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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?