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Originally Posted by Murphster
I am self taught on guitar, and wouldn't consider myself very skilled or anything, but I have never played the "full" F chord, ever. Sometimes I will hook my thumb for the low E but that is about it.
I don't know if it is because I learned piano before guitar, or the style of music I play, but I don't see chords as having to have 6 notes just because a guitar has 6 strings.
I always used to play x03211 as F, and most tabs seem to suggest this. I then began to play x33210 which is really Fmaj7 and sounds really nice.
Recently however, due to some different songs I am playing I have began to play just x03210 and I like that a lot. Simple, sounds nice moving to C.
Barre chords might sound great but I very rarely play any, you really don't need to in order to play songs, sing and enjoy your music.
Learning is great but sometimes doing is more rewarding. And it takes a different kind of skill and fun to find a different way to play a song on your own rather than just playing every chord how it was originally written.
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It's true you don't need or want to be playing all 6 strings every chord. Less is more sometimes. I don't agree about Fmaj7 being a good substitute for F major.
I hardly ever play a full 6 note F barre but I may use the same chord shape to form, say, a G7 or A7 on the lower 4 strings for some rhythm so it's good to have these shapes available to you.