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Originally Posted by Sage97
No clue why I struggle with it. Either the low E buzzes or the B and low E are muted. Plus I can’t play or mute the A string. Fretting is so much easier but it makes certain transitions funky.
Maybe I need to pull my left thumb out with a pair of pliers and make it longer.
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This is generally a great alternative to the e-position barre chord, and is movable anywhere on the neck. (I don’t have big hands, and use it on acoustics with 1 11/16” and 1 3/4” nuts - you don’t need to be on a vintage Strat to make it work, and you don’t need to have Hendrix sized hands.)
A couple of hacks:
- Try rolling your wrist and muting the 5th string with your thumb, instead of sounding it. You don’t always need it.
- Try rolling your wrist the other way, and let the index finger mute the 1st string, unless you need it.
- If you don’t need to strum the whole chord, use the technique of rolling the wrist to make either the upper or lower part of the chord sound cleanly. You can do this pretty quickly.
It takes practice to get good at using the thumb, but it’s really worth it, even for other chords.