Re: Proper fingering?
I, personally, never liked that chord. Mainly, because when playing four courses of strings, you are essentially playing only two notes. The G course and A course are both plating A notes and the D course and E course are both playing E notes. The way I prefer to play an open A chord is by using the ring finger on the 6th fret of the G course and the and the index finger on the 2nd fret of the D course. That provides a C# note, a low and high E note and the A note on the open A course. It provides a much fuller sounding chord and is much easier to play, IMO.
Larry Hunsberger
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