Two different types of drills help practice this skill... one is string-skipping drills which use a pedal point - you play something like a scale or a...
Thomas Coffey (guitarteacher)Tampa, Florida USAClassical & Acoustic [email protected]
Identical voicings in both pics. The fingering in pic 2 is wildly inefficient. The left hand wrist is hyperextended, the thumb is overextended, and,...
A melody is a succession of notes, therefore it is as important not to overlap the notes as it is not to leave gaps between them. Since you are using...
OK, I sure someone more experienced than I can state this better, but here goes:Open A Chord: xx222xA Shaped Barre Chord: Root Note on the 5th Strin...
You may find it easier to bar all six strings (I believe Greybeard was referring to touching the sixth string to mute it, not barring - correct me if ...
The advantage of the wood metronome is that it has a much more "natural" and tolerable sound, in my opinion. Margaret That's a non-periodic metronom...
I am convinced from all the posts on here that I should pick one up. I really would prefer one of theose old wooden tick-tock ones that show up in ant...
Julie Andrews.Anyone?
GT wrote: A more efficient manner of fingering this chord is to use fingers 2, 3, and 4 on the fourth, third, and second strings, respectively (they ...
Hi GuitarteacherThanks, your idea of torquing the index and thumb certainly helps.Any advice for nailing the barre chords with root off fifth string.I...
The fourth string is muffled because your index finger is not straight. Rolling towards the nut will not solve your problem. I suspect you do not ha...
Unless it is a chronic condition, pain is an indication of doing something wrong (I am always leary of using the terms right and wrong, but, in this c...
Nexion wrote: "Another good position is, while standing or sitting, raise your left foot on an object and then rest your guitar on your left thigh. Th...