I love the F chords. I'd say my favorite one is the Fadd9. I like your two note version, sounds beautiful when finger picking. I've yet to have that throw an instrument moment. Love the channel Darrell.
I don't throw mine either. I just don't pick it up for two years, just as the callouses were starting to form, then I have to start all over with them in two years, determined to 'keep playing this time.' Yeah, right.
Tip for beginners playing the F chord: pick a song you know that has the F chord and just play that song over and over. Doesnt matter if you're getting the F chord sound wrong, your fingers will get used to the placement and the muscles will strengthen eventually and you'll be able to play an F :)
Or join bands that only play songs that have no F in them.... unless its the first chord in the first song in the set, then you can arrive early and get the chord ready while the drummer is setting up.
One time I was peacefully practicing my sopranino recorder, but my roommate came in and kept telling me to stop playing because it was annoying. I argued with her saying that, no, my sopranino playing is splendid, but she kept telling me to stop playing still! So I got so angry that I threw my beautiful sopranino recorder at her face and almost knocked her eye out. Thank god my recorder is okay.
Mann Kiefer I think you made a mistake. If you want to learn barre chords you can't avoid them, and that's the point. But if you enjoy being a bassist, then I won't stop you, have fun with it. Remember, practicing is the only way to be better.
Mann Kiefer lol I started on jazz style bass, then picked up a guitar because it was easier and it’s just something I mess around with since I can learn a song in 20 minutes
Never did one in anger but we had an old beat up guitar that was falling apart for some reason and my family wanted to get rid of it since we have other guitars in the house. So I took it out to the backyard and smashed the hell out of it rocker style. That was fun.
Took me six hours of straight sitting down and practicing until I got the barre! Don’t give up! And REALLY make sure your playing with the boney hard part and not the soft part. That was a good tip for me!
I have always found F a difficult chord but you are the first person who has acknowledged this... i was beginning to think it was just me being crap! Subscribed and looking forward to more tips and tricks x
You must be Canadian wearing short sleeves and rolling in the snow. I want to throw my guitar like that every time I watch you play, because I'll never touch that talent.
Haha I thought the same thing! I live in the Maritimes and became a subscriber this week. Up until this video I just assumed you lived in the States but I thought omg only a Canadian would’ve done that LOL. Where ya from Darrell?
When i first started playing guitar i was learning a song and got so frustrated cause it didn't sound the same. But the problem was that i was picking the wrong strings! 😂 i threw the guitar across the room and it landed on my floor and has a BIG scratch on it! i still have that same starter acoustic guitar today and it plays great! 😂
I threw my practice nylon string guitar across the couch one time and it very nearly went through the living room window. I was SO GLAD that it stopped before it hit that window! I resort now to throwing my pick! I've lost (misplaced) a few picks now and then, but it certainly wont break a window if it hits it!
You just saved me a ton of time!!!!! Fadd9, ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. for some reason had the hardest time holding 1st 2 strings with forefinger after an injury and not playing for weeks. I am simply doing this and can move on to LEARNING....God bless you😂
I have taken my acoustic guitar to a tree once or twice when i first started learning how to play guitar. It is now 20+ years later and I still have the urge to make my guitar firewood every now and then. Thanks for the lesson and keep up the good work.
Glad to see someone teaching this. There are more variations but this is a great start. It's much needed because it actually makes a much more complex sound. For those that have ears to hear.
At age 65, I decided to finally teach myself guitar. Now I know why it’s called the F chord. This is a big help my friend so thanks. Especially in light of the fact that there’s no fluffy snow here right now to cushion my guitar’s landing.
Loved the intro. I've felt that way - frequently - but have so far never thrown a guitar. That said, I HAVE spent years trying to really master the F chord - with only partial success. These are some valuable tips. Thanks!
im a pianist so once i was do mad i took our 600 lb. $20,000 baby grand, picked it up, and threw it at my mom. just kidding i just played an a harmonic minor scale very loudly. that's about all you can do with a piano.
haha nice intro/outro! looks like you've got the same levels of snow that we have here in Ottawa. I remember F being a really tough chord to learn and hold properly. great vid. take care!
Poor Tacoma ! I have an old one which I love. It fits my hands perfectly, the action is superb and is my favourite instrument. They don't make the good ones anymore apparentl Thanks for the video, Fmaj7 and Fadd9 are ones i use lot rather than a simple F. Switching rapidly between them gives good grace notes.
Hi Darell, i am here just to thank you for guiding me about the tunning machines. i bought a Sperzel Locking Tuners to my SG and its sounding amazing! My SG is a chinese one, but i chznged the pickups and the tunning machines and now it feels so much great to me
These days I default to the first position bar chord to play F, but when i was first learning my teacher showed me a way to play the 4 string version from a C chord. Simply drop the second and third fingers down one string and roll the first finger so it covers both the first and second strings. One thing that you could have shown to aid beginning players changing from C to the FMaj7 would be to follow this same process without baring the top two strings. Hold the first finger in position on the B string and bring the other two fingers down. Easy.
