Originally Posted by: john445

Hi, hopefully this makes sense. Say on an open E, I would use fingers 1,2,3. For a F Barre Cord, I would bar with finger 1 and then use fingers 2,3,4.

Since the strings and shape are the same - do folks simply play the open E using 2,3,4 all the time?

Thanks, John

John,

You will find there are many different fingerings for same chords. This is all based on comfort/chord progression/finger memory. For instance, I chord the Em 4 different ways, depending on previous/upcoming chords.

Hope this helps

Jon