Question About Picking Arpeggios

Hey Ben,

i want to ask you a question about your Picking Arpeggios lesson here at gmc. I renewed my subscription last week and slowly start playing guitar again after my shoulder surgery.

That said i choosen two lessons from you: Picking Hand Basics to get my right hand in shape and the Picking arpegios lesson to train my left hand to make it strong again

And here comes the problem:

Playing bar chords or chords where i have to stretch my fingers were always a problem for me. And now after the break it's even harder.

I try to play the first chord of your picking appregios lesson and can't produce enough power that all the strings ring out clearly. Often the A note on the D string sound dead because my pinky slides away from the fret. I play this lesson on my acoustic guitar because the action of strings is very high there and when i can play the lesson on that guitar i'm able to play it on any other guitar

And here comes the question: How can I practice these chord shapes without clenching/cramping my left hand? Because that's what happens all the time.

Thanks for your time and help,

Roman

Problem With Sign Up (paypal)

Hey guys,

today i tried to sign up again on gmc and start a new subscription but i can't use paypal for the payment. I log in to my PayPal Account and get a message that it's not possible to handle my request at the moment and i should return to the gmc site.

What is wrong there ?

cheers

Roman

Paul Gilbert - Two Types Of Guitarists

Hey guys,

i want to share this video with you. Paul Gilbert talks about two types of guitarists: rhythmic and non rhythmic.

I think being a rhythmic guitarist is very important!

What's your opinion on this topic?

Video About Kelly Clarkson Fireing Her Guitarist Live On Stage

Hey guys,

i just found this video : Kelly Clarkson FIRES her Guitarist. I can't stop laughing and I can't imagine what he did to get fired on stage

Reintroducing Myself:)

Hey GMC,

i joined GMC in year 2007 and was one of the first 1000 users here:)

Than i had a little GMC break of 3 months in 2009, came back and really enjoyed the time being in the MTP program with one of the former instructors Pedja Simovic.

After the MTP programm stopped i left GMC for another break. So my last post here in the forum was on May 2010 in the REC section (http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=35047&hl=)

But you all know GMC is a great place to be and so i'm back again and I will renew my subscription very soon.

Some personal information:

My name is Roman and i'm 24 years old. I finally finished my studies last year and i hope i will have much more time now after work for studying the guitar now

At the moment i can't play guitar, because i had a surgery on my left shoulder and have to wait 6 weeks before i'm allowed to move my left arm again. But i'm really looking forward to that day i can move my arm again and then i will start a new subscription here and the guitar studies goes on

For the time being i will be around in the forum here and talk to you guys

Have a nice day!

Roman