Gravedigger Fingering

dmbfan898 · Post by **dmbfan898** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:31 pm

How do you finger this part in gravedigger

E:-1-
B:-1-
G:-2-
D:-3-
A:-3-
E:-1-

thanks

DT · Post by DT » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:35 pm

thats just a basic F barre chord -

you lay your index finger across the whole first fret, "barring" all 6 strings, then use your 3rd finger and pinky to fret the 3rd frets on the A and D strings, and then your middle finger to fret the G on the seond fret

dmfollower · Post by **dmfollower** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:35 pm

It looks like an Fmaj to me, so you could barre (1) with your pointer, ring and pinky on the (3)'s, middle on the (2). Or, you could pull your thumb up and hit (1) and then do same as before with the ring and pinky and middle and then just lay your pointer over strings b and e.

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dmfollower · Post by **dmfollower** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:36 pm

dammit dreaming tree, you beat me too it!

DT · Post by DT » Mon Dec 01, 2003 9:39 pm

that was a quick one

dmbfan898 · Post by **dmbfan898** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:46 pm

thanks for the help i'm new to guitar and that was the only chord on that song that i can't play until now

thanks a lot

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:22 pm

when i first started playing guitar i almost quit because of the F i hated that chord

seth_southerland · Post by **seth_southerland** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:05 pm

yeah, in my earlier days(about 8 months ago) i couldnt play any bar chords at all, but now i can, so its cool now, im slightly slow at switching to and from the ones that cover all the strings, but im getting better, just have to play them a lot

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:08 pm

yeah, i used to have a lot of trouble with barre chords. i still dont like them and continue to play Fmaj as xx3211. i just think it sounds better. ill only barre it if that way sounds bad in the song.

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:33 pm

I agree shane.. i enjoy the open Fmaj better then the barred Fmaj

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:36 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:I agree shane.. i enjoy the open Fmaj better then the barred Fmaj

its like we have 1 brain. lol.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:13 pm

shane wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:I agree shane.. i enjoy the open Fmaj better then the barred Fmaj
its like we have 1 brain. lol.

Or you just agree on something.

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:10 pm

Appsoldier wrote:when i first started playing guitar i almost quit because of the F i hated that chord

Same here , what a drag that was , i can't remember how long i avoided Barre chords , just for the fact that i hated them , but once you learn Barre chords , you notice all the new worlds opening up for you

gravedigger · Post by **gravedigger** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:21 pm

I remember not being able to play barre chords. I remember practicing until I could play barre chords. I remember playing barre chords every chance I could. Now I never play them. In Gravedigger all that is played is 1-3-3-4-x-x index on 1, ring and pinky on 3-3 and middle on 4.

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:34 pm

Yeah its rare you see Dave do full Barre chords , the B and e string aren't really necessary in my opinion either , i like the dark tone in only doing the EADG