I started listening to this video, hadn't even finished it, and already subscribed. I find it extra-didactic that you write the voices out on the pentagram -- really helps those of us who come to guitar from keyboard.
I smashed my first guitar when I was 17 out of anger. Not from frustration of playing, I was just mad at life like an immature teen. it was a first act les Paul variant. Smashed it into pieces.
X33033 Fantastic video! Whenever I need an F as a borrowed chord in the key of G, I use X33033, which is nice because a lot of times you are going to go to a C2 right after the F.
hi, my name is Buck. thanks for these quik lessons. I wish I had known some of this a couple years ago. I have some arthritis in my hands and have some trouble with certain chords. I'm going to dig out some of the music that I gave up on now. thanks again
I love the beginning of your video, I thought it was me at first, just trying to learning to play guitar and feeling like the more I practice the less I know. Great video !!
Here are some F chords I use a lot-especially when playing with other guitarists who have the low voicings covered. x - x - 3 - 5 - x - 5 x - x - 9 - 9 - 9 - 13 x - 8 - 10 - 10 - 10 - x x - x - 0 - 5 - 6 - 5 (F6^D, leave off the D for a plain F chord)
Got another one... which is btw a very comfortable Eb when played 2 frets lower (and then the g string is of course perfect, open). x - 8 - 7 - x (or open as add9) - 6 - 8 Of course one can as well leave the E-string open for a major7... but who am I talking to ;)
Darrell I was just calm and silent for couple of weeks for not able to play F chord. I just gave my guitar to somebody else. After 10 years I picked up guitar again and now I know it; So I am behind 10 years in guitar skills for not knowing F chord; I wish I knew at least the work around 10 years back
Thanks Daz. I’ve been playing electric for sooo long & just bought a really nice Furch acoustic. BUT….. you know acoustics are tougher to play AND they improve your playing…. well as an old git my left hand's lost stregth & I was at that throw it in the sea moment (live on the coast). You saved my new axe from a swim to France. Peace & Love from England.
sorta got out of hand one night bout 20 years ago .. it was a crestline left handed les paul. just couldn't stand the cheap copy action etc. took it to work with me the next day and ran over it with a Mack superliner. all the drivers were shaking their heads in disgust !!! Gomez (Gary martin) got me on the cb and said hey oddball (that's me) ever think you just can't play ??? I said no never dawned on me. to late now squashed it squishy. loved the video Darrell. all the best.
#4 looked too familiar and I realized that the frets being depressed are the same as done with one form of an Am7, but I have incorrectly been letting the high E ring out (my apologies to Mr. Ed Sheeran). Gotta be honest though Darrell, you threw me for a loop when I didn't hear "Hey guys, welcome back the channel." That intro was...different. I like it.Thank you as always for making the vid and including some great ways to work these forms into everyday playing!
I'm new to guitar and this is really going to help me. I also sent your link to a friend who is getting back into playing and is struggling with the F chord. Thank you.
My 14 year old fingers had quite a difficult and painful time learning any chord on a high action circa 40s Epiphone. When I came to the F chord, all that pent up pain and frustration pushed me to throw that Epi on the floor, one day, resulting in a 6 inch crack around the upper body at the fretboard heel. We slapped some duct tape on it to hold it together for two more years until I was able to buy my first classical guitar. After all these years I have two wishes--that I had treated that guitar with more respect, and that I still had it.
The first two Guitars I owned were fairly cheap. I have a keyboard background, so based on that, I consulted a Fredrick Noad book for Standard Tuning, and located Middle C on the Low E String (8th position) and figured my way out from there. Then I let it go for a couple of decades and started back a few years ago. The point about the 8th Fret area is it that it's more flexible than First Position. I didn't (and often still don't) play Barre Chords per se, but often One-String-Per-Fingertip.
Great idea for a humorous intro, hilarious. If only my tutor would give encouragement in teaching these easier methods, then when proficient learning the correct chord placement.
Watching videos of you makes me know i could never do that well with guitar, i should just cut my fingers off and go back my cave. You're amazing, thanks
Can you do a lesson on how to practice and learn to strum both up and down (especially up) when you only want to strike 3 to 5 strings, like you do at 2:06? You're hitting all 3, right? I can kinda understand how someone can strum downward and hit fewer than 6 strings if their aim is consistent, since they don't have to raise the pick in time to avoid strings which are still in their path (i.e. they want to hit the high B or E strings and there are no more strings to worry about hitting after that), but how anyone can strum up and only hit the first three strings without hitting other strings which are in the path upward, such as hitting the 4th, or to hit the first 4 without hitting 5 or 6, or to hit 5 strings without hitting 6 is beyond me. I haven't found one lesson video by anyone dealing with this. The guitar books don't discuss it either, they just say to do it without saying how. Do you actually do both downstrokes and upstrokes at the end on the F/C, avoiding the two E strings? (They're like bookends). I don't see how. There has to be some string avoidance exercises to practice to develop the skill.
