Help?! Im a bit of a newbie at the guitar but...

[frogling16]

You know for instance a chord is like:

 

0

3

2

0

x

2

 

How do you play it with out playing the A string? sorry im quite new at the guitar and that one string ruins a few songs i play :(

 

thanks in advance (=

[coldplay_steph]

^I'm a guitar newbie too frogling16....and I also have no idea, it's been bugging the hell out of me. :/

[winnie]

There are many ways to mute that string but they got one thing in common: You mute a string by just touching it with one of your fingers, not by pressing it down on the fret.

 

It particularly depends on how you do those chords, according to your example:

 

I would press the G-String down with my index finger (2nd Fret) and the B-string with my middle finger (3rd). To push down the E-string I would use my thumb and with the tip of my thumb I just touch the A string. You have to figure out for yourself how much pressure you gotta put on the A string to mute it.

 

Another possibility would be using your middle finger for the G-string, the ring finger (?) at the B-String and the index finger on the low E. But simultaniously you need to touch the A-string with your index finger.

 

Well it's hard to explaing without showing you, but I hope, you understand. There are many ways to do it, so try to find the most comfortable way by yourself :-)

[Lance]

You know for instance a chord is like:

 

0

3

2

0

x

2

 

How do you play it with out playing the A string? sorry im quite new at the guitar and that one string ruins a few songs i play :(

 

thanks in advance (=

 

frogling16

The most common way to play chords like that are to wrap your thumb over the top of the neck. The tip of your thumb will mute the a - string. Chords like that are called inversions or slash chords. That example is named Dsus2/F#

Don't worry too much about the naming for now.

 

Here's how to fret that chord using your thumb

 

e| open string

b| x-x-3-x-x ring finger in the third fret

g| x-2-x-x-x index finger on the second fret

d| open string

a| mute with tip of your thumb

E| x-2-x-x-x thumb on second fret

 

Don't get too caught up in playing that chord. As long as the Dsus2 chord(top four strings) gets played, the song should sound alright.

[coldplay_steph]

The most common way to play chords like that are to wrap your thumb over the top of the neck. The tip of your thumb will mute the a - string. .

 

Aaaah I seeee!!! :idea2:

 

Cheers Lance!!! :kiss:

[frogling16]

Thank you so much Lance and winnie (= you are saviors (=

[Sam]

how the hell do you get your thumb to the A string and not touch the E string.

I would justlay my second finger, the one on the e string over so it just touches the a string.