F#M chord

Creamy Goodness

F#m
e

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2--
B

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2--
G

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2--
D

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4--
A

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4--
E

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2--

i got this video of my favourite artist playing a song where the the chords go C G Am F#m (well thats what it says in the tab)

i worked out the C G Am bit myself and they sound right as they would do and so does F#m when i play it like above but in the video his hand doesn't move into that position his hand is in a more of a C position.

e

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B

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1----
G

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0---
D

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2---
A

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3---
E

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is there any other ways of play the F#m chord that looks like C ??

i know it's a stupid question...

Oeneus

I'd say he probably used his thumb to fret the E string.

But generally, most people would bar it with their first finger. It doesn't really matter. Just use whatever you'd prefer.

ferdi

dont mean to hi-jack this thread but how many pople play C like this

e

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B

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1----
G

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0---
D

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2---
A

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3---
E

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3---

seems to work quite nice..

feylya

F#M

e

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2

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B

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2

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G

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3

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D

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4

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A

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4

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E----(2)----

The (2) is optional tbh.

limpdd

If in doubt this site should help
http://chordguide.com/guitar/

It gives loads of chords and variants

Creamy Goodness

thanks for your replys guys, as you can probably tell i'm a newbie when it comes to chords.

Zoton

Originally posted by ferdi
dont mean to hi-jack this thread but how many pople play C like this

e

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B

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1----
G

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0---
D

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2---
A

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3---
E

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3---

seems to work quite nice..

That's C/G. It does sound pretty nice though as does;
D/F#

e

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2

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B

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3---
G

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2---
D

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0---
A

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E

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2---

PlasseyMinstrel

Is it Run by Snow Patrol by any chance?

He just leaves out the bass note and drops the highest by a semitone, so its

e--0--
G--1--
B--2--
D--3--
A--3--
E

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EDIT - just realised thats F, not F#.
My bad

Vincent

you can use the shape plasseyminstrel pasted for any barre chord (E shape). Giblet showed me its good for fast barre chord changes bewteen certain chords. Paul can elaborate.

PlasseyMinstrel

I'll save him some time

E shape is

e--0--
G--0--
B--1--
D--2--
A--2--
E--0--

To get any other chord, slide that shape up to fretboard (you have to put your index finger across a whole fret in place of the "0"s in the basic E shape.

So G would be

e--3
G--3
B--4
D--5
A--5
E--3

made by putting your index finger across all the strings on fret 3. Middle finger gets the 4 on B, ring finger takes 5 on A and pinky does the 5 on D.


Use that to play Radiohead's "Creep"...
G... B... C... Cm

uses the shape above for G, with index finger at 3
The slide that shape to 7 for B
Slide that shape to 8 for C
Now lift your middle finger to make C into Cm
Back to start and repeat.

Simple song to play, great to listen to. Easy to sing along to also.

M@lice

C sounds better if you mute the E string with your thumb in my opinion. I always like to have the tonic in the bass.

Tho for a D chord its a bit annoying cos i have to mute the E and the A string to keep the d in the bass. But it really irritates me when i see ppl playing D chords without mutting even the E string. I just sounds so terrible! :eek:

To me fretting playing the the G in the bass of an C chord makes it a C/G inversion which to me is a different chord to C. I just much prefer how a chord sounds with the tonic in the bass when i'm playing on my own anyway. Don't know how ye feel about it.

Thats why its always handy to have a bass player around. Then you can play the chords in what ever inversion thats handy. As long as the bass player keeps pumping out the tonic it sounds grand!

PlasseyMinstrel

Originally posted by M@lice
C sounds better if you mute the E string with your thumb in my opinion.

Well you have to mute it if there's a risk you'll play it - otherwise its not a C. Bass note of a C is... C!

Ya if people play and open E (or A) with a D its completely wrong. That's a bass note five whole tones below what it should be.

Earthhorse

As has already been touched on he's probably playing some variant of the chord, such as:

e--0
B--2
C--3
D--4
A--4
E--X

That might look like a C shape to you particularly if he's using one finger to bar the D and A strings.

Giblet

Em, none of them chords are F#m.

Most likely he was hold it wierd, barring with two fingers.

e|-
B|-2 index
G|-2 index
D|-4 pinky/ring
A|-4 pinky/ring
E|-

His fingers could of been resting in a way that looks like a C shape, like where else could you hold your middle finger in that shape.

Myksyk

Giblet's correct. Spotting chord shapes off video is difficult as unfretted fingers can look as if they are actually fretted. I imagine that he is playing the F#m as Giblet says , perhaps fretting the high E string on the 2nd fret as well.

Remember Cr3mO, major and minor chords have only three notes in them so most of what you see being played by guitar players involves repeated notes (for example your bog standard F#m barre chord is F#,C#,F#,A, C#,F# ... and your bog standard open G chord has the notes G,B,D,G,D,G ... that's a lot of repeating!!).

As long as you have the F#, A and C# you have an F#m chord, or one of its inversions (where the lowest note is not F#).

This gives you a lot of scope for chopping and changing chords to suit the passage of the chords and the easiest fingering. Afterall, that F#m barre can be disruptive if you're trtying to flow thru a few chords. Unless you want a very full sound (which indeed you may if you're playing solo) then there is no real need to invest all you energy in that big fat mother!!;)