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Classic Forum Threads : Left Hand Fingers

 

1 Developing finger independence away from the guitar.
 
2 Ring and Pinkie finger control in walking excercises.
 
3 Is it okay to let the pinkie move to the higher (toward the floor) string when the ring finger plays a note?
 
4 Pinkie position in the All Aboard excercise.
 
5 Finger push downs and pull offs
 
6 Position of the pinky when doing pentatonic two notes per string licks
 
7 Pinkie control in playing scales
 
8 When doing slow tempo 4-60 should the first note be held all the time until the next note is played?
 
9 Raising the Ring finger in the Finger Flapping excercise.
 
10 Swiching chords smoothly
 
11 Firm finger clarification
 
12 Problem playing upper frets.
 
13 Two different fingerings of the G-major chord
 
14 Starting all over
 
15 Shifting problems
 
16 Pinkie question, perfect pitch, and tremolo picking.
 
17 5th string root chords
 
18 B-minor bar
 
19 Playing melodies with barre chords.
 
20 Pinkie control
 
21 Finger weights
 
22 What is the proper technique for removing the pressure from the string?
 
23 5 fret stretches
 
24 Using the BPA in approaching the 5th string root chords
 
25 Position of the thumb when playing on high frets on electric guitar
 
26 Trills
 
27 After the first finger played a note, and the middle finger follows, should the index become light or stay firm?
 
28 E Major- chord fingering
 
29 Middle finger sliding towards the 3rd finger.
 
30 Root 5 Barre Chord
 
31 Double Jointedness
 
32 Getting the left hand in the classical position
 
33 12 string guitars.
 
34 Is this principled practice or not?
 
35 Is there a certain level of proficiency in the "floating" and "light" exercises that should be mastered before moving on to the Heavy and firm excercises?
 
36 How to play a descending chromatic run
 
37 Advice to strenghten the nails
 
38 Walking Excercises Observation
 
39 Questions about fretting chords correctly
 
40 Pull offs with ring finger
 
41 Question about the Play-2-3-touch and the crutch exercises
 
42 Pull off excercise from Troy Stetina's "Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar"
 
43 Principled or Unprincipled advice
 
44 When forming the G-major chord as described in the Path, what should the fourth finger be doing?
 
45 Is only one finger supposed to press the string down or do all four fingers have to press it down?
 
46 Strengthening the pinkie
 
47 Is it possible to make the left hand fingers as relaxed as if the arm was hanging by my side?
 
48 Drew's lesson log with Jamey - March 26 2003
 
49 Maintaining the heavy arm through the chord changes
 
50 How to organize and maintain practice if one has a busy schedule
 
51 How should the pull offs be done correctly?
 
52 Should the fingers go from firm to light in a passage after they have done their job?
 
53 Chronic Middle finger contraction
 
54 Pain in the left hand finger knuckle
 
55 Problem gaining control of the ring finger.
 
56 Drew's lesson log with Jamey - April 8 2003
 
57 Left middle finger knuckle pain
 
58 Problem in using the ring finger to barre 4 strings.
 
59 Variation of the Crutch and the Ladder excercise.
 
60 Questions about the floating arm
 
61 Legato playing
 
62 Ring finger mobility.
 
63 Classical position of the left hand.
 
64 Neck pain while looking at hands during practice.
 
65 Problem with the 5th string root chord
 
66 Left and Right hand coordination
 
67 How can one learn to control two fingers that tense up during the motion of a pull off?