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From: Sydney, Australia
Solea fingering- can you do this?
I post the above video because I can't find Chicuelo's video on youtube.
practicing solea falseta 1 of Chicuelo's entro(somethingsomething) video.
at the last bit.. there's this fingering (see picture)
Can you do it WITHOUT a capo? Without a capo, unless I raise the neck up like a classical position and my elbow goes forward beyond the fretboard.. I can't do 0 0 0 5 5 1
and this is fretting it VERY unstably.
Without raising and the elbow going forward, my fingers can't even reach.
Can anyone here do it WITHOUT a capo?
cheers
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Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton
RE: Solea fingering- can you do this? (in reply to HolyEvil)
yeah, but it's not easy...the spaces between the changes are there so your fingers have time to find their places...but i'll just stick to playing this one with a capo...
RE: Solea fingering- can you do this? (in reply to HolyEvil)
define "can do it" I can fret it (and also the 1 6 5, and no I'm not a giant, actually quite short) without altering my positioning that much, but to get there and fret it cleanly fast enough to actually play this I don't know maybe with a lot of practice.
RE: Solea fingering- can you do this? (in reply to HolyEvil)
Interesting.. I think for me its not size but what I'm used to. The more I think about it, I played piano for many years so stretches between 1 and 3/4 are somewhat common on left hand. Stretches between 2 and 3/4 are harder for me.
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RE: Solea fingering- can you do this? (in reply to HolyEvil)
I dont find it too bad although my 3rd and 4th are at a bit of an angle, I suppose years of playing jazz chords helps , i could write some of them down that are much worse heres one that is suprisingly common
4 4 2 1 3 1
i never liked this #9 chord in F but the brass section is so often in flat keys.
maybe practice that section with the capo on and gradually move it down a fret at a time .
RE: Solea fingering- can you do this? (in reply to HolyEvil)
I must have missed the part in the video where he does that but going by the tab I think I can do it. I haven't played that chord before but I think it would be stable enough to play while actually playing music. I do have somewhat larger hands though but I don't find it terribly difficult. I really don't know what advice I could give you to help other than just keep practicing and it will come. I've noticed though whenever I have to do any larger stretches like that, my thumb moves from the middle of the neck at the back to the bottom. So the way I play this it's almost like I'm pushing the guitar neck up from the bottom. There's no actual pressure or anything but that's where the thumb is. Anyway I hope that helps a little bit...
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