Hello community from James, introducing myself

Ty Domi! Keep jammin brother!

Yes I’ve seen some of those. I think Dolly Parton uses something like that because she has super long fingernails but she plays really well it’s amazing. It’s a journey and it’s something I will enjoy for the rest of my life picking up tricks and ways to get around this ole fat finger, Ha

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Good stuff Mundeli! Brings me hope! TY

Hi James, welcome to the community forum.

jowijunk, welcome and enjoy the journey! You’ll find a way to adjust with your one finger issue. You have others that can assist somehow. I think you’ll find a way.

Hi James,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings,Rogier

Hello @jowijunk :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: welcome to our Community. Glad to have you here & best of luck with your new strumming journey!

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Hi James, welcome again to the community. I was watching Justin’s new remake of his

Wonderwall

song lesson and I thought that this song could be perfect for you to try, since you can play without using your middle or 2 finger with minor adjustments to the chords.

If you look at the chords in the Grade 2 Module 8 “The Stuck 3&4 Chords lesson” where Justin shows the chords used in Wonderwall, you can see that if you leave off the middle finger for all the chords, the chords can still sound OK or even good.

For two of the chords, not using the middle finger is a listed alternative:

For the A7sus4, the modified or alternative chord without the middle sounds better my ears:


The alternate “rock G” chord could be played with the index finger:


The Em7 can be played with just an index finger and either muting the 4th string or playing the open 4th string since it is one of the notes in the chord:

The Cadd9 chord could be played the same way. It is not exactly the same chord, but I think it works OK:

You can also leave out the middle or 2 finger for the strange Dadd11/F# chord with the F# bass note and it will sounds close enough.


Since it is a transition chord, just emphasize the bass string when you strum and you will be fine.

This song will be both relatively easy, just moving around your index finger to change chords, but also challenging with the strum, so have fun.