Yukio
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Love that chord shape!I could not manage to play the E-Chord until I found this alternative: View attachment 149499
Love that chord shape!I could not manage to play the E-Chord until I found this alternative: View attachment 149499
BwahhI've been working on a H chord that might put an end to this discussion.
I'm loving thisPeople, people, don't you know?
The C-chord is the new E-chord! Strum hard and no one will ever notice.
C! :nana: C! :nana: C! :nana:
P.S. F is the new A-chord, and G is the new B-chord. Don't let anyone tell you different.
Good thing, then, that this thread is in the Beginners forum, for people who might be interested in some various shapes options that could work better for them, depending on what transitions they're working on in a specific piece, or what their hands are capable of at this moment, until they can train their fingers to get a different shape on the fly, at tempo, in whatever chord progression they're working on. Good thing, too, that we don't jump all over new UU members for contributing their valid thoughts and experiences to a discussion.I have ignored this thread.
Its like a millstone of unbelief in your own abilities to train your hands to be able to play a particular chord. Even if it does take some repetition training and persistence and self belief to achieve.
Unless you have a medical condition, you can learn and train yourself to play all of the E chord shapes already discussed in this thread. Just stop reading the posts like this thread and get on with the training process.
I'm not sure that there is "bad" technique to get notes to sound how you want them. There may be "better" techniques, but if it works consistently for you, and you play musically with it, why not? Thanks for adding another idea!I've been playing certain chords like E and Fm that require a stretched pinky by just deadening the one offending string. So I'll play an E with index on the G1, ring on A2, and middle deadening the C string in a natural position between them. Sounds good to me and plays and transitions easily. But I never see this suggested. Is it considered bad technique for some reason?
Technically speakingI've searched under E-chord...can't find what I'm looking for.
I guess I'm like most newbies - the E-chord (along with several others needing four fingers) is the chord from hell in terms of finger placement. I'm also pretty certain that short of growing a third hand, I'm not likely to ever get the contortions right!
So My questions are:
1. Is there a harmonic alternative to the E chord? ie what could I get a way with at a push!??
2. Any sneaky tips on finger positions?
3. Suggestions for painless amputations?
Thanks
3-fingered Bill
PS
Shucks ...got my first callous forming....so proud!! It's like a first born! (OK I know ...that's a bit OTT - but you know what I mean!)
If you don't play it as a straight barre, you can use your index for G string, middle for C string, and ring finger for A string. Then if you leave the E string open you have an E chord. If you use the middle finger to fret the C string and dampen the E string, you also get an E chord, but this version will be less ring-y without the E unisons. I actually prefer this version because of that reason and also because it is then a movable major chord. And if you add one finger then you get a dom9, m7b5, or m6 chord, so that with very little movement you can migrate from a major chord to a dominant chord.That gives E6 (B E G# C# )
You got me tinkering around and I discovered that 4445 sounds lovely. E7 according to a chord namer. Is this closer to E major than E6? (I'm disabled and can't do 4434. 44X4 is quite a challenge too.)If you don't play it as a straight barre, you can use your index for G string, middle for C string, and ring finger for A string. Then if you leave the E string open you have an E chord. If you use the middle finger to fret the C string and dampen the E string, you also get an E chord, but this version will be less ring-y without the E unisons. I actually prefer this version because of that reason and also because it is then a movable major chord. And if you add one finger then you get a dom9, m7b5, or m6 chord, so that with very little movement you can migrate from a major chord to a dominant chord.
One example: 44X4 is E major. 4434 is A9. Move that shape up two frets to 6656 and you have B9. That's all you need to play the blues in E, albeit a bit spicy with those 9 chords. And walking down from the sixth fret to the fourth fret makes a nice turnaround.
A bit tricky. I prefer 4447 or even the normal EIf you don't play it as a straight barre, you can use your index for G string, middle for C string, and ring finger for A string. Then if you leave the E string open you have an E chord. If you use the middle finger to fret the C string and dampen the E string, you also get an E chord, but this version will be less ring-y without the E unisons. I actually prefer this version because of that reason and also because it is then a movable major chord. And if you add one finger then you get a dom9, m7b5, or m6 chord, so that with very little movement you can migrate from a major chord to a dominant chord.
One example: 44X4 is E major. 4434 is A9. Move that shape up two frets to 6656 and you have B9. That's all you need to play the blues in E, albeit a bit spicy with those 9 chords. And walking down from the sixth fret to the fourth fret makes a nice turnaround.
Probably 95% of average uke players substitute the dominant E7 1202 for an Emajor. I think that this thread is for those who want to break away from substitutions and play the real thing. The 4447 is easy barre but the high E often sounds out of place if chords before and after don't have notes of similar pitch. Lots of practice to get a clean 4442 is probably best option.You got me tinkering around and I discovered that 4445 sounds lovely. E7 according to a chord namer. Is this closer to E major than E6? (I'm disabled and can't do 4434. 44X4 is quite a challenge too.)