Darrell Braun Guitar i loved your video! That intro made me laugh so hard that i fell of my chair and kept laughing 😂 😂😂I love your sense of humor Darrell! I learned a lot! Thank you so much for this! 😄👍
Darrell Braun Guitar Hey Darrel,you are an amazing guitar player,Your videos help a lot in my musical formation,and this video was very nice,continue helping several people in the musical world.thanks! :)
i play the one with the C in the bass but i dont fret the F on the high E. i dig the maj7 sound and u can pull off your index finger and get like an F lydian sound with the B
Thanks for this. I've smacked into a solid brick wall with a big F painted on it. Trying to learn the bar version but definitely need these cheats. Baby steps. Just gotta keep going. A little each day. No-one ever over came a challenge by giving up.
Well, I must admit when playing my first guitar, I smashed it on the floor, so the neck broke. My elder brother re-mounted it with two bolts, but it never sounded good again. It never stayed in tune again. Which was the reason why I smashed it... Those days I used to tune my guitar to music coming from a cassette-player. Now I know that these things didn't really keep their tune stable enough. After that I have been using a pitch pipe. I am not the person who will destroy any instrument. I rather take good care for them. Now these days I even have a microfibre cloth in my gig-bags to wipe the guitars (and especially the strings) before I close the bag. Maybe over the top, but perhaps a direct result of my emotional explosion then. You must know that I had just learned a few chords and wanted to use them to 'real music' and because of my action I had to wait until another guitar was in my reach. I can tell you that those weeks were like spending time in prison (I guess). Horrible!!
never got that frustrated but close, guitars worth too much to do that but I got a good lol out of your video! I like the last 2 videos, very helpful because I do have problems with bar chords. thanks!
Hey eh! Greetings from California. Long time subscriber here. Thanks for this, you may have just saved a guitar's life 🎸... Love this channel. I'm ahout to buy my first Harley Benton & Firefly semi-hollow thanks to the reviews. Had been lookin at em for a while and you pushed me over the edge on em. Rock on 🤘🏼
Why have I not seen any chord diagrams anywhere like the very first one you show for F, using all 4 fingers? If I do a google search on 'Guitar F chord' and then 'images,' there are pages of diagrams and I don't see that one for some reason. Your pinky can reach the middle of the 3rd fret on the 4th string, right? There has to be a reason for not having seen it before which I'm not aware of. (I'm cursed with short stubby fingers). Could it be the inability to transition to other chords easily when the 4th finger is occupied? That's all I can think of. What am I missing? Btw, I love the maj7 sound. I can't barre the two strings with my first finger at 90 degrees to the strings and flat, and not have my 2nd finger make contact with the B string. I noticed you do it with at a very high angle to the two B-E strings, while other people go straight across. I struggle with buzz either way.
Im mostly a ukelele player, so F is easy, but i tried to start playing some random chords i found online, and the list didnt show an F (I was confused because, on Uke, the E chord is the evil key not F), So i looked up the F chord and looked at the picture showing the chord. Lets just say a couple of choice colorful words came from my mouth lol. Glad this video was here, Helped a lot So Thanks!! Ps: You Are A Wonderful Guitar Player! PPs: As Far as I can tell you responded to Almost EVERY SINGLE COMMENT o_O two words for you...... GOOD JOB!
The Fmaj7sus2 is close to my favorite chord but I add the F bass note (thumb) and open A string which makes it a Fmaj9. Beautiful chord and goes great with Am.
Great intro. Every musician's experience in one form or another. I threw my metronome across the room when I was a kid learning the violin. I sounded like crap and I couldn't keep time!
Thanks for the response, Darrell. As a symphony violinist I can tell you that string players traditionally have lousy rhythm. That's why I play drums. ☺ They're so concerned with every other aspect of technique that rhythm takes a back seat. This is why on stage the strings are always behind the beat of the baton.
This is the greatest series! I have been dreaming of a cheat for the F chord! Thank you. How do you know when to substitute which or are they all basically the same? Thank you so much! This is one of the most helpful videos I have seen for the F chord.
Great lesson again, Darrel. May I suggest, you teach an advanced lesson now and then. A lot of us could need a lesson, how to set our sound, which pedals, how to set the amp and so on - as well 🤘 I really have to give you hat tips again, since you don't use all the lesson listening to your own voice 🎸🎸
Thanks, I really look forward. Btw, have you remarked, how much you improve yourself by givin' lessons. I have...and I'm not quite as skilled as you 🤘🎸
+Allan Fibecker Absolutely! Teaching forces a person to really be prepared - not only with knowledge of musical concepts but im technical playing ability too!
