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Originally Posted by GuitarFundi
"A Chord" Shape? Which?
1) I have seen with index D , middle G, ring B strings and don't play high E
2) I have seen with index D , middle G, ring B strings and play high E
3) I have seen index only & it hits all D, G, B strings and mutes the high E
4) I have seen middle D, index G, ring B and play high E
Which do you use or WHY do you use which one? Thanks  |
As others have said, depends. Most of the time I'll just barre it with the index finger. Sometimes when I want to add the suspended notes, or move from A to Amaj7 to A7, or something similar, I'll play it 3-fingered.
Same thing when I transpose the A shape up the neck. Though, sometimes if just playing rhythm, I'll barre strings 1-5 with the index, and use my pinkie to bar 2, 3, and 4 two frets up, and use the middle finger against the index and ring against the pinkie, so it looks like the Spock "Live Long And Prosper" sign. But I was a Beatles head, so when I was in high school learning guitar, I saw George Harrison's video "I Got My Mind Set On You" and he fretted his A-shape chords this way, so I followed suit!