Any tips on doing the F chord in acoustic guitar easily?

Question

My fingers always hurt when I do the F chord!

Answer 1

yeah, keep at it. The pain will go away eventually. Strech out your fingers, forearms and wrists before you start to play. ALWAYS warm up with scales or some excersises.

If you can't handle the pain, you could always play flute. Just kidding man. There is no "easy way" to do it. Just keep going. You are bending your body in a way it's not used to. If you're having trouble with open chords wait til you hit barre chords, then you will know the meaning of pain.

Answer 2

Play F Chord Acoustic Guitar

Answer 3

I teach guitar on the side, so here goes...

1) Start with a Dminor 7- Index barring the E and B, Middle finger on the A like you would with an F chord. Once that gets easy, start fretting with your ring and pinky on the 4th string F(3rd fret). Until you're comfortable with fretting the C on the fifth(A) string, you can play it open or damp it with your fingertip.

2) Conserve your strength- just use enough to make the string sound properly-

3) Exercise your hands- get a grip exerciser, and work it as part of your practice routine- don't rush it, or you could hurt yourself- start gradually, and increase your repetitions gradually. You'll be making that F chord(and barring) before you know it-

4)Remember-pain is your body telling you that something's wrong- DON'T PUSH IT!
Good Luck, Keep Playing,
Seamus

Answer 4

a couple things:

if you're doing it the barre (power chord) way, make sure you are adjusting your grip on the guitar. Your thumb should move underneath the neck, instead of near the side like when playing open chords.

you can also play the F chord as an "open" chord, and you wouldn't have to change the position of your thumb or grip.

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Answer 5

you could try it in a power chord

Answer 6

I don't think there is any tip that makes it easy. It is practice. Then more practice. Then more. And more.

Answer 7

133211 (the frets you hold the strings down from low E to high E). You can either bar the first fret or do "thumb over".