....aaaand such a beautiful guitar wasted due to the water and cold, RIP !!! I feel so bad now for that Tacoma scene from the beginning of the clip.... btw, your channel is perfect for my progress, if you have some musical theory guidelines please share I would really appreciate it - for mastering the chord progressions the easy way
Those Tacoma guitars are actually pretty nice guitars. I have a Tacoma D12 solid wood body made in the USA. The finish all came off of it so I had to refinish it but it still is a decent guitar. It for sure isn't on the same level as my Taylor but it's a good guitar none the less. It's what I bring places if I don't want to risk messing up my Taylor.
I think I went there with my dad, its was a nice shop, I always loved music/instument Shops xD Ps: Gate Way to India has amazing indian food, Its by Half Pint and Red Hots
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I love the F chords. I'd say my favorite one is the Fadd9. I like your two note version, sounds beautiful when finger picking. I've yet to have that throw an instrument moment. Love the channel Darrell.
+JamCave Studio Thanks!
Yeah, I like that one too 👍
JamCave Studio A beautiful song in which the Fadd9 is utilized is Omission by John Frusciante, love it there!
The hard days night chord
I don't throw mine either. I just don't pick it up for two years, just as the callouses were starting to form, then I have to start all over with them in two years, determined to 'keep playing this time.' Yeah, right.
I am guessing you have long fingers.
I always look to new songs, but when there is an f in in im like NOPEEE
Lol same
For real
B & F
Same ! That’s what lead me to this video
Sameere
Tip for beginners playing the F chord:
pick a song you know that has the F chord and just play that song over and over. Doesnt matter if you're getting the F chord sound wrong, your fingers will get used to the placement and the muscles will strengthen eventually and you'll be able to play an F :)
will do thanks
Neighbours will be happy
This is good advice. I'm new to guitar and have been skipping all my songs with and F chord, lol. I won't anymore, thank you.
Or join bands that only play songs that have no F in them.... unless its the first chord in the first song in the set, then you can arrive early and get the chord ready while the drummer is setting up.
the intro was epic! HAHAHA
+Jean Steven Damatan 😄👍
But true for many of us 😂😂😂
Lol I agree!!
😂😂😂
We all know why it’s called the “F” chord.
F
F
😂indeed!!!!
😂 😂 😂
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Darrell, I think this video just jump started your acting career!
+Jared McIntosh 😄 Thanks!
Hahahaha
Oh 😂
One time I was peacefully practicing my sopranino recorder, but my roommate came in and kept telling me to stop playing because it was annoying. I argued with her saying that, no, my sopranino playing is splendid, but she kept telling me to stop playing still! So I got so angry that I threw my beautiful sopranino recorder at her face and almost knocked her eye out. Thank god my recorder is okay.
hahaha that hilarious. I'm happy ur recorder is okay.
Yeah you tell them, how dare they insult your splendid playing
Im happy it is ok
Next time you feel like throwing your guitar to the roof, give it to me, please... (nice video!)
+Jung Son 😄👍
Or to me!
I noticed that he didn't throw the Rainsong!!!
Or me!
Or me
When I was 10 I had so much fun with the guitar until....I met barre chords. I mastered them eventually but what happened?
I became a bassist XD
Mann Kiefer rip
Mann Kiefer I think you made a mistake. If you want to learn barre chords you can't avoid them, and that's the point. But if you enjoy being a bassist, then I won't stop you, have fun with it.
Remember, practicing is the only way to be better.
There are plenty of guitar players anyway. Bass is cool and really fun :)
Bass is the consolation prize for failing at guitar.nobody ever says when I growup I want to be a bass player..
Mann Kiefer lol I started on jazz style bass, then picked up a guitar because it was easier and it’s just something I mess around with since I can learn a song in 20 minutes
Never did one in anger but we had an old beat up guitar that was falling apart for some reason and my family wanted to get rid of it since we have other guitars in the house. So I took it out to the backyard and smashed the hell out of it rocker style. That was fun.
+BigBossBob 😄🎸💥
I've never been angry enough to throw my guitar....
but I think James from Metallica was recently
Daniel Flores Wait, WHAT?!
*grammys
lol
Took me six hours of straight sitting down and practicing until I got the barre! Don’t give up! And REALLY make sure your playing with the boney hard part and not the soft part. That was a good tip for me!
I have always found F a difficult chord but you are the first person who has acknowledged this... i was beginning to think it was just me being crap! Subscribed and looking forward to more tips and tricks x
+humbuck59 Welcome to the channel!
You must be Canadian wearing short sleeves and rolling in the snow. I want to throw my guitar like that every time I watch you play, because I'll never touch that talent.
+Steve F 😄🇨🇦👍
Haha I thought the same thing! I live in the Maritimes and became a subscriber this week. Up until this video I just assumed you lived in the States but I thought omg only a Canadian would’ve done that LOL. Where ya from Darrell?
🇨🇦👍😎
@@cedarwings82 I think he's from Alberta like Calgary?
