Hi Thomas, if you’re like many of us, that F chord is going to be a challenge for a while! I’ve been at this for a couple of years, and I work to improve that beast. So if you’re satisfied with your progress on the rest of the skills, move on. Do keep the F chord in your practice routine. Persistence is key on this one, in my opinion.
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Good Morning just a small point really when Justin is playing C G Am F he starts playing Barre chord F then changes to another F chord shape I’m guessing that must be an easier way to play it, love the lessons many thanks for your help Justin
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@Stevieboro Good spot.
Justin begins to use the mini-barre F chord.
He also adds his thumb to the low E string fret 1 to get the bass note F. You can use just a 4-string version of mini-barre F or you could use Fmaj7.
Many thanks Richard Its certainly the best place for me learning the Guitar I could never clap in time now I can lol. I’m ok just slow at changing chords even though I know where they are guess at 71 I’m a slow learner but enjoying the journey
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Can someone tell me how the F is played in the first progression? No barre? Seems new to me
Justin is barring strings 1and 2 with his index in this example.
He’s fretting the 6th string with his thumb.
Then fretting the other 3 notes.
So same as the standard barre chord, but more advanced fingering.
You could also drop the thumb, and play the top 5 strings.
Or you could drop both the 5th and 6th strings and just play the top 4 strings.
Or even drop the 1st string and play the basic triad in strings 2,3,4.
These are all F Major chords/triads.
Cheers, Shane
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I just noticed that. I’m stuck on learning it the way he taught it and it looks different the way he’s doing it. Anyone got any tips?
There is often more than one way of doing things. Play whichever version you’re comfortable with. I don’t remember seeing a lesson on the thumb over version of F. I know the intermediate section of the website is due to be revised and I’m sure it will be in the new course when that is released. For now the regular barre version of F is totally ok to stay with.
It’s the regular barre that I’m struggling with, I find it very hard to get the b string right without sacrificing something else
The most common guitar problem known to man. If the b string is muted when strumming the chord will still sound good enough to play songs. Try moving the first finger up or down until you find just the right spot worked for me. Everyone has a slightly different shaped finger, you need to experiment to find the exact position that works for you.
It take a while to master the different barr chords. Go back to your back to the basic excersizes that Justin taught us. One minute changes with you F chord and an A minor maybe or whatever is giving you a tough time in the current progression you are working on.
Keep working on it you will get it and then you will be able to play every root note on the low E string as a root with it as its movable all over. 
Ontime
a printable PDF of these progressions would be great! Thanks Justin. You’re the best teacher.