Your teaching style is always appreciated! At the risk of asking a question that may have an obvious answer (aka dumb question :-) For the Bm and F#m bar cords: if there are finger positions already pressing strings on the 4th fret (D-G for Bm...A-D for F#m) why is it important to have pressure from the index finger on the second fret for both cords ? ....if your fingers are already applying pressure on the 4th fret?
Isn’t it also common for chord charts to have numbers for which fingers to use written on the black dot. For instance you used (I think) fingers 2,3,4 for your G and not 1,2,3. But … I understand that different fingers may sometimes be used to make it easier to move to the next (or from the previous?) chord? And what about the (is it?) competing convention to use for finger 1 on fret 1, 2 on 2, etc.?
Also those numbers are kinda guidelines especially when used 4. Which is your pinkie but lots of times people pinkies aren't strong enough so you use what you can when you can. What helped me when using the number for finger placement was to get anchor fingers to change chords faster. Like going from G major to D minor. You keep ring finger in the same spot for both so going back and forth is easier than lifting all to switch.
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Your teaching style is always appreciated! At the risk of asking a question that may have an obvious answer (aka dumb question :-) For the Bm and F#m bar cords: if there are finger positions already pressing strings on the 4th fret (D-G for Bm...A-D for F#m) why is it important to have pressure from the index finger on the second fret for both cords ? ....if your fingers are already applying pressure on the 4th fret?
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Isn’t it also common for chord charts to have numbers for which fingers to use written on the black dot. For instance you used (I think) fingers 2,3,4 for your G and not 1,2,3. But … I understand that different fingers may sometimes be used to make it easier to move to the next (or from the previous?) chord? And what about the (is it?) competing convention to use for finger 1 on fret 1, 2 on 2, etc.?
Also those numbers are kinda guidelines especially when used 4. Which is your pinkie but lots of times people pinkies aren't strong enough so you use what you can when you can. What helped me when using the number for finger placement was to get anchor fingers to change chords faster. Like going from G major to D minor. You keep ring finger in the same spot for both so going back and forth is easier than lifting all to switch.
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