Now it's time to play through this song, all the way through. As always I highly recommend that you watch and listen first without playing along, then play along with me as many times as you need to and finally I hope you'll play it many times after that completely by yourself.
Good afternoon, i was wondering what the best technique to improve my strumming without a pic ik, it's a little bit difficult to me because of my nails, I need them when I use fingerpicking and arpeggios, but when I'm strumming the strings with my fingers like in this song, sometimes my nails touch the string and they sound really bad and noisy
Mike Olekshy1 month ago
Hey there - thanks so much for your question! To keep your nails intact for fingerpicking while eliminating that harsh, scratchy noise when strumming, I'd try angling your hand so only the fleshy parts of your fingers or a single smooth nail surface hits the strings. When strumming down, loose-fistedly press your index fingernail and thumb pad together as if holding an invisible pick, allowing only the outer side of your index nail to glide cleanly across the strings at a 45-degree angle. On the upstroke, let the fleshy pad or nail of your thumb brush the strings lightly, making sure your remaining fingers stay relaxed and curled away from the guitar body. Hope this helps!!
1 year ago
I don't have a question, but a comment. This is my first time taking guitar lessons of this sort and I am thoroughly engage and enjoy this man's style of teaching. He is thorough, and clear. Love the dynamics lesson of this aged hymn. It was creative and easy for me to sing to. Even though I am self taught late in the game guitarist and don't consider myself a beginner but these lessons have helped me fill in some gaps in my learning that I was not aware were present in my playing Thank you. Looking forward to working through the lessons on this site. :)
Mike Olekshy1 year ago
Hello - thanks so much for the kinds words! I will pass this along to Anders.
2 years ago
Not so much a question but a comment, I really enjoyed this lesson, but the one issue I have is that I don't know the words. It would be really helpful if they were included in the musical notation, or on the video. I found the first few times through I was struggling trying to remember the lyrics and that was impacting my playing. Anyway it's just a thought.
Josh Workman2 years ago
Hi, thanks for the feedback. I will send this to the GT staff.
