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Post by JamesP on Nov 20, 2015 15:30:33 GMT -5
How do you deal with barre chords? Straight first finger barre or thumb over Bass E string?
I have played both ways, and found thumb over worked a little better for most flatpicking songs, but didn't give the best overall chord sounds for pure rhythm.
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Post by banjo on Nov 20, 2015 15:52:34 GMT -5
When I started off with classical lessons, "thumb-over" was considered as being a heinous crime (as was using open strings in scales and using the "pinky" as a pit prop for picking hand stability.) But amongst countless others, you could expect to see Jimi's thumb deployed to good effect so I always wonder about my instruction. However, it's a habit that I cannot (and I admit do not want to) give up.
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Post by earleg on Nov 20, 2015 18:35:32 GMT -5
I tend to use both depending on the song chord/scale layout. Overall thumb more on blues, R&B and some types of rock then finger bar on other music styles types of rock, pop country. Sometimes do not fret note on low E string at all and maybe not on the A string so to not conflict with bass or other instrument or if that is what the original song had.
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Post by banjo on Nov 20, 2015 20:35:40 GMT -5
Is it simply a case of when standing up with an electric strapped on mean and low, thumb-over becomes a logical choice? Sitting down, the thumb in the middle at the back of the neck is a very efficient way to extract maximum dexterity.
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Post by bscott on Nov 24, 2015 21:05:52 GMT -5
My hands are not big enough to do a thumb over and play chords at the same time.
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Post by sarge on Nov 26, 2015 18:42:11 GMT -5
Straight first finger.
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