When i first started playing guitar i was learning a song and got so frustrated cause it didn't sound the same. But the problem was that i was picking the wrong strings! 😂 i threw the guitar across the room and it landed on my floor and has a BIG scratch on it! i still have that same starter acoustic guitar today and it plays great! 😂
+Ian Gonzalez 😄 Thanks for sharing 👍
Michael Anderson 😂
36 people don't appreciate great humor and great content blended into a single video.
I threw my practice nylon string guitar across the couch one time and it very nearly went through the living room window. I was SO GLAD that it stopped before it hit that window! I resort now to throwing my pick! I've lost (misplaced) a few picks now and then, but it certainly wont break a window if it hits it!
+Clayton Coffman 😄 I agree! Much better just to toss picks!
the f chord is hard 😂 everytime i try any f chord, it sounds muted
You just saved me a ton of time!!!!! Fadd9, ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. for some reason had the hardest time holding 1st 2 strings with forefinger after an injury and not playing for weeks. I am simply doing this and can move on to LEARNING....God bless you😂
I have taken my acoustic guitar to a tree once or twice when i first started learning how to play guitar. It is now 20+ years later and I still have the urge to make my guitar firewood every now and then. Thanks for the lesson and keep up the good work.
Glad to see someone teaching this. There are more variations but this is a great start. It's much needed because it actually makes a much more complex sound. For those that have ears to hear.
At age 65, I decided to finally teach myself guitar. Now I know why it’s called the F chord. This is a big help my friend so thanks. Especially in light of the fact that there’s no fluffy snow here right now to cushion my guitar’s landing.
Loved the intro. I've felt that way - frequently - but have so far never thrown a guitar. That said, I HAVE spent years trying to really master the F chord - with only partial success. These are some valuable tips. Thanks!
im a pianist so once i was do mad i took our 600 lb. $20,000 baby grand, picked it up, and threw it at my mom.
just kidding i just played an a harmonic minor scale very loudly. that's about all you can do with a piano.
+Ethan L. 😄😄😄
Been there, done that. . 😂😂
omg really. holy crap
I didnt see the "Read More" button at the bottom and I was thinking your mom was dead
haha nice intro/outro! looks like you've got the same levels of snow that we have here in Ottawa. I remember F being a really tough chord to learn and hold properly. great vid. take care!
+lando27music 👍 We funny got some snow!
I'll swing by your channel, and see what you've been up to!
thank you very much. Neil Young is my favorite and most of his songs have the F chord. I am a very beginner so you have helped me a lot. thanks again.
Poor Tacoma ! I have an old one which I love. It fits my hands perfectly, the action is superb and is my favourite instrument. They don't make the good ones anymore apparentl Thanks for the video, Fmaj7 and Fadd9 are ones i use lot rather than a simple F. Switching rapidly between them gives good grace notes.
Of all the "F chord" videos on You Tube, I find this one the most useful. Thanks, Darrell.
Hi Darell, i am here just to thank you for guiding me about the tunning machines. i bought a Sperzel Locking Tuners to my SG and its sounding amazing! My SG is a chinese one, but i chznged the pickups and the tunning machines and now it feels so much great to me
+Luiz Alexandre Mattos Great to hear back from you!
Glad it worked out :)
These days I default to the first position bar chord to play F, but when i was first learning my teacher showed me a way to play the 4 string version from a C chord. Simply drop the second and third fingers down one string and roll the first finger so it covers both the first and second strings.
One thing that you could have shown to aid beginning players changing from C to the FMaj7 would be to follow this same process without baring the top two strings. Hold the first finger in position on the B string and bring the other two fingers down. Easy.
Hahaa...nope, it's not my guitars that suck! Thanks for ALL of your lessons, Darrell. You are THE BEST!
I started listening to this video, hadn't even finished it, and already subscribed. I find it extra-didactic that you write the voices out on the pentagram -- really helps those of us who come to guitar from keyboard.
Welcome to the channel! ☺
This is a great series. Thanks so much for making these!
I smashed my first guitar when I was 17 out of anger. Not from frustration of playing, I was just mad at life like an immature teen. it was a first act les Paul variant. Smashed it into pieces.
+Rob 😄 Yeah, I hear ya!
X33033
Fantastic video! Whenever I need an F as a borrowed chord in the key of G, I use X33033, which is nice because a lot of times you are going to go to a C2 right after the F.
+Bryce Lenz Nice! 👍
hi, my name is Buck. thanks for these quik lessons. I wish I had known some of this a couple years ago. I have some arthritis in my hands and have some trouble with certain chords. I'm going to dig out some of the music that I gave up on now. thanks again
+niki byram That is really great to hear!
Good luck 👍
Dude you got me with that scene at the beginning. Amazing video thanks. You got a new subscriber here👋👍
Thanks!
Welcome to the channel ☺
I love the beginning of your video, I thought it was me at first, just trying to learning to play guitar and feeling like the more I practice the less I know. Great video !!
