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Beginner question re thumb position
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Scott
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Joined: Jul. 29 2010
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RE: Beginner question re thumb position (in reply to TrickyFish)
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It sounds like you are not blessed, for guitar at least, with a flexible thumb (dreams of switching between arpegio and picado while barely changing hand position). I am in the same boat as you as far as the straight thumb and large hands, albeit not exceptionally large. I take it you mean that your thumb+nail are not at an ideal angle for string contact if your ima fingers are perpendicular to the strings and/or if your hand is close to the top of the guitar? My hand (using the middle finger knuckle as reference) is somewhere around 30-35 degrees to the strings (0 being perpendicular) when doing arpegios. With my fingers planted on 5, 3, 2, and 1 strings, my hand is raised so that my index and middle first knuckle are above the middle strings (so a relatively elevated position). From there, I try to think of my neutral arpegio position as being just slightly pressed into the strings (without feeling tension). I'm a little hesitant to give technique advice, as this may not be the correct approach, perhaps any of the numerous players with waaaay more experience will chime in, but this works for me. Maybe this will work for you as well.
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Date Mar. 19 2021 16:18:56
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ernandez R
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From: Alaska USA
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RE: Beginner question re thumb position (in reply to TrickyFish)
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Spent some time this morning working with Ricardo's idea about finger placement first and Pulgar second. Was a bit of a challenge but I'll keep working on it. Last night I rewatched the videos he had posted and then watched my fingers more closely this morning. I find when I rest stroke my fingers are only slightly curved, the picture in my mind is the line drawing from the, Flamenca forgive me, Parkening classical book the one I learned with decades ago. In the videos I noticed their palm was placed much closer to the strings, the first segment of the fingers almost perallel with the palm and then fingers vary curved. Was hard for me to tell when rest of free stroke. I use a lot of rest stroke, it's my power tool, and oddly my Pulgar free stroke will bounce the wound strings off the saddle, no joke. My challenge is free stroke fingers and rest stroke Pulgar. At the same time. Seems I twist my hand to get the Pulger sweep just enough that I get a bad attack with fingers. I'm getting better but frustrating. Like all things slowing down a lot and really focusing on each little detail seems to be the key. Wish there was an quick easy way to post a super short low quality video on the foro? Ok, 30 min post PT foot up done, heading outside to soak up some sunshine, It's only 10f, then into the shop to make wood chips and dust, or as I like to say: turn bigger pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood. Olé HR
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Date Mar. 21 2021 20:15:06
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