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Guitar chord forum - chordie → Acoustic → B is being B**ch
Hey guys .... I have been progressing pretty well with learning a lot of chords via Chordie (All hail chordie). However, I am still having issues with "B". Is there any easier way to play it or a more effective way to play this chord? Appreciate any help all you guitar guru's.
There are some short cuts and no doubt you will be told about each of them by this time tomorrow. The truth is that B and the entire B family of chords is no more mysterious or difficult than any other.Sure you have to move into the uncharted terf beyond the third fret and do a bit more than shit a couple of fingers, but honestly your hand streches further to mach a G or G7 and people seem to have no problem with a B7 and that is more crowed that a B. You can learn to use a B chord just like you have any other chord. Just keep practicing and soon you'll feel the pride and satisfaction of being able to play it confiditly. Red carpets will roll, champagne will rain from the heaven and so on. Good luck and don't give up!
- Mike
How are you playing it just now? I returned to the guitar about a year ago after a 12 or so year lay off. I played electric mostly then and found B pretty easy barring with my index finger and barring the B,G and D strings with my ring finger. However that is easier on an electric and since my return I have moved to acoustic and find that method a lot harder. I now play it still barring with my index but using a different finger on each of the B, G and D while muting the low E with the end of my index. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Practice playing an open A chord using your 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers. Then when you are comfortable with that slide it up and throw on the barre and hey presto.
You'll get there in the end.
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Hey guys .... I have been progressing pretty well with learning a lot of chords via Chordie (All hail chordie). However, I am still having issues with "B". Is there any easier way to play it or a more effective way to play this chord? Appreciate any help all you guitar guru's.
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hi surenpererarara
I cheat wit hB.
what I do is not perfect but better than me trying to play it perfectly and making a pigs ear out of it.
I play HB like this
x
3
3
3
x
x
sometimes I try and play
x
3
3
3
2
x
but that sounds just as bad sometimes as me trying to play it properly.
and sometimes, I see if Bm sounds ok. Sometimes you can get away with it but not sounding exactly the same as the song you are trying, in fact it changes it completely <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing"> so if need be, I change a song <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">
Good luck
Ken
I agree with Alvee33. A good practice for a B chord is to start out with an A chord (2nd fret). Hold an A chord with your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers. Then slide your fingers (while still holding A) up two frets. And, add your index finger to the 1st string (2nd fret). You now have a B chord! After you master this change, try going backward (to the A chord.) Of course, you can also barre with the index finger to get the full sound. But, if you're just starting, this exercise would help you form a good-sounding B chord.
Hope this helps!
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How are you playing it just now? I returned to the guitar about a year ago after a 12 or so year lay off. I played electric mostly then and found B pretty easy barring with my index finger and barring the B,G and D strings with my ring finger. However that is easier on an electric and since my return I have moved to acoustic and find that method a lot harder. I now play it still barring with my index but using a different finger on each of the B, G and D while muting the low E with the end of my index. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Practice playing an open A chord using your 2nd, 3rd and 4th fingers. Then when you are comfortable with that slide it up and throw on the barre and hey presto.
You'll get there in the end.
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