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Old 02-27-2017, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by reeve21 View Post
Thanks for that permission. I'm just getting into this stuff, working on Mark Hanson's Over and Out Rag. I've been playing a fully barred F chord for a long time, but moving in and out of it quickly and getting all the notes to sound is harder finger style than when you are just strumming chord changes. So I have been cheating a little bit and playing it on the top 4 strings only. Good to know I'm alone


You can play the notes in the F chord as you describe and get the 6th string F note by wrapping your thumb over the first fret. Might seem hard or awkward at first but a good technique to learn. This is a great tool to have for playing that chord in fingerstyle music.


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