+Jules Sanchez Thanks :)
So I can start learning new keys other than G to lead worship in thanks man
G is the main one they taught me at church too haha
Because G is the key of God. Never use the key of D. That belongs to the Devil.
Nothing wrong with the key of G. It's just a really good key for the structure of the guitar!
That capo life am I right! Hahahaha
Here are some F chords I use a lot-especially when playing with other guitarists who have the low voicings covered.
x - x - 3 - 5 - x - 5
x - x - 9 - 9 - 9 - 13
x - 8 - 10 - 10 - 10 - x
x - x - 0 - 5 - 6 - 5 (F6^D, leave off the D for a plain F chord)
+befingered Nice! 👍
Got another one... which is btw a very comfortable Eb when played 2 frets lower (and then the g string is of course perfect, open).
x - 8 - 7 - x (or open as add9) - 6 - 8
Of course one can as well leave the E-string open for a major7... but who am I talking to ;)
Cool. Thanks!
befingered Are those #'s the frets? New be here 🎸
Darrell I was just calm and silent for couple of weeks for not able to play F chord. I just gave my guitar to somebody else. After 10 years I picked up guitar again and now I know it; So I am behind 10 years in guitar skills for not knowing F chord; I wish I knew at least the work around 10 years back
Thank you. I was ready to throw my guitar on the roof too but you helped a lot. I can now make that F chord ring out beautifully.
Thanks Daz. I’ve been playing electric for sooo long & just bought a really nice Furch acoustic. BUT….. you know acoustics are tougher to play AND they improve your playing…. well as an old git my left hand's lost stregth & I was at that throw it in the sea moment (live on the coast). You saved my new axe from a swim to France. Peace & Love from England.
+keefbigman 😄 Glad to help!
Congratulations on the beautiful acoustic!
I have only been learning chords for 2 weeks and your bum version of the F chord is how mine sounds!
The way he screamed when he threw the guitar! Lol
sorta got out of hand one night bout 20 years ago ..
it was a crestline left handed les paul.
just couldn't stand the cheap copy action etc. took it to work with me the next day
and ran over it with a Mack superliner.
all the drivers were shaking their heads in disgust !!!
Gomez (Gary martin)
got me on the cb and said hey oddball (that's me) ever think you just can't play ???
I said no never dawned on me.
to late now
squashed it squishy.
loved the video Darrell.
all the best.
+John Hutsenpiller Jr 😄😄😄
Thanks for sharing that story!
All the best to you too 👍
#4 looked too familiar and I realized that the frets being depressed are the same as done with one form of an Am7, but I have incorrectly been letting the high E ring out (my apologies to Mr. Ed Sheeran). Gotta be honest though Darrell, you threw me for a loop when I didn't hear "Hey guys, welcome back the channel." That intro was...different. I like it.Thank you as always for making the vid and including some great ways to work these forms into everyday playing!
+Hazenjitsu 😀👍
That's how I felt when learning C major. I wanted to quit totally. Glad someone else felt like I did.
not even gonna lie, that intro spoke to me on a personal level.
+Peachy Keen 😄👍
Thanks bro. I am having a hard time playing F chord but the three finger is easy enough to play my project song. Thanks again
Thanks this video was really helpful especially for me because I'm a beginner
I'm new to guitar and this is really going to help me. I also sent your link to a friend who is getting back into playing and is struggling with the F chord. Thank you.
I finally got the barre F, but it's not conducive to fingerpicking, in C. Your first example is serving me well. Thank you! Subscribed.
I'm two months into learning my dad's Taylor that he left me when he passed but it's so slow going, there's so much to learn.
WHO DISLIKES SUCH A VIDEO. SHOW YOURSELF!!
tawfik badawi some frustrated bassist who'd envy a guitarist I guess xD
26 boneheads ;-)
LOL
My 14 year old fingers had quite a difficult and painful time learning any chord on a high action circa 40s Epiphone. When I came to the F chord, all that pent up pain and frustration pushed me to throw that Epi on the floor, one day, resulting in a 6 inch crack around the upper body at the fretboard heel. We slapped some duct tape on it to hold it together for two more years until I was able to buy my first classical guitar. After all these years I have two wishes--that I had treated that guitar with more respect, and that I still had it.
The first two Guitars I owned were fairly cheap. I have a keyboard background, so based on that, I consulted a Fredrick Noad book for Standard Tuning, and located Middle C on the Low E String (8th position) and figured my way out from there.
Then I let it go for a couple of decades and started back a few years ago.
The point about the 8th Fret area is it that it's more flexible than First Position.
I didn't (and often still don't) play Barre Chords per se, but often One-String-Per-Fingertip.
I really wish I had these videos when I was learning guitar. I almost quit playing after not getting the hang of bar chords and the f chord
Thank you sooooo so so much. I'm a seventh grade guitar student, and we have a concert June 7th and this really helped.
+Gary Davis Glad to hear it!
