Vivaldi Winter Arpeggios, Practice Alternate Picking |
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Mar 13 2019, 04:54 PM |
Hi there
On my last REC, Todd Darius and Kris told me to work with my thumb. I don’t understand how to do this. On this video, you can watch my wrist and thumb. If you want you can tell me how to improve it. Thx you https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Antoni...nter-Arpeggios/ This post has been edited by MisterM: Mar 13 2019, 05:02 PM |
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Mar 13 2019, 05:23 PM |
Hi there On my last REC, Todd Darius and Kris told me to work with my thumb. I don’t understand how to do this. On this video, you can watch my wrist and thumb. If you want you can tell me how to improve it. Thx you https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Antoni...nter-Arpeggios/ All I can say being nearly 60 missions into Todd's Bootcamp, I was recently introduced to playing thumbless in it and it's difficult and comfortable in the beginning. But once you get used to it, you find yourself able to play with less muscle tension and using less strength with the fretting hand. I still consider myself a beginner in this technique but I'm already seeing the difference it makes. Definitely worth a try! -------------------- |
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Mar 14 2019, 05:20 AM |
THUMB ARTICULATION: (Picking Hand)
It''s a simple thing to be honest. Your technique is good here Just suggesting you try to bend your thumb a bit at the first joint in the thumb. This will also pull your first in a bit which will bend mostly at it's second joint. This is just another way to control the pick. For arps/sweeps, what you are doing in this vid works great. Keeping a fairly stiff/rigid hand and picking from the wrist. What I was talking about in the other thread was for parts where you are playing a ascending or descending scale. When doing that, controlling the pick with finer/smaller movements, using the thumb/finger can result in better control than picking everyhing from the wrist. Play the A Minor Scale low to high string. Watch your thumb. Play slow. Now play it again and this time try to bend your thumb just a bit when you are doing alternate strikes and /or changing strings. it can result in a degree of more control on the pick hand. It's not required of course. Just another approach. Try it and make a quick vid.Here is a quick demo vid. Watch my picking hand and picking hand thumb. You'll see that my thumb sometimes bends during picking passages. THUMBLESS: (Fretting Hand) The technique adam is talking about is for the fret hand, not the pick hand. In "thumbless" technique, simply lift your left thumb OFF the back of the neck and use only your finger tips to fret the notes. This will show you if you are using "overpressure" on your fret hand. Just a way to help train the left hand not to clamp down too hard. Sometimes one needs to clamp down hard, but not always. Hi there
On my last REC, Todd Darius and Kris told me to work with my thumb. I don’t understand how to do this. On this video, you can watch my wrist and thumb. If you want you can tell me how to improve it. Thx you https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Antoni...nter-Arpeggios/ This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Mar 14 2019, 05:49 AM |
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Mar 14 2019, 03:37 PM |
I recorded a quick video to try to explain how you can go about isolating and practicing the thumb joint movement:
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Mar 14 2019, 08:16 PM |
Hope it helps bro. Btw I have an easier video setup now so I hope to be doing more of these!
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