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Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:07 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:07 PM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	Hm...I do have small hands...and I'm only 162cm tall...Oh noo! Should I have bought a "baby-guitar"?! Am I in real troubble here or is my only way foreward tapping tapping tapping?!?! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Rapitap: Mar 25 2009, 06:15 PM

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:13 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:13 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Yeah it`s a big matter of height too i think, I`m 194cm.. and yes there are guitars with smaller scale size, might be useful in future for you think No, just keep practising and you will reach more with your fretting hand. I think string skipping, tapping, and sweeping(especially minor shapes on lower frets) helps good with stretching. Well there always are tons of ways. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by AlexLion: Mar 25 2009, 06:23 PM

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:17 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:17 PM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	Hm..If so, why do you think the guy in the shop sold the guitar to me?...would'nt it be proper for him to have said something? Or is that something I shouldnt take for granted? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Rapitap: Mar 25 2009, 09:17 PM

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:29 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:29 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Well shop-assistants are not always interested in customer wishes and I`m not saying you NEED guitar with smaller scale size, they are aren`t very widespread, but you could try and maybe you`ll like it:) For example Yngwie don`t have long thin fingers but looks like he feels great with his You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

berko View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:31 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:31 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.771 Joined: 2-April 08 From: Budapest, Hungary	QUOTE (Rapitap @ Mar 25 2009, 06:17 PM) noted Hm..If so, why do you think the guy in the shop sold the guitar to me?...would'nt it be proper for him to have said something? Or is that something I shouldnt take for granted? Only talking about hand size: Stretching from the 10th fret I can hardly reach the 16th fret (I can, but it's much harder to handle and I couldn't ever reach the 17th fret, not even with the point of my pinky). You have perfectly normal hands. Speaking of small guitars: there are small guitars with the fretboard 3/4 or 1/2 the size of a normal guitar - these are for very young children. Other than that, guitar scales only differ in a maximum of 1 inch (24.5 - 25.5 inch). Bass guitars and guitars with more lower bass strings (7 and 8 string guitars) can have a 27 or 30 inch scale, but that's LONG. So don't worry about it, you wouldn't even notice the difference. if you have a finger on the 10 fret and would like to reach the 19th, you can always tap the 19th fret You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- High speed, low drag Check out my YouTube channel HERE! Here you can find my MYSPACE

Andrew6 View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:34 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:34 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 604 Joined: 17-June 08 From: NB. Canada	I can only reach 17 comfortably and I am also about 190ish cm hahah . Do they not play that part over the top of the neck? Which makes the stretch A LOT easier? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- The Gear Box: Jackon RR5 Randy Rhoads Epiphone Special II Ibanez GRG170DX Rogue Electric Acoustic (CHEAP lol) Behringer GX210 AMP Crate GT30 AMP Korg Ax5G Effects Unit Zoom G2 Effects Unit

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 06:41 PM
Mar 25 2009, 06:41 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Well i can reach even 20 fret (looks creepy ) and string even rings a bit( not fully ) but i can`t play something with that, so there are no point for now, and i believe that with years of playing fingers grows somehow! actually this is the only explanation i see why Paul Gilbert`s pinky is enormously long! btw- My left hand middle finger is for 3-4 milimeters longer than right hand`s, LOL... maybe they really grow somehow. And no, i stretch with holding thumb behind the neck, without that this is completely unuseful, you jsut can`t hit hard enough to ring something:) You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by AlexLion: Mar 25 2009, 07:03 PM

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 25 2009, 09:24 PM
Mar 25 2009, 09:24 PM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 25 2009, 06:41 PM) Well i can reach even 20 fret (looks creepy ) and string even rings a bit( not fully ) but i can`t play something with that, so there are no point for now, and i believe that with years of playing fingers grows somehow! actually this is the only explanation i see why Paul Gilbert`s pinky is enormously long! btw- My left hand middle finger is for 3-4 milimeters longer than right hand`s, LOL... maybe they really grow somehow. And no, i stretch with holding thumb behind the neck, without that this is completely unuseful, you jsut can`t hit hard enough to ring something:) Ohh....thats creepy... QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 25 2009, 05:58 PM) 15 ? no way.. do a proper warm up always before playing and sure you will do better! btw. A good warup will it ...ehm... ...grow a fingerlenght too? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Rapitap: Mar 25 2009, 09:31 PM

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 07:48 AM
Mar 26 2009, 07:48 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Well, no but you need to do a warmup, if you don`t want to get injury on your fingers\wrist, and also that makes you play a bit better than without warmup. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-marcus-siepen/ That`s a really good warmup, i do it myself everyday, i added much more things, but for beginner (or you aren`t a beginner?) it should be more than enough. And never play with cold hands, it`s painful and risky:) Not that creepy, and nothing really unusual, our instructor Ian Bushell can reach even more i think We`ve doing serious offtop here You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by AlexLion: Mar 26 2009, 07:49 AM

