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RI-Grass
Feb-22-2006, 10:55pm
I apologize if this has been answered before, but I can't find it in the archive.
What fingering do you use to chop the F chord?
Thanks in advance.
ShaneJ
Feb-22-2006, 10:59pm
Either this one:
E-1
A-3 \__Cover both strings with the middle finger
D-3 /
G-5
ShaneJ
Feb-22-2006, 11:01pm
or this one:
E-5
A-3 \___Barre these with index finger
D-3 /
G-5
Clyde Clevenger
Feb-22-2006, 11:49pm
2 3 3 X also works, a little darker

10 7 8 X three fingered D moved up three frets.
AlanN
Feb-23-2006, 6:28am
10 7 8 5
R. Kane
Feb-23-2006, 9:43am
2 3 3 1
MandoJon
Feb-23-2006, 10:37am
Wow! what a great way to remember your PIN number - think of a chord shape - BTW, I'll NOT be using F if you find my card http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
jmcgann
Feb-23-2006, 11:28am
Most of the chop's importance is on the bottom two strings- 53.

or 533 to really fatten it up.

You CAN chop 233 and get the complete F triad. However, the "usual" Certified By The International Board of Bluegrass Inspector's Approved Voicings have the 5th and root on the bottom two strings- so my first choice is consistent with those demands #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Kevin Briggs
Feb-23-2006, 12:04pm
Wow! I didn't know there were certified chords. I better get out my manual.
MandoJon
Feb-24-2006, 11:35am
Wow! I didn't know there were certified chords.

Oh yes! And certified chords don't like sharing a tune with uncertified ones and tend to get the Chord Union to call a strike if you try it on http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Also don't confuse chop chords with chopped cords (the latter being shorts made from corduroy trousers) otherwise you might be certified http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Jim Broyles
Feb-24-2006, 3:55pm
Definitely uncertified: 5-3-O-1 and palm mute. The open "A" doesn't ring out the way I do it.
aimee
Feb-27-2006, 2:52pm
Another vote for 233X. Certified chords and manuals. You guys are too much- one of the reasons I love this site.
Arto
Feb-27-2006, 3:43pm
"Wow! #what a great way to remember your PIN number - think of a chord shape"

But my hands are too small... I canīt fret my pin code! # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
John Ritchhart
Mar-02-2006, 2:45pm
5-7-8-5 or 10-7-8-x across GDAE and using four fingers, not barred. You can slide up two to get the G chord. Played with the C chop chord down on the seventh fret for the key of C. Angel band sounds good down there.
Strange1
Mar-03-2006, 4:28am
Like jbmando, I use the 5 3 0 1 for first position. But use the 5 7 8 5 for the second position. Altho I usually call those the 1 0 5 3 and 5 8 7 5. As the #1 sting is at the bottom and I like to refer to that one first. Also for a varied sound I use the 5 3 3 1 for the first position and 10 7 8 5 for the second position.

Jack
GeoMandoAlex
Mar-12-2006, 5:44pm
"Wow! what a great way to remember your PIN number - think of a chord shape"

But my hands are too small... I canīt fret my pin code! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif
I'm not even sure if my PIN is a chord. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif