Topic: From Em to F#
I am struggling to get from EM to F#. Lots of chord changes can be done by placing one finger first, but this one throws me. I'm trying to play Hotel California, and get caught out nearly ebery time.
- alvee33
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Re: From Em to F#
Try playing the Em with your 3rd and 4th finger, then to go to F# you just need to slide up 2 frets and stick on the rest of the F shape.
Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??
Re: From Em to F#
Yeah, that works, thank you.
- alvee33
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No problem. One of the things I found when I first started was that you tend to learn a chord and then just kinda accept that that is the only way to play it. After a while you start to realise that there are numerous ways to play every chord. I don't just mean there are different places on the fretboard to play it, but there are many ways you can place your fingers to play them. If one way is difficult because of a difficult change in a particular song, then use different fingering so that it's an easier change.
Put simply - the chord changes determine which way to play the chords. Depending on what song I'm playing, I can play the same chord with 2 or three different fingerings. Make it as easy for yourself as possible.
Is anything really made up of zeros and ones??
Re: From Em to F#
alvee33 wrote:
No problem. One of the things I found when I first started was that you tend to learn a chord and then just kinda accept that that is the only way to play it. After a while you start to realise that there are numerous ways to play every chord. I don't just mean there are different places on the fretboard to play it, but there are many ways you can place your fingers to play them. If one way is difficult because of a difficult change in a particular song, then use different fingering so that it's an easier change.
Put simply - the chord changes determine which way to play the chords. Depending on what song I'm playing, I can play the same chord with 2 or three different fingerings. Make it as easy for yourself as possible.
Great info...I wished someone had told me that about 35 years ago...sure would have saved me a lot of frustration... So much good info on this site
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