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Help with this chord

Unread post by lieinourgraves » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:45 pm

im trying to play this chord but i cant get it. i cant get my 3rd finger to bend to hit all the strings on the 9th fret. somone help me out
--7--
--9--
--9--
--9--
--7--
--7--
--COSTA--

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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:48 pm

not too hard, just lay your third finger down across them but make sure you dont hit the 1st string

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Unread post by MattyTrane » Tue Aug 31, 2004 10:12 pm

SUp pinky barre, some people cant do them butyou should learn to do it

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Unread post by mlb1399 » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:15 am

Maybe start by pushing down your 3rd finger tip hard on the top string played on the 9th fret then move it down to touch the other 2 strings on the 9th. Just keep practicing it.

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Unread post by lieinourgraves » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:01 am

6StringSamurai wrote:SUp pinky barre, some people cant do them butyou should learn to do it
i was using ring finger should i be using the pinky
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Unread post by mlb1399 » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:12 am

You can do it either way but the technically correct way would be to use your 3rd finger. Most guitarist designate each finger to one fret and usually only play 4 frets. Obviously Dave likes to use 5 frets and work the pinky. So technically your pointer should be used on the 7th fret, your middle on the 8th, your ring finger on the 9th and the pinky for 10th or 11th.

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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:57 pm

lieinourgraves wrote:
6StringSamurai wrote:SUp pinky barre, some people cant do them butyou should learn to do it
i was using ring finger should i be using the pinky
i used my ring too

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