Guitar playing is going well (Update to 'I want to buy an electric guitar but have no idea how to go about it')

[Will Collier]

Here's a great site: translates songs on YouTube to chord charts.

http://chordu.com

[jonny]

Will Collier wrote:
Here's a great site: translates songs on YouTube to chord charts.

http://chordu.com

Pretty cool: https://chordu.com/chords-tabs-here-ther...dcSFVXd3MU

[hal]

graylocks wrote:
[quote=hal]
I just went to my guitar to see if I could understand what you were suggesting for the A chord and that works! Just use two sloppy, fat fingers - don't know why I never thought of that

There is at least one more option. i offer my students three ways to make the first position A chord (though I rarely offer the straight bar to newbies for the loss of the high e first string you mention).

I think you have been trying what i call the diagonal A with fingers 1-2-3 in the second fret on strings 4,3,2. Another configuration on those same strings is fingers 2-1-3 with finger 2 and 3 near the 2nd fret wire and finger 1 back a bit. This is how I actually first learned the A chord in Alfred's Basic Guitar Course Book 1 and is how i usually do it. it also makes for an easier transition to a D chord since finger 1 is an anchor finger.
that might be better still - damn! I never imagined that I'd learn two new ways to play an A chord here. This has been the best thread ever (for me :-)

[hal]

Will Collier wrote:
Here's a great site: translates songs on YouTube to chord charts.

http://chordu.com

oh god... that is the best thing ever!

[hal]

Dennis S wrote:
For unbelievably stellar chord changes, try "Here, There and Everywhere."

you're RIGHT!

[Dennis S]

hal wrote:
[quote=Dennis S]
For unbelievably stellar chord changes, try "Here, There and Everywhere."

you're RIGHT!
I mean whoever heard of going from C to F#m7 and have it turn out beautiful?

[JoeM]

There are a number of YouTube videos where teachers address “fat fingers” (one is actually titled like that), alternate fingerings and adjacent string muting by improper finger placement. They offer a lot of different tips you can try.

I can’t believe how great YouTube is for learning this stuff. Wish they had it when I was a kid learning.

[hal]

JoeM wrote:
There are a number of YouTube videos where teachers address “fat fingers” (one is actually titled like that), alternate fingerings and adjacent string muting by improper finger placement. They offer a lot of different tips you can try.

I can’t believe how great YouTube is for learning this stuff. Wish they had it when I was a kid learning.

ok - I'll make a plan to do that. I kinda give myself one lesson every day on top of lots of playing. That will be the next one I do.

[graylocks]

JoeM wrote:
I can’t believe how great YouTube is for learning this stuff. Wish they had it when I was a kid learning.

the resource is amazing. so much for slowing the vinyl down and resetting the needle again and again and again...

[Sarcany]

hal wrote:
My reach and bar chord ability is pretty good - my problem is fat fingers...

I used two fingers to make a "fake" A on 3 and 4 instead of making an A chord for about 5 years because I couldn't cram three fingers closely in one fret. Then one day I was able to make the chord. I don't know WTF changed.

...I have found that Ibanez guitars often have a wider neck and are easier for me to play.

Dennis S wrote:
When you make a conventional C chord, instead of leaving the big E string open, fret the 3rd fret on it.

A.K.A. the "country C-chord."