Module 10 Practice Schedule

Beginner Grade 2 Module 10: Alternate Picking, Hammer-Ons...
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If you are already doing this, please ignore, but, I found that lifting the neck(Beatles style) really helps as it makes you lift your fingers.
There is a tendency to flatten your fingers across the fretboard when playing sitting down.

A foot rest is a really good investment.

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Hi Justin. Thank you for all the lessons so far :slight_smile: Itā€™s a great help to go on with as a beginning guitar player. I started playing april '24. Cheers, Jan

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Hello Vera, welcome to the community forum. I think that if you experience any pain, then you should stop playing barre chords for a while and go to something else. If you have an electric or nylon string guitar, you will find the barre chord to be easier and less stressful on the wrist. Also, later when you have healed, you could try using a capo at the 5th fret and practice your barre chords. The lower action and higher fret position should make the barre chords easier. You should carefully watch the F chord lesson again to make sure that you are using good form and hand position for the barre chords, I hope you are able to heal quickly and return to your normal playing. Playing guitar should be fun and not hurt.

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Hi Jan, welcome to the community forum.

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Iā€™m in module 10 and I canā€™t even play an Fchord properly, leave alone doing chord changes with it. I was willing to stick with it in this module until I be able to play it as fluidly as I do with other chords, but Iā€™ve seen some people saying that it takes months to be able to play good barre chords

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Hi Kerlon,
Donā€™t stress too much about the F chord - at least not the full barre F. Iā€™m at the beginning of Grade 3. Some songs with a barre F work for me, others donā€™t. Some days are better than others. Iā€™ve embraced the ā€œmini-bar Fā€ where you barre strings 1 and 2 only as the alternative when the big F just isnā€™t working. So, the advice from this fellow beginner is: move on from this module if youā€™re ready (F chord aside); the barre F will come to you, eventually but possibly not soon; do keep working on the darned barre F; and keep having fun!
Judi