Finger Tips


basics
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05/05/2004 1:56 pm
Yesterday I was practicing and out of the blue I start playing the scales using my finger tips (rather than finger pads where the finger prints are) and all of a sudden, BOOM (after 5 minutes of getting used to it) it's like all of a sudden all the pieces fit and I'm able to play cleaner and faster than ever before. Also, my hand posture looks quite professional and mature.

I had always played with the finger pads (kind of like, I'd lay my index finger across the frets and do my runs, hammerons/pulloffs off it in a kind of sweep pick way because i'd always be in the pentatonic... and that's how I was playing my single picked scales too). I'm still going to keep that technique when playing blues or 'real' rock (haha) but if i'm getting into the fast alt picked scales or whatnot, I've got to switch my hand to playing with the fingertips and learning that fact makes me feel GREAT.

I should've known, after so many years learning the stupid violin.. but there's always a proper way of playing something and eventually it'll come to you through the natural learning process.
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Azrael
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Azrael
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05/05/2004 2:24 pm
congrats - you are now on level 2 - but beware of the end guy....

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spanky10940
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spanky10940
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05/05/2004 4:53 pm
kinda cool when you stumble on things like that.... ;)
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05/05/2004 11:21 pm
Yea I totally agree. A big jump like that is cool.


But what's level 3 and when is the end?
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