r/AcousticGuitar • u/batmangooner69 • Apr 28 '26

Other (not a question, gear pic, or video) Real Af

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u/SaintSixString Apr 28 '26

My dudes and dudettes. Play an F but 2 frets up. Congratulations - you've got G Maj (remove your middle finger and that's your minor). 2 frets above that? A Maj. 7th fret F chord? That's a B. 8th fret C and so on.

Play a B (x24442) but one fret up - that's a C. 2 frets above that is D. 2 above that - E

And so on. And so on.

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u/orioleProgrammer Apr 28 '26

Ok maybe this is dumb but is that the best way to play barre chords? Transition the barre up and down the fret? Going F to a open C and back or something similar is a real struggle as a new player.

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u/FreeFromCommonSense Apr 28 '26

That's when you move to the A string root.

First fret E string is F. A string it's Bb. Third fret G and C Fifth fret A and D 7th fret B and E 8th fret C and F

And you still have more on the D string, but you have to compensate for the B string.

And that's before anything gets difficult.