Showing posts with label F Chord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F Chord. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 August 2019

F Chord Guitar 9 Easy Variations




F Chord | F Chord Guitar 9 Variations

How to play Guitar




Want to learn F chord different positions and F chord Guitar variations?

Yes, you are at the right place!!!


In this post we are going to learn almost all different types of F chord variations like F chord with complete bar, F chord with half bar, F7 chord, Fm chord, Fm7 chord, Fmaj7 chord, Fsus4 chord, F7sus4 chord, F5 chord or F power chord.


Purpose of Learning F Chord Guitar variation:



F chord is generally considered as the toughest chord in the open chord group. Once we start playing the chord then again we need to look for other variations as in different songs different F chord pattern is used and played.

So we should have proper understanding of all other variations so that we can practice those F chord Guitar variations and play along with the song correctly. This is one of the major challenges to get correct information on all the chord variations. 

I hope you have already learnt ‘How to play F Chord’ since now you are looking for different F chord variation which is simply the good thing to have a hunger to learn and know more and more with time.


Understand suffix used with the F chord:


Hope you already know the meaning of suffix with the chord name, I am just briefing them below,

‘m’ in F Chord: Here ‘m’ represents ‘Minor’ so this is an F Minor chord, general behavior of Minor chord is they gives Sad Felling when played and also there is a different formula used to build Major chords and Minor chords.

Maj7 in F chord: Here ‘maj’ represents ‘major’, generally we don’t use any suffix for major chords but here we will be discussing Fmaj7 chord that is why I have used ‘maj’ suffix with F7 chord.

Sus4 in F chord: Here ‘sus’ represents ‘suspended’ and ‘4’ represents its build. Suspended chords are very popular and frequently played in pop music. ‘4’ in sus4 represents that we are going to replace 3rd Guitar Note with the 4th Guitar Note of the scale.

There is one more variation of suspended chord which is sus2 chord (suspended 2 chord), sus2 chord is derived by replacing 3rd Guitar chord Note with the 2nd chord Note.

‘5’ in F Chord: Here ‘5’ represents the ‘Power chord’. F5 chord is also known as F Power Chord.
Let’s come back on the F Chord variation topic.



F Chord Guitar Variations:




1.     F Chord Guitar with complete barre:



This is the first F chord we are going to learn and this is the correct and complete version of F chord Guitar.


How to Play F Chord with complete Barre:


To play this variation of F chord first of all we should know How to put Bar on Guitar. We are using Index finger to put bar on the required fret.

If you are playing bar chord for the first time or if you are facing any trouble while playing it, I have just brief 2 points to help you to get correct bar position.

Points to remember on How to put bar on Guitar:

1. Instead of using fleshy part of index finger we should use press the string using left side of the index finger which is hard enough to put the bar.

2. We should try to place bar just before and near to the fret separator so that there should not be Buzz or muted sound. This is the best place as it locks all the string with the fret just next to index finger.


F chord complete bar how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 4th string 3rd fret and your middle finger on 3rd string 2nd fret and place bar on the 1st fret to play F chord with complete bar on Guitar. You need to put bar starts from 1st string till 6th string.


2.     F Chord Guitar with half barre:



Well this is the alternate pattern to pick standard F chord shape; this is actually derived for beginners. This F chord pattern can also be considered as Open F chord.


How to Play F Chord with half Barre:


Position of 1st, 2nd and 3rd finger will be same but the only difference is that you don’t need to put a complete bar using index finger. In this F chord patter your index finger place bar on 1st and 2nd strings only.

F chord half bar how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 4th string 3rd fret and your middle finger on 3rd string 2nd fret and place bar on 1st and 2nd string on 1st fret to play F chord to play this F chord Guitar variation.


3.     F7 Chord Guitar:



This is the 3rd F chord Guitar variation and again comes with the bar. To play F7 chord you just need to shift your smaller finger from 4th string 3rd fret to 2nd string 4th fret rest is same as F chord complete bar pattern.


How to Play F7 Chord:


F7 chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 2nd string 4th fret and your middle finger on 3rd string 2nd fret and place bar on 1st and 2nd string on 1st fret to play F chord to play this F7 chord Guitar variation.


4.     Fm Chord Guitar:



Both standard F major chord and Fm chord (F minor chord) are the most famous chords in F chord group. The only difference in between these two chords is F major chords gives happy feeling when played and Fm chord gives Sad feeling when played.

Only difference in their pattern is you just need to remove your middle finger from F major chord to play Fm chord on Guitar.


