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 
Greetings,Rogier
Hello @jowijunk welcome to our Community. Glad to have you here & best of luck with your new strumming journey!
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Hi James, welcome to the community again (I posted earlier).
I was watching Justin’s new remake of his
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 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 instead of the middle or 2 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:
This is the way I played it when I was first learning the song, since my short fingers had problems with the 4 finger Em7 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.
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Thank you! Nice to meet you and blessings to your journey!
Thanks man I will definitely give it a lookie see! Today I started on Dust in the Wind. I have a long way to go I’m happy with my progress. I haven’t learned to D minor chord and switching from that a minor to Asus to to D minor is a fun exercise it’s clearing out for me I love the app I feel like it’s going to help me become a campfire guitar guy LOL. I will be able to get out of the basement at last haha
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Yeah they gave me 6 months free on the music theory I’m going to take advantage of that for sure I’m working on the app and a few songs I don’t have to be the best but I love playing and I’d like to get out of the basement and at least be a decent campfire guitar guy
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also, explore the concept of open tuning, it might be beneficial for you
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Hello, I have already introduced myself and shown what little stuff I have. I’ve picked up the guitar just before the pandemic started and I’ve been farting around with it in my basement. I’ve never been much brave enough to take it out LOL so I want to learn some songs on here for the campfire stuff I can share and be brave enough to get out of the basement I did this little introductory video to kind of touch base and I will post some progress videos. Today I was learning Feel Like Making Love But Bad Company on the app as well as Dust in the Wind those are some fun things to practice but I have a long way to go I may post some videos but I have to figure out how to record the video while I’m on the phone doing the app I don’t even know if that’s possible but here’s my introductory video:
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Will do, thanks for the advice. So far ive only tuned down a half step
Great stuff James, welcome to the community. I like your fingering of the A chord, I’ve changed to that a few years back after playing it the way Justin teaches it on the beginners course. I still play it Justin’s way on a couple of songs as it suits nearby chords. Look forward to hearing more from you, looks like you are making great progress.
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Hi James,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun
Greetings,Rogier
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Hello!!
Welcome here. I hope you have a great guitar journey!
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Nice Video, James! Welcome and I wish you lots of fun!
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Welcome James, enjoy the journey, may it be long and fun filled.
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“open tunings” mean that you can play major chords by fretting the same number across strings, like this (open D tuning).
Going for a different kind of tuning COULD be easier (or harder) for you but it will be on your own for a lot more things since most of justins lessons are based on standard tuning and variations (like tuned half step down)
if you stick to the more standard flavours of tuning, you can still explore how to form chords.
Knowing that you only need 3 certain notes to form a major or minor chord (=“triad”).
This tool can help you explore these combinations to see which chord you have:
https://www.oolimo.com/en/guitar-chords/analyze
usually you only need 3 strings as a minimum (3 notes) and you can figure out which extra strings you can add to make your chord “fuller”
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