How to Play Guitar Chords with your Thumb | Guitar Tricks

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Guitar players sometimes play barre chords with their thumb. They play the bass note with their thumb, which gives them the option to fill in the rhythm with other embellishments. Jimi Hendrix used this technique quite a bit and in this lesson, Anders Mouridsen is going to show you how to play guitar chords with your thumb. This is called thumb voicings.

It may be difficult at first but, what you want to focus on is to hold down a bass note with your thumb. Almost anyone can reach up over the neck and grab the bass note with their thumb. Once you get that, you want to try and get comfortable by playing a few strums and rhythms.

Once you're comfortable strumming while your thumb is on a bass note, let go of the bass note, and play with only your treble fingers, your 1, 2, 3, and fourth finger. Once you get used to play chords with just your treble fingers, try and switch back and forth between the bass note and chord.

When you're real comfortable with the thumb voicings and the chord, you can add little Hendrix-style fills as well! With enough practice, you'll be able to hold these chords comfortably and you'll be surprised at how fun and great sounding this technique is.

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