Originally Posted by: snpfarm

Originally Posted by: William MG

Don't try keeping your finger pinned on the A string. You have to have lots of flexibility for that. The tempos not so high that you can't switch your finger on and off the A and still keep time. Just takes practice.

Yep, thats the way I have to play it. I saw a tutorial video a while back and the guy doing the video could could actually keep his index finger on the A-string and hit the notes on the B-string with out ever moving his index finger. He had some long fingers for sure.

Long fingers are definitely good to have especially if they are flexible. But being my age and with arthritis, I am only willing to go so far. The hardest one for me yet has been Nadine by Chuck Berry. That was as killer but I eventually found a way to play it.