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 08:35 AM
Mar 26 2009, 08:35 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	Looks a bit weird. Thanks for the link. I'll bookmark it You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 08:44 AM
Mar 26 2009, 08:44 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Yeah, that guitar horn ( or how it`s called) disturb my hand, so it`s a bit wierd.. And you don`t need to bookmark it! Jump on it now! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 08:48 AM
Mar 26 2009, 08:48 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 26 2009, 08:44 AM) Yeah, that guitar horn ( or how it`s called) disturb my hand, so it`s a bit wierd.. And you don`t need to bookmark it! Jump on it now! Ok. I'm on it, now. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 10:07 AM
Mar 26 2009, 10:07 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	coffee break Uh, speaking of that. Hehe, by the time my hand is rested It's more or less cold again... hmrpf And it is really a funny feeling: the fingertips on my left hand still feels asleep as well as throbbing... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Andrew6 View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 10:10 AM
Mar 26 2009, 10:10 AM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 604 Joined: 17-June 08 From: NB. Canada	becareful! Don't rush into those huge stretches you can do some damage, take time and do easier exercises first such as the finger independence series this will help work to those stretches you shouldnt simply start at the high end of things i.e. you wouldn't learn 8 finger tapping before you learn 1 finger taping You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- The Gear Box: Jackon RR5 Randy Rhoads Epiphone Special II Ibanez GRG170DX Rogue Electric Acoustic (CHEAP lol) Behringer GX210 AMP Crate GT30 AMP Korg Ax5G Effects Unit Zoom G2 Effects Unit

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 10:14 AM
Mar 26 2009, 10:14 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	I have tapped my first note QUOTE (Andrew6 @ Mar 26 2009, 10:10 AM) becareful! Don't rush into those huge stretches you can do some damage, take time and do easier exercises first such as the finger independence series this will help work to those stretches you shouldnt simply start at the high end of things i.e. you wouldn't learn 8 finger tapping before you learn 1 finger taping Quite hard to know actually. If I am careful or not...because it's supposed to hurt, right? Maybe it would help if I knew how my posture is and actually should be? Hm... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Rapitap: Mar 26 2009, 10:15 AM

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 10:18 AM
Mar 26 2009, 10:18 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	QUOTE (Rapitap @ Mar 26 2009, 11:12 AM) I have tapped my first note Congrats on that! yes and of course don`t rush things that Andrew mentioned, all will come with time Oh and i forgot, you can do that before warm up on guitar, that will be perfect And when you hands are getting cold again, just massage them a bit, or just don`t take too large breaks like 1 minute playing, 3 minutes resting If it hurts you should stop immediately! if it`s uncomfortoble a bit it`s ok, but not painful. You not gonna do the split if it hurts, right? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by AlexLion: Mar 26 2009, 10:21 AM

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 10:46 AM
Mar 26 2009, 10:46 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	Thanks for that video! QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 26 2009, 10:18 AM) You not gonna do the split if it hurts, right? Hehe, well...if you by accident slide on milk on some slippery ceramic floor ...you may find yourself in the split position... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

AlexLion View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 11:16 AM
Mar 26 2009, 11:16 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava	Well, maybe but i`ll better fall like a sack of potatoes instead of doing the split Oh, and there are some lessons you may find helpful - https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/One_o_one_tapping.htm, https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/speed-alt...ing-lesson1.htm, https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/beginner-...nner-scales.htm You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by AlexLion: Mar 26 2009, 11:16 AM

Rapitap View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 11:19 AM
Mar 26 2009, 11:19 AM	GMC:er Posts: 76 Joined: 17-March 09 From: Norway	woohoo Thanks a bunch Alex You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Jesse View Member Profile	Mar 26 2009, 03:20 PM
Mar 26 2009, 03:20 PM	GMC:er Posts: 2.348 Joined: 5-July 08 From: Enschede/overijssel/Nederland	ehm he actually fell:D QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 25 2009, 05:31 PM) I don`t tried, but trust me that hitting note with your pinky on 19 fret while your index finger is on 10 is even harder Guitar hero don`t make you play better, but i think it`s a fun game, i love to try that. I can actually hit the 20th with pinky:D QUOTE (AlexLion @ Mar 25 2009, 05:31 PM) I don`t tried, but trust me that hitting note with your pinky on 19 fret while your index finger is on 10 is even harder Guitar hero don`t make you play better, but i think it`s a fun game, i love to try that. I can actually hit the 20th with pinky:D You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Don't just play it. Feel it!

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