Starting with the classic F.
I can finger it ok, and get the notes clean (when played anywhere beneath the 10th fret). Above that requires some work.
Chords. Always neglected for me, especially barre chords.
My aim is to be able to switch into it much faster than I currently can. Currently cant really play with any tracks at speed. Sometimes it flukes but then the muscles get confused and fuck up!
Any tips, other than to just keep switching between chords and stuff to a metronome or song?
Currently using The Passenger by Iggy Pop, as its not too fast, and loops 4 chords over and over again, one of which is the F barre.
+ With the passenger I can play just a single strum of each chord on the beat for practice keeping things slower.
Other than that I’m using a part in a tune called Kyrptonite by 3 doors down which uses arpeggiated chords, one of which is the same F shape but on the A string. Also 3 chords repeated so easy to repeat over and over.
And Starships by Nicki Minaj haha.. just a bunch of F shape Maj and Min in the intro all rooted on the low E.
The only easy day, was yesterday...
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Or just barre the b and e strings and leave the low E alone. This will get you by on a lot of songs.
Keep practicing, brother!
It takes a while for some.of us.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Didnt think of the angles tbh!
Get your technique right then just practice practice practice. You'll get there. And it'll be well worth it.
You can start with playing just the bass notes, then go to power chords, then three string power chords, then full major/minor chords (like the 3 string power chords but with the major/minor note), and then full barre chords. So there is a really nice, gradual increase in difficulty based on how comfortable you are with the chord shape.
The verse riff is just playing stabs on beat 3 so you've got a rhythm similar to "we will rock you" which gives you time to think and change chords during beats 1 + 2, which again helps with the gradual increase of difficulty.
Then you have the chorus which is exactly the same chords but with a down strum on every single beat, so less time to think and change between chords - more challenging.
Even if you don't like the song, the riff itself is fun to play and you can steal it as a way of practising barre chord movements up and down the fretboard and across the strings.
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