Have you tried anchoring the heel of your hand on the bridge of the guitar? This is what I do when fingerpicking, otherwise my hand's got a tendency to wander. If most of your hand isn't moving, it'll only allow for small thumb and finger movement - that way, you've a fairly good idea where they are at all times.
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Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
just make the thumbed bassline the focal point of your practicing. make sure that's tight before you work on the treble strings. work on that a little every day and you should be ok.
as for anchoring your hand, i sometimes plant my pinky, but a lot of people don't anchor anything. planting your palm on the bridge is a pretty drastic change in style and i wouldn't rush to do that first.
what happens next saterday? A Gig?
anyway, good luck
"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it."
Noel Gallagher (who took the words right out of my mouth)
I personally don't plant when I play fingerstyle. But it does take practice to get used to it, which it looks like you're doing anyway.
I've left it too late tonight - bit of a busy day - I was going to record a clip of a song I'm working on that starts off fingerpicked, switches to palm-muting, then a solo, then back to fingerpicking.....
What I meant by anchoring my hand, though, was exactly that - find a comfortable spot on or near the bridge to put the heel of your hand, and keep it there - this way, there's minimal hand movement, so I always know where my thumb is. I'm not saying this way will work for everyone, but it works for me.
I'll record it in the morning, then you'll see what I mean.....
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Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Well guys, I sat for 2 hours just right hand finger picking, and it has gotten better and I'm starting to figure out that your middle finger and index for my treble strings pinky for my 1 string and thumb for my thumb baselines and its working out.
Thumb = E A D strings
Index= G
Middle = B
Ring = E
Of course there are exceptions.
That's what I've learned. I don't anchor my hand at all. I tried that but found that it restricted my finger movement and made things worse.
It is difficult to answer when one does not understand the question.
I don't anchor my hand at all. I tried that but found that it restricted my finger movement and made things worse.
That's what I meant when I said it won't work for everyone - in my case, anchoring my hand does restrict finger movement, but only to the extent that they don't go wandering off all over the place, thus making things better!
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Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
