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I posted one of this guys videos in another thread, but then I found this one- I'm not a proponent of internet learning- until I ran across this guy- his style suits me to a tee as I use my thumb rather than a pick and using my other fingers for finger pickin is just beyond my skill level at this point in time. He makes pickin out a melody isimple/easy to do.
Full time thumb plucker would be more accurate - LOL- I'm a cowboy chorder mostly and use my thumb plucking for emphasis- I know absolutely 0 about individual notes, where they are, or how they sound- but, with this guys help (the video) I can, I hope, teach myself, like I have everything else I do, how to incorporate individual notes into what I do- which ain't half bad, but I want more- I'm 73 so time is short- and I am in a bit of a hurry- for posterity sake-Figured you for a sometimes picker
About the same.Full time thumb plucker would be more accurate - LOL- I'm a cowboy chorder mostly and use my thumb plucking for emphasis- I know absolutely 0 about individual notes, where they are, or how they sound- but, with this guys help (the video) I can, I hope, teach myself, like I have everything else I do, how to incorporate individual notes into what I do- which ain't half bad, but I want more- I'm 73 so time is short- and I am in a bit of a hurry- for posterity sake-Figured you for a sometimes picker
My kids and their kids are my posterity- they enjoy that I am enjoying and I try to pass on the love of creating-Posterity sake,
I posted one of this guys videos in another thread, but then I found this one- I'm not a proponent of internet learning- until I ran across this guy- his style suits me to a tee as I use my thumb rather than a pick and using my other fingers for finger pickin is just beyond my skill level at this point in time. He makes pickin out a melody isimple/easy to do.
I posted one of this guys videos in another thread, but then I found this one- I'm not a proponent of internet learning- until I ran across this guy- his style suits me to a tee as I use my thumb rather than a pick and using my other fingers for finger pickin is just beyond my skill level at this point in time. He makes pickin out a melody isimple/easy to do.
So you can imitate the mechanics he is doing but not understand why he is doing it that way?Full time thumb plucker would be more accurate - LOL- I'm a cowboy chorder mostly and use my thumb plucking for emphasis- I know absolutely 0 about individual notes, where they are, or how they sound- but, with this guys help (the video) I can, I hope, teach myself, like I have everything else I do, how to incorporate individual notes into what I do- which ain't half bad, but I want more- I'm 73 so time is short- and I am in a bit of a hurry- for posterity sake-Figured you for a sometimes picker
I posted one of this guys videos in another thread, but then I found this one- I'm not a proponent of internet learning- until I ran across this guy- his style suits me to a tee as I use my thumb rather than a pick and using my other fingers for finger pickin is just beyond my skill level at this point in time. He makes pickin out a melody isimple/easy to do.
D7 chord, the opposite of the D chord shape- I'm not as stupid as you, I just haven't spent years learning notes and whatevers on a fret board- I like what I do- if you don't, don't listen- and you might consider something constructive in your repertoire of negativityWhen he says go to a D7 chord, what does that mean to you?
Don't get me wrong. I used to teach guitar professionally. Just because you are 73 does not necessarily mean that you cannot learn music theory. I don't ascribe to the "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" cliché/mantra/overgeneralization.D7 chord, the opposite of the D chord shape- I'm not as stupid as you, I just haven't spent years learning notes and whatevers on a fret board- I like what I do- if you don't, don't listen- and you might consider something constructive in your repertoire of negativityWhen he says go to a D7 chord, what does that mean to you?
Used to being key- I still am learning and will continue learning, what I want to learn, not what a "professional" thinks I should know- I know what I know and add to it every time I play- every time. The video I posted helps me improve what I already know and from that I can incorporate it into what I do, just as I have every time I learned a new chord for a different song- I learned my first song when I was 15, in the key of C- using the C chord, G7 and F (in simple shapes) and have grown my repertoire into the songs I now play, as well as the first one- I now practice 10 or so songs (of the nearly 40 I can play if I try) to improve my delivery of them and improve my voice as well-I used to teach guitar professionally.
Most likely going to resolve to the I chord, the G major in this case.When he says go to a D7 chord, what does that mean to you?
Jimmy Hendrix couldn't sight read musical notation but he sure as hell understood music theory and the mathematics/physics involved.Most likely going to resolve to the I chord, the G major in this case.When he says go to a D7 chord, what does that mean to you?
Nice to know stuff, but some of the greatest musicians and songwriters in history didn't read music.
Did you used to be able to use your other fingers? Or did you recently lose your ability to use them?Used to being key- I still am learning and will continue learning, what I want to learn, not what a "professional" thinks I should know- I know what I know and add to it every time I play- every time. The video I posted helps me improve what I already know and from that I can incorporate it into what I do, just as I have every time I learned a new chord for a different song- I learned my first song when I was 15, in the key of C- using the C chord, G7 and F (in simple shapes) and have grown my repertoire into the songs I now play, as well as the first one- I now practice 10 or so songs (of the nearly 40 I can play if I try) to improve my delivery of them and improve my voice as well-I used to teach guitar professionally.
I will not use a pick because I don't like the sound sitting on top of the pick and wouldn't if my chin was resting on a famous pickers shoulder- I like the video mainly because, he doesn't brag about his resume and shows what to do (the mechanics) which singles out single notes, which can be incorporated into other songs since other songs have the same notes, (or different ones) which I will get around to, eventually- this old dog is learning new tricks- and he does it his way- I play the hand I was dealt, don't care what the rules say, and I'm winning, cause I do it my way-
Immaterial to what I want to do- read this real close- I pluck with my thumb-Did you used to be able to use your other fingers? Or did you recently lose your ability to use them?
Why? Are you trying to specifically focus on your thumb because you feel it is a weak point?Immaterial to what I want to do- read this real close- I pluck with my thumb-Did you used to be able to use your other fingers? Or did you recently lose your ability to use them?
You'd wind up wearing my guitar for a neck tie if you tried that-If you were my student I would duck tape and/or superglue your thumb to your palm to force you to use your other fingers.
Why? Are you trying to specifically focus on your thumb because you feel it is a weak point?