How to Play Fm Chord:


Fm chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 4th string 3rd fret and place bar on the 1st fret to play this Fm chord Guitar variation. You need to put bar starts from 1st string till 6th string. 


5.     Fm7 Chord Guitar:



Fm7 Chord is F minor 7 chord, this Fm7 chord pattern is quite similar to the F7 chord. In Fm7 chord you don’t need to put your middle finger on the fretboard. Rest is same as F7 chord.


How to Play Fm7 Chord:


Fm7 chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 5th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on the 2nd string 4th fret and place bar on 1st and 2nd string on 1st fret to play F chord to play this F7 chord Guitar variation.


6.     Fmaj7 Chord Guitar:



Fmaj7 chord sound little different among all other F chord guitar variation and actually gives happy feeling when played when you will play all these chords one by one you will also realize the same. While playing Fmaj 7 chord you need to mute 5th string from your index finger.


How to Play Fmaj7 Chord:


Fmaj7 chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 3rd string 2nd fret, put smaller finger on 4th string 3rd fret, put middle finger on 2nd string 1st fret and put index finger on 6th string 1st fret to play Fmaj7 chord.


7.    Fsus4 Chord Guitar:



Fsus4 chord in basically F suspended 4 chord. This is again bar shape F chord.


How to Play Fsus4 Chord:


Fsus4 chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 4th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on 3rd string 3rd fret and put a bar on 1st fret with the help of index finger to play Fsus4 chord.


8.    F7sus4 Chord Guitar:


F7sus4 chord build consists of both F7 chord and Fsus4 chord characteristics.


How to Play F7sus4 Chord:


F7sus4 chord how to play F chord on guitar


Put your ring finger on the 4th string 3rd fret, put smaller finger on 2nd string 3rd fret and put a bar on 1st fret with the help of index finger to play F7sus4 chord.


9.     F5 Chord or F Power Chord:



F5 Chord is the last F chord pattern we are going to discuss in this post. F5 chord is also known as F Power chord.

F5 chord can be played based on your interest and the requirement of song and feel. You can play F5 chord or F power chord by just focusing on low three strings on guitar.


How to Play F5 Chord:


To get this F chord position you need to put your index finger on the 6th string 1st fret, put your ring finger on 5th string 3rd fret and your pinky finger on the 4th string 3rd fret to play F5 chord on Guitar.

F5 chord F power chord how to play guitar chords


Remember to mute higher 3 strings i.e. G string, B string and higher E string (treble E string) to correctly play F5 Chord.




I hope you have enjoyed learning F chord different variations including F chord with complete bar, F chord with half bar, F7 chord, Fm chord, Fm7 chord, Fmaj7 chord, Fsus4 chord, F7sus4 chord, F5 chord or F power chord. This will not only help you in building basic chord knowledge but also let you familiar with most of the available F chord.

Visit my complete Blog How to Play Guitar to know such easy and interesting techniques and lessons to know more about GUITAR chord Techniques.




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Happy F Chord on Guitar Learning!!!



Thursday, 11 July 2019

Guitar Chords and Guitar Notes


 Guitar Chords Positions




How to identify Guitar Chords and Notes Position on Guitar?

In this post we are going to learn How to Identify Guitar Chords and Notes positions and also look at all the chords such as A Chord, A# Chord, B Chord, B# Chord, C Chord, C# Chord, D Chord, D# Chord, F Chord, F# Chord, G Chord and Gb Chord on Guitar Chords one by one.

If you will check around you there are so many guitarist who know how to play different Guitar Chords, believe me there are only few how knows the technique to find the Guitar Chords position other than they already know and play. So here question arises is there a method to identify different barre Guitar Chords and their position by just learning couple of open guitar chords.

YES. There is a method!!!

We will identify all below guitar chords using this technique in this post,

A Chord, A# Chord, Bb Chord, B Chord, C Chord, C# Chord,  Db Chord, D Chord, D# Chord, Eb Chord, E Chord,  F Chord, F# Chord, Gb Chord, G Chord, G# Chord.

Before starting explaining the technique let me brief you three building blocks to achieve and apply the Method to identify other Barre Guitar Chords from basic open chords.


1.    Guitar Notes Series | Identify Guitar Chords:


Well there is a Guitar Chords and Notes series which we need to use in order to apply technique, which is well explained in How to Play Guitar | Chord | Scales | Techniques

I am going to brief about Guitar note series in this post as well.