Good luck on the 7th 😎👍
Great idea for a humorous intro, hilarious. If only my tutor would give encouragement in teaching these easier methods, then when proficient learning the correct chord placement.
+Dee Db Thanks!
The beginning of this video is what happens with me every day when I m going good on other chords except f chord
Very effective & loved your humour 😹 Aptly emotes the frustration faced by a new comer to play the F chord ..
Sending love from India ❤️
hey, I love playing guitar and my problem was the F note and now it's solved. Thanks man!!!!
+virendra mohan 😀👍
I love you bro. I've been struggling with this chord for years and now I have simpler was to do it. Thanks sooooo much
Watching videos of you makes me know i could never do that well with guitar, i should just cut my fingers off and go back my cave. You're amazing, thanks
LOL...I freakin' laughed my ass off at the beginning of the video!!! I felt like you were imitating me:)
Haaaaaaaaaaa. The beginning of this was flat out awesome.
Can you do a lesson on how to practice and learn to strum both up and down (especially up) when you only want to strike 3 to 5 strings, like you do at 2:06? You're hitting all 3, right? I can kinda understand how someone can strum downward and hit fewer than 6 strings if their aim is consistent, since they don't have to raise the pick in time to avoid strings which are still in their path (i.e. they want to hit the high B or E strings and there are no more strings to worry about hitting after that), but how anyone can strum up and only hit the first three strings without hitting other strings which are in the path upward, such as hitting the 4th, or to hit the first 4 without hitting 5 or 6, or to hit 5 strings without hitting 6 is beyond me. I haven't found one lesson video by anyone dealing with this. The guitar books don't discuss it either, they just say to do it without saying how. Do you actually do both downstrokes and upstrokes at the end on the F/C, avoiding the two E strings? (They're like bookends). I don't see how. There has to be some string avoidance exercises to practice to develop the skill.
Let me know which voicing you liked the best!
Darrell Braun Guitar i loved your video! That intro made me laugh so hard that i fell of my chair and kept laughing 😂 😂😂I love your sense of humor Darrell! I learned a lot! Thank you so much for this! 😄👍
Darrell Braun Guitar Hey Darrel,you are an amazing guitar player,Your videos help a lot in my musical formation,and this video was very nice,continue helping several people in the musical world.thanks! :)
+Ian Gonzalez Glad you liked the video :)
i play the one with the C in the bass but i dont fret the F on the high E. i dig the maj7 sound and u can pull off your index finger and get like an F lydian sound with the B
Darrell Braun Guitar as always awesome... well the change was good I mean that guitar throwing part...
3 years and I still can't hit decent F chord lol! The intro is so true
Thanks for this. I've smacked into a solid brick wall with a big F painted on it. Trying to learn the bar version but definitely need these cheats. Baby steps. Just gotta keep going. A little each day. No-one ever over came a challenge by giving up.
Yes yes!! That's me in the intro 😂😂
F major:
barre 1st fret of the high E and b strings
2nd fret of the g and 3rd fret of the a string
Well, I must admit when playing my first guitar, I smashed it on the floor, so the neck broke. My elder brother re-mounted it with two bolts, but it never sounded good again. It never stayed in tune again. Which was the reason why I smashed it...
Those days I used to tune my guitar to music coming from a cassette-player. Now I know that these things didn't really keep their tune stable enough. After that I have been using a pitch pipe.
I am not the person who will destroy any instrument. I rather take good care for them. Now these days I even have a microfibre cloth in my gig-bags to wipe the guitars (and especially the strings) before I close the bag. Maybe over the top, but perhaps a direct result of my emotional explosion then. You must know that I had just learned a few chords and wanted to use them to 'real music' and because of my action I had to wait until another guitar was in my reach. I can tell you that those weeks were like spending time in prison (I guess). Horrible!!
never got that frustrated but close, guitars worth too much to do that but I got a good lol out of your video! I like the last 2 videos, very helpful because I do have problems with bar chords. thanks!
+DavesGuitars777 True!
Glad the videos have been helpful :)
George Harrison used an Fadd9 with a G in the bass. The chord became somewhat well known. Think A Hard Day's Night opening chord!
so unique intro hahahaha. amazing!!!
Hey eh! Greetings from California. Long time subscriber here. Thanks for this, you may have just saved a guitar's life 🎸... Love this channel. I'm ahout to buy my first Harley Benton & Firefly semi-hollow thanks to the reviews. Had been lookin at em for a while and you pushed me over the edge on em. Rock on 🤘🏼
1:23 The one on the left is super easy. Just bridge your index finger over the B and E string. That was the second chord I learned.
The lobbing of the guitar was an extremely funny moment!
+gliddofglood 😄👍😎
It's nice to see that parents out there still know how to spell 'Darrell'... Thanks for the tips, by the way, I really need help with this chord!
