Easy Way To Play F Chord On Guitar

One of the hardest chords for beginners to play is the F chord, and it just so happens that it comes up a lot in the songs you’ll be looking to learn.

So instead of struggling to play a barre chord that kills your fingers, we’re going to show you some easy replacements you can learn in 3 minutes that sounds almost the same as the full barre chord.

Get ready because it’s going to shock you how easy this is…

The Easiest F Chord

Finger Positions For The Easiest F Chord

1. Index finger: 1st fret, 2nd string
   Place your index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string
2. Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
   Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string
3. Ring finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
   Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string
4. Play chord
   Strum the 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings

By the way: If you need help understanding chord charts, check out our guide by clicking here.

Slightly Harder, But Still Easier F Chord

Finger Positions

1. Index finger: barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
   Use your index finger to barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
2. Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
   Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string
3. Ring finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
   Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string
4. Play chord
   Strum all strings, except for the 5th and 6th strings

Easy F Chord (that sounds almost identical to the barre chord)

Finger Positions

1. Index finger: barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
   Use your index finger to barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
2. Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
   Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string
3. Ring finger: 3rd fret, 5th string
   Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th string
4. Pinky finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
   Place your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string
5. Play chord
   Strum all strings, except for the 6th string

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This Is How To Learn The F Chord…

Now that you’ve tried out a few variations and can see they sound great, you’re going to want to practice them on a regular basis.

We would recommend starting off with the easiest F chord (above) and then working down the list.

This is because with time it’ll become far easier for you to play the full F barre chord once you’ve mastered the 3rd version of the F chord we included.

If you bookmark this page (hold ctrl and press D), it’ll be far easier for you to find this page again once you progres onto the next F variation – so we would highly recommend doing that.

And let us know as you progress in the comments below!

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The F Barre Chord

We thought we’d include this here because you will need to learn it at some point. This is the way to play the F barre chord:

1. Index finger: barre the 1st fret.
   Use your index finger to barre the 1st fret.
2. Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string.
   Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string.
3. Ring finger: 3rd fret, 5th string.
   Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th string.
4. Pinky finger: 3rd fret, 4th string.
   Place your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string.
5. Play chord.
   Strum all strings.