GUITAR THEORY: Single Finger Chords

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Q: Last weekend, I went and watched a band at a local club and saw the guitarist playing through the entire song of their last set with one finger! I asked him about it, and he said it's a simple guitar concept called, "One Finger Chords." Can you explain this, because it seems like a super easy thing to use for a terrible rhythm guitar player like me! Thanks.
Robert -- Toronto, Canada

A: This is a very easy idea, it's fantastic for beginners and it can be used in a lot of situations -- almost too many to list. The main idea is all about how a single universal one -finger shape can be moved as a three-string form all around the neck. What is very important to clarify with this approach is how, during this application, the bass player is either strongly supporting, or actually re-defining what the harmony is within each measure. So, to achieve this I'll need to perform an example, along with a bass-track for listeners to fully comprehend how the simplicity of this concept takes a broader form with harmony.

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[RiffTheory]

Another popular way to play one-finger chords is with the low E string dropped to D and then just moving simple power chords around.

[YFZ52]

The song at the end totaly reminds me of some good ol' Sublime!

[JenniPhoViet]

LOL very funny :D thanks :D



[cjkeegan100]

Drop c is my favourite tuning for 1 finger style but I do like Andrews approach here.

[googoplexable]

once again you have improved my guitar playing from a free video.

it might just be me, but i would like to give more back and donate some cash.

but could you possibly show more vids of you gigging, and applying this knowledge that you are giving us?

thanks

[sangolt88]

The A-chord onefinger chord was used by Elvis quite a lot. All strings except the fat E string.

[billyb440]

Hey Andrew, looking great, been doing these type chords for some time now, but was interesting to see explained. Great lesson, thanks

[COOLBIAN57]

not a good idea to charge..

[08blacki]

What were the notes?or chords played?thx.

[LeeChavezMusic]

I had no idea you could do one finger chords. 0_0 'Doh!