Guitar people! I need help - how am I supposed to play this?

[The Pentium Guy]

Bm Bm G Asus2
e|---2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--3--3--x--x--0--0--x--x---|
B|---3--3--x--x--3--3--x--x--3--3--x--x--0--0--x--x---|
G|---4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--0--0--x--x--2--2--x--x---|
D|---4--4--x--x--4--4--x--x--0--0--x--x--2--2--x--x---|
A|---2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--0--0--x--x---|
E|---2--2--x--x--2--2--x--x--3--3--x--x--0--0--x--x---|

That. Is giving me a hard time.

How the hell am I supposed to get my fingers like that?

Thanks,
-The Pentium Guy

 

[hdeck]

lay your index finger over the 2nd fret, middle finger on 3rd fret, ring and pinky on the 4th

 

[Kelemvor]

Play the piano.. it's easier. heh heh.

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: hdeck
lay your index finger over the 2nd fret, middle finger on 3rd fret, ring and pinky on the 4th

yup :thumbsup:

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: hdeck
lay your index finger over the 2nd fret, middle finger on 3rd fret, ring and pinky on the 4th

Holy gawd....this will take a few minutes.

 

[Gibson486]

bar chords....it maky take a while, but they are very useful when you get going....just lay your 2nd finger on the whatever fret you want and let your last three fingers determine what chord you want.

 

[jacob0401]

if you can't bar you can cheat and just play the last four strings...

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: hdeck
lay your index finger over the 2nd fret, middle finger on 3rd fret, ring and pinky on the 4th

Holy gawd....this will take a few minutes.

They are called barre chords and are certainly the most difficult "simple" chords to learn.

BUT; after you master those you can pretty much play any song imaginable.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: hdeck
lay your index finger over the 2nd fret, middle finger on 3rd fret, ring and pinky on the 4th

Holy gawd....this will take a few minutes.

if you're feeling lazy just ignore the 2 lowest notes and put your index finger on the bottom 2 strings, 2nd fret.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Hmm....

My wrist hurts now 😛.
I figured out a simpler way (for me)

(bottom to top)
Index on 2
Ring on 3
pinky on 4
pinky on 4
middle on 2
middle on 2

Worked for me.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Hmm....

My wrist hurts now 😛.
I figured out a simpler way (for me)

(bottom to top)
Index on 2
Ring on 3
pinky on 4
pinky on 4
middle on 2
middle on 2

Worked for me.

Good, now try to play a B chord without using the bar technique and tell me how it goes😉


http://www.skynet.ie/~mel/hobbies/guitar/chords/

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Hmm....

My wrist hurts now 😛.
I figured out a simpler way (for me)

(bottom to top)
Index on 2
Ring on 3
pinky on 4
pinky on 4
middle on 2
middle on 2

Worked for me.

Here's a (furry) picture of a guy fretting a bar chord on the 10th fret. Image

you should go ahead and learn it correctly the first time. relearning and retraining your hand is a huge pain.

bar chords aren't hard, they just take time.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Haha. I could still do it.
http://www.skynet.ie/~mel/hobbies/guitar/chords/B.gif
In the B chord's case, it's easier to bar of course - but I think in the case above it was easier for me to do what I did... even though itinvolves more crisscrossing

To each his own :beer:

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Haha. I could still do it.
http://www.skynet.ie/~mel/hobbies/guitar/chords/B.gif
In the B chord's case, it's easier to bar of course - but I think in the case above it was easier for me to do what I did... even though itinvolves more crisscrossing

To each his own :beer:

But don't settle for that jerry-rigged way of playing the Bminor...trust me...you're going to want to learn how to play barre chords.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

But don't settle for that jerry-rigged way of playing the Bminor...trust me...you're going to want to learn how to play barre chords.

Fine - I'll keep giving it a shot.

I did notice that the intro is basically a Bminor chord, played out in an archipeggio (?) --> whatever you call those "play each note in a chord individually" things.

 

[thelanx]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Hmm....

My wrist hurts now 😛.
I figured out a simpler way (for me)

(bottom to top)
Index on 2
Ring on 3
pinky on 4
pinky on 4
middle on 2
middle on 2

Worked for me.

Somehow I don't think that's a good idea...probably will cause you more pain and trouble later. I recommend just practicing the proper way. It might be uncomfortable and painful at first, but once you get it down things will be a lot easier for you.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

But don't settle for that jerry-rigged way of playing the Bminor...trust me...you're going to want to learn how to play barre chords.

Fine - I'll keep giving it a shot.

I did notice that the intro is basically a Bminor chord, played out in an archipeggio (?) --> whatever you call those "play each note in a chord individually" things.

Yes, definitely learn the bar chords. If all you can currently play is open chords, they're the next step up in guitar mastery.

 

[silverpig]

Or you can cheat and just play

e---
B--3
G--4
D--4
A--2
E---

 

[geek4life]

Gosh, I've been working on my bar chords for the last few weeks. It's the most frustrating thing ever.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

thats a hard chord shape, but also very very popular. good luck!

im also working on perfecting it 🙁 sucks



what song is that?

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Hmm....

My wrist hurts now 😛.
I figured out a simpler way (for me)

(bottom to top)
Index on 2
Ring on 3
pinky on 4
pinky on 4
middle on 2
middle on 2

Worked for me.

yikes, if you plan on continuing playing for a while do your fingers a favor and learn the proper way of playing bar chords 😛

 

[DaShen]

Someone doesn't know to use your index finger to bar the string and is trying to play 3 Doors Down 😕

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Tricks to barre chords

1. Work on building up the muscle between the thumb and index finger by getting a small rubber ball and practice clamping it between your thumb and index finger.

2. Practice applying just enough pressure to sound the strings being barred, at first your tendancy will be to clamp down hard on all six strings which will cause your hand to cramp and tire quickly.

 

[Fritzo]

I can play that more easily by using full chords rather than barre chords. Maybe try that.

 

Learn the barre chord version. Once you get that down you just opened the entire neck up for your disposal. Bm barre is pretty easy. Open G and the Asus2 are easy.