I am having trouble with the mini/open F chord transition in my progressions. I can play the chord fine but I like to keep my thumb over the neck towards the low E string to mute etc, and I just find it most comfortable here for almost all my chords that allow it. When I watch lots of people play I see they do this with the mini/open F chord as well but I can’t stop from muting the high E string when I play it this way and I find the chord just doesn’t shine as much as say my full G or C when I am only playing 3 string on the mini F chord. Maybe the tip of my index finger is just to small and I won’t ever get it but wondering if anybody has any tips for playing that open/mini F while keeping the thumb wrapped over the neck. I prefer this because it allows the muting as I said before and I don’t have to be perfect on my A or C or D etc with the thumb draped over during strumming (especially heavy or fast strumming where it is easy to hit a wrong low string on those chords). This really throws me off trying to transition from C to F or Vice versa. Thanks!
You’ve hit the F chord hurdle. There is no quick fix. Just so happens I’ve been doing a lot of practice on barre chords recently. I’ve just about got there but it’s taken months.
You only need the high E note if you’re playing Fmaj7. For an F chord it’s ok if it’s muted. Ideally you want the first finger fretting the first fret of the E string, but that is a contortionist trick if you also have the thumb over. It’s doable, it’s amazing how the fingers do learn to stretch more than you might think, but it does take time to get there.
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