Darrells Unite! ☺
that intro made me wonder if it's really Darrell's channel... good transition, I must say :D
I wanted to launch my guitar on my roof learning barre chords but you solved that problem. Thanks
+Mark miller 😄 Glad to help!
Good stuff Darrell! funny faces in the beginning of the vid - lol
+MrMongo321 😄 Yeah, I was pulling some mad faces!!
Great lesson... and I love the intro too.
Thanks Tomas!
This is the most helpful video I’ve watched as a beginner guitarist! Thank you!
Why have I not seen any chord diagrams anywhere like the very first one you show for F, using all 4 fingers? If I do a google search on 'Guitar F chord' and then 'images,' there are pages of diagrams and I don't see that one for some reason. Your pinky can reach the middle of the 3rd fret on the 4th string, right? There has to be a reason for not having seen it before which I'm not aware of. (I'm cursed with short stubby fingers). Could it be the inability to transition to other chords easily when the 4th finger is occupied? That's all I can think of. What am I missing? Btw, I love the maj7 sound. I can't barre the two strings with my first finger at 90 degrees to the strings and flat, and not have my 2nd finger make contact with the B string. I noticed you do it with at a very high angle to the two B-E strings, while other people go straight across. I struggle with buzz either way.
Im mostly a ukelele player, so F is easy, but i tried to start playing some random chords i found online, and the list didnt show an F (I was confused because, on Uke, the E chord is the evil key not F), So i looked up the F chord and looked at the picture showing the chord. Lets just say a couple of choice colorful words came from my mouth lol. Glad this video was here, Helped a lot So Thanks!! Ps: You Are A Wonderful Guitar Player!
PPs: As Far as I can tell you responded to Almost EVERY SINGLE COMMENT o_O two words for you...... GOOD JOB!
thanks for these! i really hate the F chord... i always end up changing the key of the song to avoid barre chords
ah nice one Darrell. it took me 6 months to nail it .ye just have to knuckle down .Nice to see the easier variations tho.
The Fmaj7sus2 is close to my favorite chord but I add the F bass note (thumb) and open A string which makes it a Fmaj9. Beautiful chord and goes great with Am.
Great intro. Every musician's experience in one form or another. I threw my metronome across the room when I was a kid learning the violin. I sounded like crap and I couldn't keep time!
+Gary McAleer 😄 Thanks!
Yeah, the metronome is every young musicians worse friend!
Thanks for the response, Darrell. As a symphony violinist I can tell you that string players traditionally have lousy rhythm. That's why I play drums. ☺ They're so concerned with every other aspect of technique that rhythm takes a back seat. This is why on stage the strings are always behind the beat of the baton.
+Gary McAleer That's a cool combination! Violin + Drums 👍
legend says that the guitar survived... soft landing, eh?
+Rajdeep Ganguli Yeah, she landed in a pillow of soft fresh snow!
This is the greatest series! I have been dreaming of a cheat for the F chord! Thank you. How do you know when to substitute which or are they all basically the same? Thank you so much! This is one of the most helpful videos I have seen for the F chord.
Alleluia!!!!😂
OMG that was exactly me in the intro LOL XD...this video sure did helped to me though I've just started practicing so badly !!
SAME! i find it so hard to play barre chords, thank you
Great lesson again, Darrel. May I suggest, you teach an advanced lesson now and then. A lot of us could need a lesson, how to set our sound, which pedals, how to set the amp and so on - as well 🤘
I really have to give you hat tips again, since you don't use all the lesson listening to your own voice 🎸🎸
+Allan Fibecker Sure, I'll add some advanced lessons to my list :)
Thanks, I really look forward. Btw, have you remarked, how much you improve yourself by givin' lessons. I have...and I'm not quite as skilled as you 🤘🎸
+Allan Fibecker Absolutely! Teaching forces a person to really be prepared - not only with knowledge of musical concepts but im technical playing ability too!
Exactly my experience 👌
....aaaand such a beautiful guitar wasted due to the water and cold, RIP !!!
I feel so bad now for that Tacoma scene from the beginning of the clip....
btw, your channel is perfect for my progress, if you have some musical theory guidelines please share I would really appreciate it - for mastering the chord progressions the easy way
Those Tacoma guitars are actually pretty nice guitars. I have a Tacoma D12 solid wood body made in the USA. The finish all came off of it so I had to refinish it but it still is a decent guitar. It for sure isn't on the same level as my Taylor but it's a good guitar none the less. It's what I bring places if I don't want to risk messing up my Taylor.
+olchevyman Yeah, it's really too bad they went out of business.
I think I went there with my dad, its was a nice shop, I always loved music/instument Shops xD Ps: Gate Way to India has amazing indian food, Its by Half Pint and Red Hots
And i just relized that you were refering to a tacoma guitar not a shop....I didnt even know there were gutairs called that. WELP THE MORE YOU KNOW!
Thank you sooooo much brother 😍😍😍 it's hard for me to play f chord now let's try with your method thank you