![]() ![]() Keeping the fingers as close as possible to the frets is generally a good principle to keep in mind, especially if you are a beginner. Principle #4 Fingers Close to the Frets & Flexibility of Left Hand Angle This exercise teaches your hand ‘Goldilocks’ style – not too much pressure, not too little, but just enough. If you press too hard you will cause a lot of tension in your hand and body, which could injure your hand, make your playing sound tense and rigid, and will impair your speed.Ī good remedy for finger pressure problems is (ironically) the ‘buzzing’ exercise that is covered in the lesson video above. If you press too lightly you will buzz the strings and sound a bit like an AM radio that hasn’t quite been tuned in properly. Pressing too hard or too lightly on the strings can also cause a lot of technique problems. Principle #3: Appropriate Left Hand Finger Pressure Depending on what strings you are playing, whether you are playing single notes or chords, and how high up you are playing on the guitar neck, the thumb moves and adapts its position to accommodate the greatest ease of motion and comfort in the left hand. The thumb position is also flexible – it never stays in one position for long. Sure, there are times where you will need to put the thumb square on the back of the neck, eg bar chords or playing lower strings combinations, however generally the standard position of the left hand thumb should look like this, resting on the mid-side of the guitar that is closest to the lower strings: You don’t know how many times I’ve seen the instruction in classical guitar books to ‘put the thumb in the middle of the neck’. Relaxing your hands will enable your music to flow easily, will improve your coordination and will help to easily increase your speed on the guitar. Probably the anticipation of this difficult section is actually making them tense their hands up right before it comes up – setting themselves up for a big fail on stage. People wonder why they keep bombing out at the most difficult part of a piece of music they are working on. I know this sounds obvious but it is so often overlooked. Ok let’s get into it! Here are the 5 core principles you need to keep in mind: Principle #1: Keep your Hand Very Relaxed There is a lot of incorrect information out there on this topic that I’ve seen in various books on technique so I want to take this opportunity to clear this up so that you have a good idea of what you need to do to improve this aspect of your guitar playing. The versatile nature of left hand placement.The correct left hand position on the guitar neck.How to keep the left hand relaxed and free as you play. ![]()
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