Video Question: Jane Says Song Help

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Date: October 10th, 2007 | Length: 0.98 | Instructor: Matt Brown

Sphar1 says, "When I play the song and bar the A chord it sound funny to me. Maybe because I am also covering the E string. Should I be strumming that last string?" Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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Playing Chords Beginner - September 19th, 2007 (1 minutes, 34 seconds)

Subwolley writes "Hello Jamplay, I am a beginner guitar player. I have a quick question about learning/playing chords. My question is: When playing a chord, does every finger needed to play a chord need to be placed exactly behind the fret? It seems to me, that for most of the chords I'm learning, it's impossible to get the needed fingers close to the fret. I know when you play a single note on a string, you need to place a finger exactly behind the fret to get a clear sound, but is this true with chords? Sometimes it's hard to tell from watching the videos where exactly the fingers are. Can you explain a little bit more about finger positioning when learning chords? Thank you, Amber." View Response

Capo - June 20th, 2008 (4 minutes, 17 seconds)

Fret asks, "Would you please explain the cappo and when specifically one would use one. Thanks and keep up all the great lessons. -Danny" View Response

Barre Chords - November 28th, 2007 (3 minutes, 35 seconds)

Louis Aves asks: "Hi Steve- What is the correct position of the thumb when making a barre chord ? I have tried putting my thumb in line with my first finger and also running my thumb along the neck pointing toward the nut but both cause a lot of pain around the base of my thumb when I move position.The only way I can kind of do it is by bending my thumb in almost a right angle shape and using the tip, not the pad,to press on the back of the neck but this makes for quite a lot of movement and time to get from open to barre chords and vice versa. Any suggestions? (Apart from sell my guitar ! ) Love the lessons Steve." View Response

Bridge - August 5th, 2008 (3 minutes, 23 seconds)

Mclend1 asks, "My question is about the bridge, which on my guitar has the tune-o-matic part for adjusting the intonation and then there's further back, the metal bar piece that the ball ends secure into. What I'm curious about is the metal bar where the strings ends lie. It has two large screws for adjusting its height, and I wondered why or when would you ever adjust that or if you even need to? Does raising or lowering that bridge part effect the tone characteristics in any way? Is it generally tightened down to the body of the guitar or not, does it even matter that much? On classical/ acoustic type guitars the bridge is glued flat to the body for better resonance, so I wondered why electric guitars have a slightly different set up. As that's where the sound connects to the guitar, I guess it must do the same thing. I'm interested to know what the adjustments might do. Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance, Matt." View Response

- September 24th, 2008 (3 minutes, 39 seconds)

Pheonixrising asks, "Hey guys...gotta question for you. My private instructor has told me to play a G Major chord in a certain way that seems odd and actually questionable. The way he taught it is to have the fourth finger on the 1st string/4th bar & the First finger on the 6th string/4th bar muting the 5th string with the same finger. I haven't seen anybody on Jam Play teach it that way. Not only is that a large strech for the first & fourth finger..Some people that I've ask already thought that muting the 5th string was odd.. Help guys!! what's your opinion about this and have you ever heard of it being played that way.. Should I fire him..ha ha Thanks, Pheonix Rising" View Response