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.
You'd wind up wearing my guitar for a neck tie if you tried that-
Why? Are you trying to specifically focus on your thumb because you feel it is a weak point?
Long story short. I like the way it sounds- to be more verbose; when I got my first guitar (at age 14) I didn't even know picks existed, so I strummed with my my thumb. 59 years later, I still like the way it sounds. I have *graduated* to plucking and strumming and it suits me well- it is the style I prefer, for me, which I am building on-
You are being, precisely, the kind of teacher I despise. You insist on a student (me in this case) doing what you feel is best to make you feel better about yourself-
Post #3 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-
Post #14
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 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-
