Nothing exciting to most but for meā¦.Iām feeling like Buzz Aldrin
F, my nemesis that Iāve been fretting (pardon the intended pun ) about since the birth of my guitar journey 3 months ago, seemed like something Iād maybe achieve in my next life. However, I grabbed the guitar after dinner, went straight for the chord and hello, I strummed a relatively acceptable F barre chord - twice. My left hand has never felt such pain like it has right now but thatās possibly due to the fact I was too afraid to lift it away for a few minutes, despite the 3rd strum being not so great, for fear iāll never play it again but hey, I did it. One small fret ā¦ā¦
Thanks to those whoāve encouraged me both here and on YT
Iād a very similar experience that went from couldnāt, couldnāt, couldnāt - then one day, very recently picked, up the guitar and it just happened. It was almost like the hand had decided to just upgrade itself. Was then jumping around the room with joy
Thatās exactly how I felt. I didnāt want to lift my hand off for fear of never accomplishing it again. Iām so glad you also achieved your battle. Such a wonderful feeling right?! Onwards and upwards
Thank you and no. It did for a little bit as I do have quite weak hand strength but Iām using a hand exerciser thingy to help. It was more so that I really didnāt want to take my hand away but no, Itās fine. Thank you for asking though. I appreciate it Tom
That is so great! We all have to go through learning the dreaded F chord, but once you can play it, and as you get more comfortable playing it, being able to play bar chords, apart from sounding good, opens up the fretboard to being able to play a song in any key you want. Congratulations!
That was pretty funny - since I can relate with a couple of other chords!
C is a chord I actually learned 40 yrs ago however, only had 4 lessons, not with my own guitar but quitā¦because of the F. In saying that, Iām really struggling on the C because I donāt recall having to mute 1st E so Iām with you there. I find that one also difficult. G is okay but the changeovers Iām finding harder. Itās all fun and games though. Weāll both get there
After watching many guitarists and seeing just how much they use barre chords, I can definitely see just how important they are. Itās early days so Iām not going to put too much pressure on myself however was beginning to feel like this is just something Iām not cut out for but no. I can do it. We ALL can do it. Thank you Mari
My muting of the 6th string for the C chord is hit or miss currently, mostly miss, but Justin did say not to worry too much about that in the beginning. Iām pretty sure he did say it will happen eventually.
I vaguely recall him saying the that so for now, Iām going to just strengthen the hand and practice of finger stretching. Iām sure weāll both be rocking out our Cās in no time
) about since the birth of my guitar journey 3 months ago, seemed like something Iād maybe achieve in my next life. However, I grabbed the guitar after dinner, went straight for the chord and hello, I strummed a relatively acceptable F barre chord - twice. My left hand has never felt such pain like it has right now but thatās possibly due to the fact I was too afraid to lift it away for a few minutes, despite the 3rd strum being not so great, for fear iāll never play it again but hey, I did it. One small fret ā¦ā¦