If you will look at the Guitar fretboard then there are 6 strings and multiple frets, each fret is separated by Separator. So there are 6 Notes in each fret (on every string), considering all available Frets there are so many different position on fretboard.

 There is a Guitar Note series which is repeated in nature and help us to find different notes name on certain string.


Guitar Notes and Chords Series How to play guitar Talk with Prince
Guitar Chords | Identify Guitar Chords and Notes


Every string name represents open note name. e.g. If you play A string open (without pressing it) so consider it as A note in the series and the next note shown in the series (Which is A# or A sharp) will point towards the first fret position (Press A string on first fret).

Then the next note given in the Guitar Notes Series i.e. B Note is available in the second fret (Press String on second fret) on A string.

C major Scale series in guitar Scale How to play guitar part 2
Guitar Chords | C major Scale to Identify Guitar Chords and Notes



In this way we can place guitar notes in all frets on any string with the help of String name i.e. E B G D A E. The above picture will tells you about representation of Guitar Notes on B String.

So we can use this Guitar notes series in order to identify Chords as well but there are some rules to use it. Now the question arises that this Guitar notes series gives notes name on different position on strings, however chords are using multiple notes at the same time so will it correctly work in case of Guitar chords also. Answer is YES!!!


2.    Guitar Chords Shape:



Guitar Chords shape is basically the position of left hand (For Right handed guitarist) fingers on different Guitar notes.

Well Guitar Chords shape for all basic open chords has been already discussed at Chords of Guitar Chart: Guitar Chords: Open Chord, you can go through it.

This post will help you to understand the difference between Guitar Major Chords and Minor chords and the correct position (how to play) of basic open chords such as E Major Chord, Em (E Minor) Chord, A Major Chord, Am Chord, C Major Chord, F Major Chord, Fm (F Minor) Chord & F simplified Chord.

So the basic requirement to identify chords using Guitar Notes series is that Chord pattern should be same thorough out the fretboard.

Let's take up example of A Major Chord so it's a three finger pattern. If you will follow the same pattern of A Major Chord and move to next fret to the right side without changing the pattern then Guitar Series pattern will be followed.

Now coming to last rule in the series is GUITAR CHORDS GAP RULE.

3.     GAP Rule for Guitar Chords and Notes:



Gap rule says every chord will have a gap of one Guitar Fret in between them. There are two exceptions in this rule are,

B C (No fret gap between these Guitar Chords)
E F (No fret gap between these Guitar Chords)

Now, Guitar Notes series with Gap rule Followed without changing the Pattern in order to identify other Guitar Chords.

A - B C - D - E F - G - A and so on. (Use Guitar Note series diagram to follow)

So there is a gap (Need to skip one fret and move towards right side of fretboard) of one fret between Guitar Chords such as  between A Chord and B Chord, C Chord and D Chord, D Chord and E Chord, F Chord and G Chord, G Chord and A Chord. However, there is no gap between B Chord and C Chord, E Chord and F Chord.

Guitar Chords:


Hope all three building blocks are clear to you now.

Initially, let's start with the A Chord class Pattern which is nothing but A Major Chord. So to identify other Chords we need to know the exact position of A Major chord.



A Major Chord:


Place your three finger on string 2,3 and 4 on second fret on Guitar to play A major Chord as shown in figure and keep this shape as it is and skip 1 fret and move to Forth fret to play B Chord. You need to keep this position intact and put bar to play other chords available on fretboard.

A Major Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | A Major Chord


Later in the post we will check position of A sharp (A# Chord) or the other name of A sharp (A# Chord) is B Flat (Bb Guitar Chord).

A - B C - D - E F - G - A and so on. (Use Guitar Note series diagram to follow)

As per Series rule we are holding B chord now with same three fingers and strings 2,3 and 4 (Only Fret number changes from two to four).

But we have missed something which is to put a Barre here. If you will have a close look on the A major chord then you will see that there is permanent  Barre placed in the Guitar Neck which is a NUT.

So thing to be consider here is to place a Barre with the same gap on the left side of finger pattern in order to suffice all requirements to follow.

And that's it, now we have a correct pattern and Guitar series to follow.

So B Chord will look like as below.



B Chord: 


B Chord will position like the picture below. Later in the post we will check position of B sharp (B# Chord) or the other name of sharp Chord (B# Chord)  is C Flat Chord (Cb Chord).

B Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | B Chord


Barre on the second fret, Middle finger, Ring finger and smaller finger are positioned on Forth Fret holding Forth, third and second string respectively to play B Chord.

