Hi,
jerome thanks for your detailed answer. I'm certainly going to try them out.

Ark.

Happy to help.  I think the underlying premis of all this is "Don't get hung up on the chord chart."   For any given chord there are probably three different voicings available to you within reach of where you are on the fretboard, and each of those voicings could be fretted in a number of ways.  So there is no "right" way to play a chord.  It's going to be completely dependent on what you just played, and what you're going to play next, and most importantly, what feels and sounds best to you.

The only hard fast rule I have is that whatever chord form I play can only contain the notes in the chord I'm playing.    No faking it with odd, but easier forms that don't produce a pure chord.  But that's just me.   

Ark.

Hi,
jerome im abit curious how you manage to play a B chord with two fingers with a barre.

just wondered i use four. Always open for a easier way.

Ark

There's actually a couple of ways to get B with two fingers.  The first is an A shape chord, and the other is the bottom of a G shape.  Both are portable.

Barre completely across the fretboard at the second fret with the index finger.  Barre the B G and D strings at the 4th with the ring finger.   That shape is moveable all the way down the neck.   

That would be this

-2-
-4-
-4-
-4-
-2-
-2-

The other would be to barre B G and D with your index finger, and play B on the e string with your pinkie.  This is a G shape.  If you can play a barred G shape, you can fret the A and E strings as well, but it's easier to just play the four note variant.

-7-
-4-
-4
-4-
-x-
-x-

This is also portable all the way down the neck, and gives you a lot of options for major chords. 

I like this shape because it just by moving the pinky up the e string one fret I can get a Bmaj7

-6-
-4-
-4-
-4-
-x-
-x-

and

by moving it one more I can get a Bdom7

-5-
-4-
-4-
-4-
-x-
-x-

And those tonalities are perfectly portable, too.

just wondered i use four. Always open for a easier way.

Ark

Jessica<3 is correct in using the Chordie tab page as you can refresh the page to get your variations as you need them ... but be aware that you need to fit the sound of your chord into the pitch of your song (I do anyway, its an ear thing) If you can stay in the same relative area on your fretboard its best to.

As Jerome says "It really is the jumping off point for the next level of playing for you. It will open up the neck."

Stay with it and one day it will just happen and you'll be the one doing the advising thinking "this is so easy"

Lastly, there's heaps of advice available here on CHORDIE, just ask.

All the best mate

It really is the jumping off point for the next level of playing for you. It will open up the neck.

Some tips to improve my skills?
Thanks in advance.