Chords for F major chord - 3 ways! | Beginner Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
91.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
E
Gb
Bbm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] F major.
This chord is the queen mother of all chords that almost every
beginner guitarist seems to dread.
It's funny because the F major was actually
not my arch nemesis.
I actually love and respect the F major.
It's more so the B
major.
If you actually watch my B major tutorial you know you know my history
with that chord.
But anyways I'm gonna show you a couple of different ways that
you can play this chord.
Obviously the dreaded bar shape and then I will show
you guys an open alternative that you can try that's also just a really
beneficial shape to know.
So starting off we're actually gonna build an E major
shape.
So hopefully you watched the previous video where I showed you guys
how to build E major.
Now what we're gonna go ahead and do from here is build
it with our last three fingers just [E] like this.
So we have our E major and just
[Gb] move the shape up a fret.
[N] Now this is where the fun comes in.
We have half the
chord built already but now we need to take our index finger and completely
bar it over the first fret here on all of the strings.
Make sure that you are
using the side of your finger here.
You don't want it to lay flat on like
this.
That's just gonna be way too hard and you're just gonna sit there and
struggle.
Also take notice how my index finger is curved.
I'm not trying to keep
it completely straight up and down.
It has a nice little bow to it so that way
I can really just dig in there with my finger.
It really helps you out.
So just a
little tip there.
So [Bbm] when formed correctly your F major should sound like
this with all of the strings being played.
[F]
[N] Now if you find this shape to be
a little too hard, a little too painful, an alternative that you can try is the
open F major.
So what you can do is take your index finger to the first fret on
the first two strings and do a partial bar.
I am NOT the biggest fan of partial
bars, just gonna be completely honest here.
So what I prefer to do is just take
my first finger, place it on the second string, my second finger on the first
string, and that's how I like to do that.
So whether you decide to do the partial
bar or how I do it, we're gonna go ahead and move on from here.
So we're gonna
take our third finger and move it to the second fret third string followed by our
fourth finger third fret fourth string and from here we're gonna strum from
the fourth string on down.
So all together it should sound like [F] this.
So as
you can hear that shape is much lighter and very crisp actually.
It's great to
have both options not just you know because one's easier to play than the
other, but they're both different voicings and so depending on a certain
song that you might be playing you might like the open one better.
It might sound a
little bit better for that song than the barred version.
[B] And another thing is if
you are planning to be a gigging musician and you're gonna be [N] playing two
to three hour sets, you really don't want to be playing bar chords for the entire
set.
I don't think anybody becomes physically immune to the pain of playing
bar chords.
You just tolerate them better over time.
You just you can play them a
little bit longer than you could before and then it starts to hurt again.
So
that's how you build the F major.
Our last chord in our basic major chord
series is the G major which is a chord that I recommend every beginner learns
how to play [G] because it's basically everywhere.
G major is [Bb] everywhere.
It is
in so many songs.
So keep your guitars tuned up and I will see you guys in the next tutorial.
This chord is the queen mother of all chords that almost every
beginner guitarist seems to dread.
It's funny because the F major was actually
not my arch nemesis.
I actually love and respect the F major.
It's more so the B
major.
If you actually watch my B major tutorial you know you know my history
with that chord.
But anyways I'm gonna show you a couple of different ways that
you can play this chord.
Obviously the dreaded bar shape and then I will show
you guys an open alternative that you can try that's also just a really
beneficial shape to know.
So starting off we're actually gonna build an E major
shape.
So hopefully you watched the previous video where I showed you guys
how to build E major.
Now what we're gonna go ahead and do from here is build
it with our last three fingers just [E] like this.
So we have our E major and just
[Gb] move the shape up a fret.
[N] Now this is where the fun comes in.
We have half the
chord built already but now we need to take our index finger and completely
bar it over the first fret here on all of the strings.
Make sure that you are
using the side of your finger here.
You don't want it to lay flat on like
this.
That's just gonna be way too hard and you're just gonna sit there and
struggle.
Also take notice how my index finger is curved.
I'm not trying to keep
it completely straight up and down.
It has a nice little bow to it so that way
I can really just dig in there with my finger.
It really helps you out.
So just a
little tip there.
So [Bbm] when formed correctly your F major should sound like
this with all of the strings being played.
[F]
[N] Now if you find this shape to be
a little too hard, a little too painful, an alternative that you can try is the
open F major.
So what you can do is take your index finger to the first fret on
the first two strings and do a partial bar.
I am NOT the biggest fan of partial
bars, just gonna be completely honest here.
So what I prefer to do is just take
my first finger, place it on the second string, my second finger on the first
string, and that's how I like to do that.
So whether you decide to do the partial
bar or how I do it, we're gonna go ahead and move on from here.
So we're gonna
take our third finger and move it to the second fret third string followed by our
fourth finger third fret fourth string and from here we're gonna strum from
the fourth string on down.
So all together it should sound like [F] this.
So as
you can hear that shape is much lighter and very crisp actually.
It's great to
have both options not just you know because one's easier to play than the
other, but they're both different voicings and so depending on a certain
song that you might be playing you might like the open one better.
It might sound a
little bit better for that song than the barred version.
[B] And another thing is if
you are planning to be a gigging musician and you're gonna be [N] playing two
to three hour sets, you really don't want to be playing bar chords for the entire
set.
I don't think anybody becomes physically immune to the pain of playing
bar chords.
You just tolerate them better over time.
You just you can play them a
little bit longer than you could before and then it starts to hurt again.
So
that's how you build the F major.
Our last chord in our basic major chord
series is the G major which is a chord that I recommend every beginner learns
how to play [G] because it's basically everywhere.
G major is [Bb] everywhere.
It is
in so many songs.
So keep your guitars tuned up and I will see you guys in the next tutorial.