You are already aware now that for Chord B and C (No fret gap between these Guitar Chords) there is no gap.

Now, as per Series rule, since we are holding B barre Chord. If you keep same pattern intact and move this pattern to the next right side fret then you will hold C barre Chord.

So Guitar C Chord will look like as below.



C Chord: 


C Chord will position like the picture below.

However we know the open position of C Chord in first 3 guitar Frets but this is again a different position for C Chord with Barre.

Later in the post we will check position of C sharp Chord (C# Chord) or D Flat Chord (Db Chord) both are same.

C Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | C Chord


Barre on the third fret, Middle finger, Ring finger and smaller finger are positioned on fifth Fret holding Forth, third and second string respectively to play C Chord.

A - B C - D - E F - G - A

Look at the Series rule, since we are holding C barre Chord. There is a gap of one fret in between C chord and D Chord as per Guitar Note series. If you keep same pattern intact and move this pattern to the next to next right side fret then you will hold D barre Chord.



D Chord: 


D Chord will position like the picture below. However we know the open position of D chord in first 3 guitar Frets but this is again a different position for D Chord with Barre. Later in the post we will check position of D sharp (D# Chord) or E Flat Chord (Eb Chord) both are same

.
D Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | D Chord

Barre on the fifth fret, Middle finger, Ring finger and smaller finger are positioned on seventh Fret holding Forth, third and second string respectively to play D Chord.

You are holding D barre Chord now and to pick E barre Chord you need to keep pattern intact and again skip one fret and so on.



E Chord: 


E Chord will position like the picture below. However we know the open position of E chord in first 2 guitar Frets but this is again a different position for E Chord with Barre.

E Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | E Chord


This way you can identify other remaining chords such as E Chord, F Chord and G Chord.



F Chord: 


F Chord will position like the picture below. However we know the open position of F chord in first 3 guitar Frets but this is again a different position for F Chord.

Later in the post we will check position of F sharp (F# Chord) or we can say G Flat (Gb chord) as both are same.


F Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | F Chord



G Chord: 


G Chord will position like the picture below. However we know the open position of G chord in first 2 guitar Frets but this is again a different position for G Chord.


G Chord Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | G Chord



So we have taken A major chord as a base to identify other chords.

Hope you are enjoying the concept, here we are just playing with the concepts to learn to play with Guitar!!!

Now, we will address the FRET GAPS, Frets which we left between A Chord and B Chord, C Chord and D Chord, D Chord and E Chord, F Chord and G Chord.

Look at the Guitar Notes series again; these gaps are basically Sharp # chord or Flat chord.

Identify Guitar Chord and Notes How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | Identify Guitar Chord with Note Series


As per the diagram, In between A chord to again repeated A chord (with the same pattern) many sharp chords are available such as below,

A Sharp Chord (A# Chord), C Sharp Chord (C# Chord), D Sharp Chord (D# Chord), F Sharp Chord (F# Chord) and G Sharp Chord (G# Chord) will come.

Hope the concept explained in the above post section is clear to you now, please look at the above GUITAR NOTES SERIES and let’s fill all Sharp or Flat Chords now. I am just mentioning their position in the below post.



Let’s Fill all Frets with A major Chord Pattern:


Just to give you a glimpse, the series with skipping any fret without changing pattern is as below,

A Chord-> A# Chord-> B Chord-> C Chord-> C# Chord-> D Chord-> D# Chord-> E Chord-> F Chord-> F# Chord-> G Chord-> G# Chord.

Let’s verify it with the notes available on Guitar A string,

Guitar Notes on A String Identify Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Guitar Chords | Guitar Notes on A String



A Sharp Chord (A# Chord):


This chord also known as B Flat chord (Bb Chord).
A# Chord and Bb Chord are same chord and will position like the picture below.


A Sharp chord A# Chord Bb Chord B flat Chord Identify Guitar Chord
Guitar Chords | A# Chord or Bb Chord



C Sharp Chord (C# Chord):


This chord also known as D Flat Chord (Db Chord).
C# Chord or Db Chord will position like the picture below.

C Sharp C# Chord Db Chord D flat Chord Identify Guitar Chord
Guitar Chords | C# Chord or Db Chord



D Sharp Chord (D# Chord):


This chord also known as E Flat chord (Eb Chord).
D# Chord or Eb Chord will position like the picture below.

