Correct, and the filtering at the moment is useless if you don’t know what other chords are used in a particular songs. If I pick F why doesn’t is list out all the songs with F in them?
That’s the problem. I don’t know about keys and what chords go with what! The filtering needs to work better.
It would indeed, as that would help a lot.
Back to the original topic:
I watched one of Justin’s video lessons a couple of days ago. In it he played a four chord progression using only 6th string barre chords. The progression was from the F chord up to the D or E from memory. I was very happy to see that, because I’m struggling with the 5th string A-shape barre chord. I find it much more difficult than the 6th string E-shape barre.
The problem with songs with the F major chord is the key of C, F, and Bb are the only keys with an F major chord. For some reason Justin has overlooked this and has no songs in the Key of C in grade 1 or 2 exept Jambalaya and it only has 2 chords C and G.
@DavidP maybe you could bring this to Justin’s attention and he can do 5 or 6 grade 1 and 2 songs using C, F and G. In the mean time @Stuartw look up songs lesson on Youtube using C,F and G
Also C, F, Am and G.
Hey @Stuartw, if you dig the Rolling Stones, You Can’t Always Get What You Want has a bunch of C-F changes that you can work on (along with the rhythm).
You could also try Like a Hurricane by Neil Young as the chord progression (the song is in C) can be played with root 6 barre chords if you like. Though for the choruses I’d recommend open chords (save for the F) as they make the changes quicker.
Actually, I’m wondering now if the chord filter is working as intended. For example, Let it Be and Have You Ever Seen the Rain both use C, G, Am, F, but neither appear if you select those chords in the filter. Is this because they have bass runs which are considered slash chords, like Am/G in Rain? (I think Let it Be also has such runs, but I haven’t watched Justin’s lesson.)
If that is the case, I consider that a bug. In other words, selecting Am in the chord filter should select Am/G and any other Am slash chords.
BTW, @Stuartw, Let it Be and Have You Ever Seen the Rain are two songs that use F. If you leave out the bass runs (slash chords), they are quite easy (aside from having the F, or course).
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@jjw I think your right. I know Dreams by Fleerwood Mac has F and G but when you search for it using the filter it doesn’t come up. It doesn’t come up if your type in Dreams or Fleetwood Mac in the song search but it does in the search on the home page if the sight.
Thanks. Not understanding why all songs with F are not listed.
I’ll give it a go.
I’ll check this one out thanks.
Noted thanks. That’s The Beatles and Credence Clearwater Revival? I had to google the second one as never heard of it!
Hi All, On the subject of bare chords. My E shape barre chords turns to custard after around the 7th fret. A lot of the notes just don’t ring out, feel like my hand is getting all cramp up and no room for fingers. Anyone else?
I can play a C barre chord on the 8th fret without too much trouble. But yes, my fingers start to bunch up beyond that. Keep at it. For the past few weeks I’ve been practicing a C-Am-F-G barre chord progression and I’ve seen a big improvement. Throwing in a minor chord trains you to lift off the middle finger and place it down again for the following major chord.
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