mrboston
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Post by mrboston on Oct 5, 2006 10:03:46 GMT -5
Anyone else more or less completely lost without a pick? I mean I CAN strum without one and I can use my thumb and first two fingers adequately, but my right-hand technique is terrible. Any practice tips or licks I can play that will FORCE me to use more fingers on my right hand? I'm thinking any licks spread out over all 6 strings would be good.
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sexymonkey
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Post by sexymonkey on Oct 5, 2006 14:02:28 GMT -5
I know this may sound kin of cliche... but... learn ALL of Dust in the Wind, it can get pretty tricky. Fingerstyle songs rule! I los my pick a couple of months ago, and was too lazy to go to a guitar store, so I learned to properly fingerpick. Whenever you have arpeggios, or anytime you hold down any type of chord shape held down try to use fingerstyle. The verses for "Fade to Black" work great for this, you can also pull out "My Immortal" by Evanescence. Scarborough Fair works too. Look for classical songs on guitar, they utilize A LOT of fingerstyle.
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T BAG
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Post by T BAG on Oct 6, 2006 11:55:11 GMT -5
Learn Angie/Anji(how ever you spell it), its really cool. Try In Christ There Is No East Or West(I like the Fahey one better than Kottkes). I LOVE finger picking too.
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Post by corso on Oct 7, 2006 23:22:18 GMT -5
Another good one to play with thumb and three fingers is Zep's Bron-Yr-Aur. The left hand fingering is easy. Its played in open C6 tuning...CACGCE.
Try just alternating between the middle and ring with random strings.
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T BAG
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Post by T BAG on Oct 10, 2006 21:35:18 GMT -5
If thats the way you want it to be Boston, fine, ignore me, it dosn't bother me. FAG BOY
jk
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Post by valvetronix on Oct 11, 2006 14:34:09 GMT -5
One of the best ways to get a CLASSICAL finger arrangement, without studying the etudes, is to learn Leyenda... Even at super slow speeds it will screw up any country, rock, blues, jazz, or any other type of guitarist
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sexymonkey
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Post by sexymonkey on Oct 11, 2006 15:01:34 GMT -5
One of the best ways to get a CLASSICAL finger arrangement, without studying the etudes, is to learn Leyenda... Even at super slow speeds it will screw up any country, rock, blues, jazz, or any other type of guitarist On man, Leyenda is awesome. I did my crappy version of that on JS during the short lived Army war. |
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Post by valvetronix on Oct 11, 2006 15:26:23 GMT -5
Im pretty sure I had a version of leyenda up on jam but i cant find it on my comp right now
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Don't Fuck With Me
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Post by Don't Fuck With Me on Oct 12, 2006 2:11:39 GMT -5
Since you're into the funk thing, hybrid picking (using pick AND fingers) may be more complemntary to your style than traditional "fingerpicking" used by classical and folk players (though learning classical technique can only help).
Tomo Fujita can bring the funk like a motherf###a. His video/book package "Accelerate Your Guitar Playing", published by Berklee, has a load of excellent technique exercises to build hybrid picking and funk rhythm slapping and muting skills. The Berklee Book Store would have it but it would be priced much lower at ecampus.com or some of the Ebay dealers.
[edited to add] ecampus doesn't carry it any more but a bunch of ebay dealer still do
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