On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:43 PM, dphidt wrote:
Common tones help, but I find that visualizing where the 3rd finger
needs to go, and then placing the 3rd finger first helps quite a
bit. Also try releasing all of the fingers on your left hand. I
suspect that the difficulties are occurring due to the mechanics of
the human hand. These techniques work for me. Give them a whirl and
see if it helps.
When I first started out, I came across a finger independence
exercise that is similar to what your are trying to do. If you're
interested, I can describe it later. For most of the exercises, it
can make you feel like you are trying to play with your feet.
Overall, the exercise was OK. You get better practical mileage by
playing common progressions (e.g. II-V, I-V7b9/II-II,-V,-I, etc. )
with good voice leading.
I know a little of what you mean about the third finger thing from
Pumping Nylon maybe I forget, they move thru the same sheath or
something like that. And also am aware of the finger pressure thing
from the same source and have read Dave's Left/Right hand thing. I
and I've been doing that with the third finger for the Gm7 in the
third to fifth fret in the top four. I often miss that D on the third
string. Thanks for the help. Oh yea, I do skip the anchor finger some
times too and let the chips fall where they may. Sometimes that's
just what they do!!
Ron
Living and playing outside the box.
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