Guitar players: how do you finger an A?

[Surfah]

Ring finger

Same. One finger. I have long fingers.

[falafel]

Same. One finger. I have long fingers.

you use your ring finger for open?

[ewth8tr]

Guitar players: how do you finger an A?

I hear that Madonna uses all 4 fingers.

[SuperGabers]

I use this finger ----> :finger3: <---- for an A.

[Surfah]

you use your ring finger for open?

Most of the time. If I am using bar chords I definitely do. I can lay my ring finger across 3-4-5 pretty easily.

[Shaka]

Guitar players: how do you finger an A?

Open I use index only most of the time. This allows me to play accents with my ring and pinky. Sometimes I'll play the open with three.

Bar when the root is on the fifth string I use two fingers.


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[SoCalCoug]

Why? Do guitar players do it different than other people?

[Commando]

Open I use index only most of the time. This allows me to play accents with my ring and pinky. Sometimes I'll play the open with three.

This is normal. I don't even know how some of you manage to do it w the ring finger, or why you would want to.

[falafel]

Lay two finger tips across three strings for an open A

So I tried this tonight. The thought had never crossed my mind. Probably produces the best sound for me out of the 3 options. But I'm playing it less with the tips of my two fingers, and more with the area just below the tips, which of course isn't really calloused. Might be uncomfortable for a little while.

[Slim]

I'd be worried about getting pinworms

[Sleeping in EQ]

Tons of rock songs require me to play "A" with only my index finger. Sometimes I need to keep the first E string free, because I am playing the whole chord, but most of the time it's power chords and that high E doesn't belong.

I also play open "A" with all three fingers, like the beginning guitar books teach, and especially when I need a clean sound. If the guitar has high action, I'm more likely to use three fingers.

At the fifth fret, I play the full "A" barre chord with all four fingers. I can play it with three, but I usually mute the "D" string when I do.

[Shaka]

Tons of rock songs require me to play "A" with only my index finger. Sometimes I need to keep the first E string free, because I am playing the whole chord, but most of the time it's power chords and that high E doesn't belong.

I also play open "A" with all three fingers, like the beginning guitar books teach, and especially when I need a clean sound. If the guitar has high action, I'm more likely to use three fingers.

At the fifth fret, I play the full "A" barre chord with all four fingers. I can play it with three, but I usually mute the "D" string when I do.

I can play the open including getting the high E to ring out. For some reason my finger developed the ability to do it. I'm with you on the higher action guitars. I have to use three fingers for that open.

[Levin]

My wife's name starts with M, so wouldn't know.

[Commando]

My wife's name starts with M, so wouldn't know.

[UtahDan]

3 fingers. Makes transitions to the 7, m7 and maj.7 easier, as well as the common variations of E.