dennis972
Second Lieutenant   Posts: 27 Registered: 12/20/2004 Status: Offline
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 posted on 1/8/2005 at 01:58 |
Hey guys,
I am learning on an acoustic guitar.
When I press the strings on the fretboard, should I be using the pad of my
fingers, or the finger tips?... :giggly:
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1075 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/8/2005 at 12:04, Reply 1 |
Hi there!
It depends on what chords your playing. In general you play with your
finger tips. If you playing chords that require 2 or more strings to sound
with the same finger then the pad on your finger is needed.
Hope this helps.
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Spidercents
Moderator  Posts: 1019 Registered: 7/29/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/8/2005 at 16:32, Reply 2 |
Bar chords require using more than your finger tips and other chords
also...For example
E----5-----------------------------------
B----5--------5--------7-------------------
G----6--------5--------7--------------------
D----7--------5--------7-----------------
A----7--------------------------------
E----5-------------------------------------
In example above the all 555 and the 777 can be played with three fingers
using the tips however I usually just bar the three notes with index
finger...or ring finger...I even use my middle finger to bar all three
notes...and of course if your hands are big and your baby finger is double
jointed you can bar all three notes with your pinky.
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RobertheBruce
Second Lieutenant Posts: 35 Registered: 4/25/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 1/11/2005 at 00:54, Reply 3 |
I?d say that if you are just begining start using the figertips because
it?ll later help you to get more speed, which will make you play esaier.
When playing scales like the pentatonic, I personally recomend you to
always use your fingertips. Later on you will start to learn some new
techniques in which you will have to use one finger to cover at least two
strings, but scince you are just starting try using your figertips almost
all the time.
Rock on!
Good luck! ____________________
RobertheBruce
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tkn2005
First Lieutenant  Posts: 12 Registered: 2/16/2005 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/16/2005 at 04:38, Reply 4 |
| How do you learn the notes though? Is there an easy way to understand what
the notes are and where? ____________________
BEGINNER
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