How to hold the guitar and pick THE RIGHT WAY! Avoid tension and pain in your left hand.
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- In this video I walk through all the basics of holding with specific check points for the right and left arms and hands. I also discuss basic techniques for using a pick. These techniques are the way I play the guitar. I know there are a lot of different ideas out there but I've found that these techniques, especially regarding the left hand, greatly reduce tension and pain commonly experienced among guitarists.
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Thank so much for helping this moderately young lady learn something new! Your tutorial has helped me become so much more confident on my path to being an ok guitar player!! 🤩
Very helpful, so many classes I have been reviewing start beyond this. Thanks much. Think its helpful to review this every few months in the beginning.
Thanks very useful
Part way into Mel Bay Book 2, I developed severe tendonitis in the left middle finger, the finger that does a bit more work than the others. I think this occurred in part because I got in the habit long ago of always wrapping my thumb over the top of the neck (old style F chord to hit the low F). Now I'm trying to keep my thumb behind the neck or more mobile as Nick says; hurts a lot less.
Great video Nick, very useful. I still have some really bad habits especially on the acoustic and struggle with my thumb position - seems like it is always wanting to point forward towards the head or wrap over the top which is great for some chords or muting but causes me other issues. Gotta keep working on it...look forward to more in your series!
Yeah I think the thumb position causes a lot of problems in many players and it’s something many don’t think about. Whenever I work with someone who’s experiencing pain in the left hand and/or difficulty getting their hand to stretch (especially with the 4th finger) I tend to start by addressing the placement of the thumb as well as making sure the wrist is not strained. I think the biggest thing for me is to not get in a habit of locking your thumb so rigidly in any spot. It needs to be able to adjust in position depending on what you’re playing!
@@NickTolmanMusic Great point on the wrist as well, I looked at your demonstration again and can see that when I play, my wrist is not flat, it tends to bend up, again more when playing acoustic than electric but it's something I'll definitely focus on. Great tips, thank you!!
I use a foot rest and the classical position is it ok for an acoustic ? I started on a nylon string guitar and can't get any other position comfortably
Hope I'll be lucky this time
Hey Nick what should be the ideal thickness for the pick for acoustic guitar?
Great question! So I generally encourage most of my students to start with a medium thickness pick. Some picks will literally so Medium or "M" on them. If not, go for something around .7 or .75 mm. From there you will kind of want to experiment based on the type of playing you're doing. In general, the more melodic playing I'm doing the thicker pick I'll use and the more strumming I'm doing the thinner pick I'll use. When you experiment there are basically two factors the first being tone and the second, playability. Basically, is the pick working for you and helping your technique with whatever style you're playing, and is it giving you the tone you want?
@@NickTolmanMusic Thanks for your reply.
You explained it so well.
Great stuff.
Hello, can I use the expanded version of the book? Do you know how different the two are?
After I watched you're video I still don't know which strings I need to place my fingers on to create different sounds. The stroking I know but not how you move you're left hand in different places
why do you look like regular sized rudy?
... don' think your guitar is a dreadnought. It looks more like a 0000 or larger. It lacks the "squareness" of a dreadnought.