Alrighty, so, i've been playing guitar for a year.
The way i've always done my A chord is
middle finger on D string, Ring on G string, and pinky on B string
And it's worked fine, but i've recently discovered that i can just barre the three strings with my index and save my self a lot of trouble, especially when switching between barre chords and open chords
My question is: Is this good technique? Or is it frowned upon?
Gavin Allen
Is 6'3" a gay height or something
Bentley Gomez
It's frowned upon and completely unergonomic, barre the chord
Eli Evans
i barre with my middle finger. Works quite well once you get the hang of it. Eventually your fingers will get too big to fit on all 3 strings so most people switch to barreing or barre from the beginning
Julian Brown
Oh yes, being over 6’0” is quite gay, but any shorter and you’re a manlet
Jackson Rogers
>playing guitar for a year >only figured this out now i call bs
Jack Sullivan
I mean you can but then you run into issues with possibly barring the E string on accident
Elijah Smith
Which i would normally, but the song i'm learning atm kind of demands the Open A
The chords are: B, A, D, E
1. The open D chord sounds much nicer than the D bar chord on the 5th fret
1.2 Going from the A barre on the 5th fret chord to the D open chord would then be more of a hassle than just going A open to D open
Unless i drop the open D altogether and go for the D barre chord on the 5th fret, in which case, i'm still coming back to the first fret for the Open E
So, prety much, my logic being that there's no reason to venture beyond the second fret for these four chords, both for quality of sound, and simplicity and playing
However, i am open to counter arguments
Nicholas Gomez
Never really needed it earlier, but now that i'm getting the hang of barre chords, it makes going from barre chords to open chords makes this kinda easier.
Lincoln Gray
There is literally no reason to do this. Sloppy practice makes for sloppy performance. Not to mention if you can barely play barre chords you probably don't have strumming technique to NOT play the F#.
Alexander Ortiz
Best way to do it desu, cuz then you can use your other fingers to form other chords on the fly
Brandon Cox
It's completely dependent on if you're moving certain fingers to doodle during your chord.
If you're just strumming, bar that shit.
If you're slamming some bass notes and sus chords then finger it like a ho.
Owen Baker
This is the dumbest image I've ever seen
It's like some retarded autist took ONE example he knows in real life then made a meme of it thinking it represented some type of common archetype
Isaac Phillips
This stuff reminds me that all that time spent practicing wasnt totally wasted B, A, D, E dont sound good? keep playing B, A, D, E problem solve
Kayden Anderson
Lol that's exactly what happened
Dominic Ramirez
>This thread is full of the people that I "discuss" music with on this board
Jayden Davis
D bar chord at the fifth fret? Do you mean D minor?
Isaiah Gonzalez
They mean if you played a major bar chord on the fifth fret of the A string
Ayden Wilson
If I were to play this I'd play the B bar chord with my pointer and ring fingers only, play the open A with my ring finger barring the three strings above the a string, and mute E with my middle finger. Then I'd easily switch to a fingered out open D and E.
But your not me so idk
Xavier Bailey
t. offended
Easton Taylor
Less than 6'0'' with a beard makes you a dwarf
Sebastian Jenkins
We ALL know this specific type of specifically closet gay guy!
Luis Hall
They're all TRAITS of a gay guy who girls crush on. You'd understand if you went outside user
William King
Yeah, really specific traits that are probably based on someone who cucked the origninal creator of this meme
Parker Kelly
What if I'm exactly 6'0"?
Justin Price
if you put a finger on the B string you're gay
Adrian Adams
Lassos are gay AF
Robert Jackson
But taller than 6'0" with a beard makes you a fool
Oliver Harris
Being 6'2"+ is the only way to turn being a twink attractive to girls.
Otherwise just a skinnyfag manlet.
Christian Campbell
Justin Bieber, Zach Efron, Lil Peep, Zachary Cole, Kurt Kobain, etc. etc. disagree