[deamhain]

Righty..

I've been practicing moving my 'F' shape up and down the frets..F# at 2nd, G# at 4th, A at 5th, B at 7th, C# at 9th are the ones I've been diddling with as I think they're used in Day Tripper (feel free to correct me if I have the right position but wrong chord name etc). Anyway, I digress from the point which is:

When playing, or trying to play C# up at the 9th, I'm toiling. I can't seem to get a decent hand position to get good pressure on all the strings. The problem seems to be (and here I get very technical ) with the flared, sticky-out bit where the back of the neck meets the body (the guitar, not me). It starts getting in the way of just where I want the inside of my left hand to be. If I turn to go under it a bit I lose pressure on the bass strings and if I try to come over it a bit I can't get my first finger to keep pressure on the treble. I know it's going to come with practice but which way..over or under? Or can you recommend a different hand position that resolves the situation.

No prizes for answers along the lines of "don't play C#" !!!

Cheers

[wannalearn01]

Barre techniques

Check that out for some wicked info on diff. barring tech.

What I am trying to figure out is why your guitar(neck and body) come together at the 9th...mine doesn't until the 15th or so...the 9th...maybe I misunderstood something.

Troy

[goldrush]

Use an "A" shape bar chord for C# at the 4th fret.

-----------4------------
-----------6------------
-----------6-------------
-----------6------------
-----------4-------------
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You can always dampen the highgest string if you have problems fingering it.
I usually use my ring finger to bar the 2nd-4th strings, and my forefinger to cover the 1st and 5th. Try it out.

[deamhain]

Barre techniques

Check that out for some wicked info on diff. barring tech.

What I am trying to figure out is why your guitar(neck and body) come together at the 9th...mine doesn't until the 15th or so...the 9th...maybe I misunderstood something.

Troy

I knew that was going to mislead!

Neck and body come together at the start of 15th as you look at the frets. Turn gutiar around and there's like a rib, or brace. Now, when my first finger is at the 9th fret, the little finger side of mu hand is up abou the 14th fret and this bit gets in the way of where I want my hand to be.

Thanks for the tips though.

Was going to add a photo but can't figure out how!

[HighInfidel]

Another alternative would be to play the G shape starting on the 6th fret, your chord could be one of the following: 97666x or xx6669 or even xx6699

[airdog4125]

I would say you should be aple to play D(x) without problems (possibly more as well). That is if you have 14 clear frets and no cutaway.

[deamhain]

Problem solved.

Had to get used to the heel of mu hand being lower and further 'forward'. I now play them all in a similar position to make changing easier.

Seems the magic 'P' word applies again!

Thanks to all anyway.