw
57 2007-10-23 06:01:58
Re: Where IS everyone??? (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hi Kath
What I like about Chordie is its got people who are as guitar nuts as me. I am female and 50 and was always a bit embarrassed by the fact my hobby is guitar playing . I have yet to meet a female co-worker with the same hobby - its usually tapestry weaving or kiddy raising - so I can only talk guitar to the guys, if anybody. So a big wave from Europe to you.
Suze
58 2007-10-22 04:31:19
Re: Acoustic Slide Tuning for Unplugged (5 replies, posted in Acoustic)
http://www.activemusician.com/Eric-Clap … -c587a1008
book number two on the list
you might also like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyAAxKlrQM
I recently bought a cheap dobro, and I am trying to learn Walking blues as my first tune!
Suze
59 2007-10-21 15:01:54
Re: Which album is on your player this week? (45 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Just got Reverend and the Makers - State of things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmfFmxJhtxU
and downloaded Radiohead In Rainbows (paying 3.45 pounds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCKob1YKOU
60 2007-10-21 14:37:59
Re: Acoustic Slide Tuning for Unplugged (5 replies, posted in Acoustic)
open g - according to the transcription book
dgdgbd
62 2007-10-18 16:31:56
Re: acoustic junk (5 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Keep up the good work Doc
Suze
63 2007-10-18 06:36:44
Topic: New Categories (1 replies, posted in About Chordie)
There are a lot of repeated topics from beginners - especially on barre chords and strumming. It is worth having a separate category with stickies that collates the best advice for beginners?
Also people like to point out great players on youtube - is it worth a category of its own "Great Playing on YouTube" ?
64 2007-10-18 06:25:43
Re: Have you seen this guy?!? (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Yeah - i posted him some time back -old fretkiller is teaching me a thing or two by watching him. I've subscribed to his videos and every week or so something new is uploaded - so he's still active. Great voice too.
65 2007-10-17 19:25:42
Re: DISCUSSION AND CRITICS: BRAND NEW ALBUMS (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well woman actually, but no problem I have the new Radiohead download to listen to soon.
Su
66 2007-10-17 18:52:44
Re: DISCUSSION AND CRITICS: BRAND NEW ALBUMS (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Ok Doc, here's a review for your topic.
I have recently listened to Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full. Now, I am an admirer of McCartney, have seen him live and bought many of his albums over the years. He is a musical great. His last album was good, so I had higher expectations of this one. But it did not deliver. In fact its like McCartney revisits his least successful styles from the last 20 years, and repeats the same mistakes. Nod your Head and Gratitude are simply bad.
Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOyo53mbgfM
these are songs that should be beaten to death with a stick rather than be released. Most are maudlin and average. Because I can't bear to be disrespectful to a hero of mine, I will ask my cat. Heads or tails? He's showing me his tail end- so its a cats a@@e and a paws down for Mr Thumbs Up. If you don't believe me ask him yourself why his album sucks:
67 2007-10-17 06:59:49
Re: Has anyone else noticed... (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Rain - the beatles
68 2007-10-16 18:44:57
Re: Which album is on your player this week? (45 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hey Doc - I will try to post to your new album topic - when I actually get one!
Playing Newton Faulkner -Hand Built by Robots - I like! (is that a new album?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23aw1480WJk
Suze
69 2007-10-15 16:56:02
Re: THE CHORDIANS WHO ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY FROM WHAT DO THEY THINK (31 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Well I'm Suze, I am English but live in the capital city a very low and swampy spot in North Europe where I commute 5 days a week to my stressy job, and relax by messing with guitar playing.
I focus mainly on acoustic but do have a few inexpensive electrics to hand, bought mostly on a whim because they look good (yes I am that shallow). I am strictly an armchair player, and my cat is my worst critic - he hates slide guitar and the Cmaj7add9 chord in particular.
There is a five in my age - and its not at the end. However if I write it backwards I am a teenager!
I was and am knocked out by the transpose and songbook functions here. The technology is well thought out - my regards to the designers - do they ever post here? Come out of the shadows ...
I am usually suspicious of web forums but this place seems friendly and respectful due I think to the nice mix of ages and nationalities and a shared interest and humility. So I will chip in in my own way with questions and answers when I can, in my own mystical way.
Greetings to all of you...
70 2007-10-15 08:43:08
Re: New Administrator - Guitardocphil (44 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Best wishes on your promotion, Doc
Groetjes/Bon Chance
Suze
71 2007-10-15 08:25:05
Re: why cant we all just live in peace(like the hippies) (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Oh - I forgot
We cant all live like the hippies cos someone has to pay tax so they can draw dole.
Cynical Suz
72 2007-10-15 08:23:03
Re: why cant we all just live in peace(like the hippies) (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Hey Upyerkilt
Anyone who read it all deserves a prize.
Scots and drunk? I would never have believed it.
73 2007-10-15 08:13:34
Re: I'm giving up! (21 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Vulcan mind wrestling?
Suz
74 2007-10-15 06:02:55
Re: I'm giving up! (21 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Its a great clip - especially like "Drifting"
Here's someone taking some of the mystery out of the magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdabJ9_3YTA
See -its not hard! (ha ha ha )
75 2007-10-15 05:37:30
Re: I know nothing. (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Start with the basic open chords in major minor and seventh and learn them - A C D E G - thats only 15 to remember. Visualise them as shapes on the fret board. Finger each one carefully and play them in four strums (1,2,3,4) and change to another, and so on until you don't delay - use a metronome. I recommend changing back and forth between pairs over and over again in the morning. Muscles learn - next day you will have improved. Think about which fingers need to move - you don't have to take all your fingers off all the time to change chords. This will take weeks of hard work .....
Do go to a guitar shop and look at well set up guitars or have your guitar looked at. Check you are in tune to concert pitch. If you are badly set up, it will make life harder. If you are tuned too high it will make life harder. If your strings are too old it will make life harder. If the guitar doesn't suit your hand size it will - you get the picture!
At least - do buy an instructional DVD or check out
http://www.justinguitar.com/html/beginners.html
and
http://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php
Stick at it and in a years time you'll be a star!