D Sharp D# Chord Eb Chord E flat Chord Identify Guitar Chord
Guitar Chords | D# Chord or Eb Chord



F Sharp Chord (F# Chord):


F Sharp (F# Chord) chord also known as G Flat chord (Gb Chord).
F# Chord or Gb Chord will position like the picture below.

F Sharp F# Chord Gb Chord G flat Chord Identify Guitar Chord
Guitar Chords | F# Chord or Gb Chord



G Sharp Chord (G# Chord) or Ab Chord (A Flat Chord):


G# Chord or Ab Chord will position like the picture below.

G Sharp G# Chord Ab Chord A flat Chord Identify Guitar Chord
Guitar Chords | G# Chord or Ab Chord


In this post we took pattern of A major Chord.


In the same way we can identify different Chord positions with the help of E major open chord and A minor open chord. This series of Guitar chord is also very important to know and many people just trying to learn their position and name without even understanding the concept which is actually very easy as explained in this post.


I am going to explain this series as well and I will suggest that you guys can also try to fit pattern of E major open chord and A minor open chord and follow the Guitar series to identify other Barre chords associated with them. Wish you all the best.




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Happy Guitar Chords and Guitar Notes Learning!!!

Sunday, 23 June 2019

Easy Open Chords | E Chord, A Chord, C Chord & F Chord

Open Chords Guitar (Major and Minor Chords)
  E Chord, A Chord, C Chord and F Chord




In this post you will learn about different Open chords on Guitar and their pattern such as E Major Chord, Em Chord (E Minor Chord), A Major Chord, Am Chord (A Minor Chord), C Chord and F Chord on Guitar. There are different types of chords available such as Open chord, Barre Chord (Bar Chord), Suspended Chord, Power Chord etc. Open Chords are the most basic chords available in this chord series. Since open chords are easy to play and are best example to set your basics on different Notes and position on Guitar. We should know how to read Chords of Guitar Chart (Guitar Chord Chart also know as Guitar Chord Diagram). Chart of Guitar Chords is just a representation of Chords. It tells about the position of each finger so as to help you to place your fingers on the right fret and string in order to play any specific Chord.




Hope you have gone through my previous post ‘learn Guitar basics’ and already know what is a chord including other basics let’s begin with the Chords of Guitar Chart and you can say how to play guitar part two in this post one by one.


At high level Chords are distinguished into two parts-

1.      Major Chord- Give you a HAPPY feeling while listening.

2.      Minor Chord- Give you a SAD feeling while listening.


And of course the Position of your fingers is also different while playing same chord in both Major and Minor. E.g. E Major Chord and E Minor Chord.

Whenever you are practicing and following Chords of Guitar chart for the first time just make sure your fingers should point to the correct fret and String.

We are not using any suffix while representing major Chord unlikely using suffix (m) for Minor chord. E.g. E represents E Major chord and Em represents E Minor chord.

Hope this is clear, Let's start discussing OPEN CHORDS GUITAR.

Open Chords Guitar:


Open Chord is the Open Positioned chord that includes one or more strings which are not fingered. In an open chord the unfingered strings are undamped so unfingered string vibrates freely, whereas a fingered string will be partially damped and produce chord sound.

This is for advance learner, guys do you know there is a technique to identify the correct chord position and pattern of all Barre chords with the help of these Open guitar Chords. So start practicing all these open chords correctly.

If you want to learn the Technique to identify Guitar Chords and their correct Position then check post 'Guitar Chords and Position Technique'.

Here is your first Open Chord on Guitar:

E Major Chord and Em Chord (E Minor) Chord:



Em chord and E Minor Chord Open Chords How to play Guitar
Em Chord or E Minor Chord


E Chord is one of the most popular Chord and frequently used chord in most of the songs. 
The Em Chord or E Minor chord is simple to play on Guitar, requiring only two fingers, and all the other strings are played open.


E Major Chord Open Chords How to play Guitar
E Major Chord

E Major Chord requires three fingers to play. In this Guitar Chord chart Horizontal lines/ section represents FRETS and Vertical lines/ section represents Guitar Strings. E Chord is one of the most famous Chord and actually easy to play.

How to Play E Major Chord and Em Chord (E Minor Chord) on Guitar:


1.      You need to place your both fingers tip correctly on the string as mentioned in the Guitar chord chart in E Chord shape.

2.      Count to four (1,2,3 & 4) which comprises one Beat, Strumming at the end of each beat. E.g. Count 1,2,3 & 4, 5,6,7 & 8, 9,10,11 & 12, 13,14,15 & 16

Well here you need to strum on 4,8,12 & 16 (Don’t play on ‘AND’ however you need to include & in between last to count this make Beat complete).