Key:
F
E
Gb
Bbm
B
F
E
Gb
_ _ _ [N] F major.
This chord is the queen mother of all chords that almost every
beginner guitarist seems to dread.
It's funny because the F major was actually
not my arch nemesis.
I actually love and respect the F major.
It's more so the B
major.
If you actually watch my B major tutorial you know you know my history
with that chord.
But anyways I'm gonna show you a couple of different ways that
you can play this chord.
Obviously the dreaded bar shape and then I will show
you guys an open alternative that you can try that's also just a really
beneficial shape to know.
So starting off we're actually gonna build an E major
shape.
So hopefully you watched the previous video where I showed you guys
how to build E major.
Now what we're gonna go ahead and do from here is build
it with our last three fingers just [E] like this.
_ So we have our E major and just
[Gb] move the shape up a fret.
[N] Now this is where the fun comes in.
We have half the
chord built already but now we need to take our index finger and completely
bar it over the first fret here on all of the strings.
Make sure that you are
using the side of your finger here.
You don't want it to lay flat on like
this.
That's just gonna be way too hard and you're just gonna sit there and
struggle.
Also take notice how my index finger is curved.
I'm not trying to keep
it completely straight up and down.
It has a nice little bow to it so that way
I can really just dig in there with my finger.
It really helps you out.
So just a
little tip there.
So [Bbm] when formed correctly your F major should sound like
this with all of the strings being played.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Now if you find this shape to be
a little too hard, a little too painful, an alternative that you can try is the
open F major.
So what you can do is take your index finger to the first fret on
the first two strings and do a partial bar.
I am NOT the biggest fan of partial
bars, just gonna be completely honest here.
So what I prefer to do is just take
my first finger, place it on the second string, my second finger on the first
string, and that's how I like to do that.
So whether you decide to do the partial
bar or how I do it, we're gonna go ahead and move on from here.
So we're gonna
take our third finger and move it to the second fret third string followed by our
fourth finger third fret fourth string and from here we're gonna strum from
the fourth string on down.
So all together it should sound like [F] this. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So as
you can hear that shape is much lighter and very crisp actually.
It's great to
have both options not just you know because one's easier to play than the
other, but they're both different voicings and so depending on a certain
song that you might be playing you might like the open one better.
It might sound a
little bit better for that song than the barred version.
[B] And another thing is if
you are planning to be a gigging musician and you're gonna be [N] playing two
to three hour sets, you really don't want to be playing bar chords for the entire
set.
I don't think anybody becomes physically immune to the pain of playing
bar chords.
You just tolerate them better over time.
You just you can play them a
little bit longer _ than you could before and then it starts to hurt again.
So
that's how you build the F major.
Our last chord in our basic major chord
series is the G major which is a chord that I recommend every beginner learns
how to play [G] because it's basically everywhere.
G major is [Bb] everywhere.
It is
in so many songs.
So keep your guitars tuned up and I will see you guys in the next tutorial. _
This chord is the queen mother of all chords that almost every
beginner guitarist seems to dread.
It's funny because the F major was actually
not my arch nemesis.
I actually love and respect the F major.
It's more so the B
major.
If you actually watch my B major tutorial you know you know my history
with that chord.
But anyways I'm gonna show you a couple of different ways that
you can play this chord.
Obviously the dreaded bar shape and then I will show
you guys an open alternative that you can try that's also just a really
beneficial shape to know.
So starting off we're actually gonna build an E major
shape.
So hopefully you watched the previous video where I showed you guys
how to build E major.
Now what we're gonna go ahead and do from here is build
it with our last three fingers just [E] like this.
_ So we have our E major and just
[Gb] move the shape up a fret.
[N] Now this is where the fun comes in.
We have half the
chord built already but now we need to take our index finger and completely
bar it over the first fret here on all of the strings.
Make sure that you are
using the side of your finger here.
You don't want it to lay flat on like
this.
That's just gonna be way too hard and you're just gonna sit there and
struggle.
Also take notice how my index finger is curved.
I'm not trying to keep
it completely straight up and down.
It has a nice little bow to it so that way
I can really just dig in there with my finger.
It really helps you out.
So just a
little tip there.
So [Bbm] when formed correctly your F major should sound like
this with all of the strings being played.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Now if you find this shape to be
a little too hard, a little too painful, an alternative that you can try is the
open F major.
So what you can do is take your index finger to the first fret on
the first two strings and do a partial bar.
I am NOT the biggest fan of partial
bars, just gonna be completely honest here.
So what I prefer to do is just take
my first finger, place it on the second string, my second finger on the first
string, and that's how I like to do that.
So whether you decide to do the partial
bar or how I do it, we're gonna go ahead and move on from here.
So we're gonna
take our third finger and move it to the second fret third string followed by our
fourth finger third fret fourth string and from here we're gonna strum from
the fourth string on down.
So all together it should sound like [F] this. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ So as
you can hear that shape is much lighter and very crisp actually.
It's great to
have both options not just you know because one's easier to play than the
other, but they're both different voicings and so depending on a certain
song that you might be playing you might like the open one better.
It might sound a
little bit better for that song than the barred version.
[B] And another thing is if
you are planning to be a gigging musician and you're gonna be [N] playing two
to three hour sets, you really don't want to be playing bar chords for the entire
set.
I don't think anybody becomes physically immune to the pain of playing
bar chords.
You just tolerate them better over time.
You just you can play them a
little bit longer _ than you could before and then it starts to hurt again.
So
that's how you build the F major.
Our last chord in our basic major chord
series is the G major which is a chord that I recommend every beginner learns
how to play [G] because it's basically everywhere.
G major is [Bb] everywhere.
It is
in so many songs.
So keep your guitars tuned up and I will see you guys in the next tutorial. _