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Dear AM friends!
Here’s my struggle! I’ve gone through a fingerstyle course this summer and I’m enjoying it but now… Travis picking chapter… I picked EP550 to show you my struggle.
Fingerstyler friends, my million dollar question to you is: is it really possible to have the thumb going its independent path? I succeed to get the pattern only if I look at the tab and figure it out as a whole hand thing. Does the brain at some point separate the thumb from the other fingers?
Thank you and enjoy the Challenge weekend!
SerenaIf I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May) -
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Hi Serena,
I think you have finger style of play going. You just have to start out slow. Tap your foot to set timing and try just a steady drone thumb on the sixth string. Then try some changes to the fifth string and then back to the sixth.
I am not an expert, but I enjoy finger style best and practice is key 🗝️🎶🎵Don P
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Hi Serena, you’ve got this going and it will only get easier from here. I used to do a lot of fingerstyle. I had to work it out as a whole-hand thing too. I never understood why people teach it as thumb-finger independence. That may come in time, but not for beginners. I did find the whole-hand approach worked for me and got a lot easier in time, but never did it feel like independent parts.
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