3.      You need to remove both the finger after completing one beat or two. And again try to place them in proper place and repeat. ( My personal SUGGESTION here is to please don’t stop counting when you will remove your finger after completing one beat, keep counting and try to adjust and place your fingers again before reaching end of next beat and STRUM). 

This suggestion will help you to master Open Chords on Guitar quickly. Also, this suggestion is for all the Open Chords you are learning in this post.

A Major Chord and A Minor (Am) Chord :


A Major Chord and Am Chord (A Minor Chord) both of these are common and frequently used guitar chords in all style of music.

To play A Major chord you need to inline and compress your 3 fingers together, I will suggest compressing last three fingers in sequence including smaller finger (removing your index or pointer finger). 
Rest depends on the Guitarist!!

To form Am Chord (A Minor Chord) pattern, you need to inline your middle finger and ring finger and place it on second fret on strings 3 and 4 fingers together and index finger on first fret on string number 2.

Chord of Guitar Chart A Major and Minor Guitar Chord Talk with Prince
Fig- Representation of A Major Chord and A Minor (Am Chord) Chord

How to Play A Major and A Minor (Am) Chord:

1.      You need to place your fingers tip correctly on the string as mentioned in the above Guitar chord chart in A Chord shape.

2.      Repeat steps 2 and 3 mentioned in ‘How to play E Chord’ section.

C Major Chord and C Minor (Cm) Chord:


As C Chord includes 3 frets so you need to stretch your all three included finger which is making this chord little challenging for beginners but remember that practicing it daily will make you master to play this chord in Guitar.

C chord also have majorly two alternatives as C Major chord and C Minor (Cm) chord. In this post we are going to cover C Major Chord only as C Minor (Cm) chord is a Barre Chord and will be shared in upcoming post with detailed procedure.

C Major Chord Open Chords How to play Guitar
Fig- Representation of C Major Chord 


How to Play C Major and C Minor (Cm) Chords:


1.      You need to place your all three fingers tip correctly on the string as mentioned in the above Guitar chord chart in C Chord shape.

2.      Repeat steps 2 and 3 mentioned in ‘How to play A Chord’ section.

F Major Chord and F Minor (Fm) Chord:


Must say F Major Chord is one of the toughest chord in the Guitar chord chart as you need to press first two strings (Barre) from your first finger and need to stretch other three.
Sound complicated right?

No matter how complicated it looks like this is one of the basic chord and every Guitarist plays it as this chord is made for them only. So you will also not going to face any issue after practicing it so No Worries!!

F Major Guitar Chord How to play Guitar
Fig- Representation of F Major Chord 


Above representation is complete F Major chord.

Please try it multiple times them if in case you are facing any trouble while playing this one then we have a small alternate here, Let me make it simple for you guys.

F Major Chord Open Chords How to play Guitar
F Major Simplified Chord Simplified 


In the beginning leave first string as well if you are facing trouble in playing with barre on first two strings from first finger.

F Minor Chord (Fm Chord):


Coming to Fm i.e. F Minor Chord (Fm Chord). Well it’s a barre chord but we can play it as an open chord just to start practicing it. 

So this one is for beginners, please find the Chord of Guitar chart below,

Fm Chord F Minor Chord How to play Guitar
Fm Chord Simplified (F Minor Chord) 


You can choose this to play as well in the beginning as an alternative option.

However you need to again stretch your third finger again but this structure will help to play an alternative and almost same sound.

How to Play F Major Chord Guitar:


You need to follow previously mentioned procedure to play F Major Chord on Guitar.
Repeat all steps mentioned in ‘How to play E Chord on Guitar’ section.


Believe me there were lots and lots of things I want to share on these chords but just to keep it simple, short and relevant for Open chord I have discuss these Beginners open chords only in one post.


  • Hey guys if you want to go through the basics of Guitar such as Types of Guitar, Body parts of Guitar, What is a Chord to know your guitar, don't forget to check the previous post How to play Guitar Lesson 1. All basics are well explained there!!

Conclude:

All Open Chords explained in this Post are Open Chords and easy to play. You have learnt E Major Chord, Em Chord (E Minor Chord), A Major Chord, Am Chord (A Minor Chord), C Chord and F Chord on Guitar. Try to play all Open chords and let us know if in case of any issue in Playing these Open Chords on Guitar.




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