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I really love the sound, I do substitute my ring finger instead of my pinky, which doesn’t bend.
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Having to play around with my hand position to get the pinkie to claw correctly. Easy idea not so easy execution. Hitting the correct bass string takes a bit of focus too. Love it!
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Incredibly hard. With a short pinky I have to my ring finger to reach the g string and not mute the b string. No way around it….anyone else?
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Can’t reach.
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Just can’t get that pinky in there…
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Great pinky exercise.
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What a great pinky exerciser besides a common blues rythymic exerciser. A twofer!
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Understand the process, but taking it slow. Still a win
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Getting it slowly, progress.
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I need to take it slow. It will come. thumb needs to get timing with pluck.
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not great
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Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious
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Nice rhythm line , would be a nice to play lead over. I enjoyed this one
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So the music sheet has these letters: p, m, and i next to the notes…. wtf?
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@frugality-queenprotonmail-com
This may be irrelevant by now, but p, i, m, and a, are there to tell you which fingers to use to pluck the strings for the associated notes. The abbreviations are mainly used in classical guitar but work anywhere. They originated from early Spanish Guitar teachers. they mean:
P = Pulgar = Thumb
I = Indice = Index finger
M = Medio = Middle finger
A = Anular = ring finger-
Thanks for the background information. Always nice to learn alittle Spanish.
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Okay, this moving chord shapes thing is actually cool. As long as it doesn’t involve barre chords.
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had to remember to play pinky and not kill string. but smooth sailing after that
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Saw this as a Daily Challenge Week. Good beginner blues primer.
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Very challenging and I spent a few days on it but got most of it most of the time. The pinky stretch is tough!
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I had started a course a few days ago on participating in jams. Was this course removed? I can’t seem to find it.
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ok so this was a huge challenge. Trying to lift certain fingers while hold the others in place was difficult. This will take some time to perfect. I think some stretching exercises would definitely help. My small win for today was that I showed up and tried this 🙂
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this was fun.
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little finger is going to need some practice getting out there
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I got my nails growing out, filed them like ‘Pumping Nylon’ by Scott Tennett so this 12 bar blues is much easier to play with fingernails. I see what Tony means by arching the pinky (This is hard for me after jamming my pinky playing high school basketball) but it is all doable and fun! Thanks Tony! Worked on Silent Night in Open D tuning today from last months Acoustic Guitar Magazine, tough but easy if you know what I mean!
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Dear Tony I just really want to thank you for your patience… wow…It is now one year I have been here and now reviewing these with much more speed and precision and wow you are such a good patient teacher, I am grateful for you.
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encouraging to hear for a beginner!
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It does sound good but my fingers have difficulty with the stretch but it is improving.
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I can follow the pattern, but my fingers ring and pinky smother the other strings. I can’t get my four fingers to cover four frets. And when I try, the sound is a dull thud. My fingers won’t arch any more.
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The key for me was to play the open string while the left hand was repositioning
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Wish it would swing. Please.
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I used the swing rhythm. No rules! Haha.
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Really enjoyed this one
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HAVING FUN WITH THIS ONE
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Just another fun-way to play the 12 Bar Blues! Thanks Tony!
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my little finger is dying trying to stetch on the D and E
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I am improving on this one just like Tommy 🙂 Great little riffs. Why doesn’t it have a turn-around?
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What happened to the 3 different speeds?
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Hi Tony and fellow Tak members 🙂
I had a lot of fun with this and I am spending some time with it and doing a few cool improvisations too with it here, thanks so much.
I also wanted to thank all of you for adding these challenges so we can work on some more things once we have the daily down pat as well. I have so much more time on the weekends here ( as long as there aren’t too many things to do or fix around the house here lol ) and it’s great… thanks again,
Tommy-
I added a hammer-on & pull-off with my ring finger to the G string after I went up and was descending after the pinky is plucked however I’m sure there’s tons of variations that can be done from this too. Great little Blues Riff, thanks again!
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I really love the sound, I do substitute my ring finger instead of my pinky, which doesn’t bend.
Having to play around with my hand position to get the pinkie to claw correctly. Easy idea not so easy execution. Hitting the correct bass string takes a bit of focus too. Love it!
Incredibly hard. With a short pinky I have to my ring finger to reach the g string and not mute the b string. No way around it….anyone else?
Can’t reach.
Just can’t get that pinky in there…
Great pinky exercise.
What a great pinky exerciser besides a common blues rythymic exerciser. A twofer!
Understand the process, but taking it slow. Still a win
Getting it slowly, progress.
I need to take it slow. It will come. thumb needs to get timing with pluck.
not great
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious
Nice rhythm line , would be a nice to play lead over. I enjoyed this one
So the music sheet has these letters: p, m, and i next to the notes…. wtf?
@frugality-queenprotonmail-com
This may be irrelevant by now, but p, i, m, and a, are there to tell you which fingers to use to pluck the strings for the associated notes. The abbreviations are mainly used in classical guitar but work anywhere. They originated from early Spanish Guitar teachers. they mean:
P = Pulgar = Thumb
I = Indice = Index finger
M = Medio = Middle finger
A = Anular = ring finger
Thanks for the background information. Always nice to learn alittle Spanish.
Okay, this moving chord shapes thing is actually cool. As long as it doesn’t involve barre chords.
had to remember to play pinky and not kill string. but smooth sailing after that
Saw this as a Daily Challenge Week. Good beginner blues primer.
Very challenging and I spent a few days on it but got most of it most of the time. The pinky stretch is tough!
I had started a course a few days ago on participating in jams. Was this course removed? I can’t seem to find it.
ok so this was a huge challenge. Trying to lift certain fingers while hold the others in place was difficult. This will take some time to perfect. I think some stretching exercises would definitely help. My small win for today was that I showed up and tried this 🙂
this was fun.
little finger is going to need some practice getting out there
I got my nails growing out, filed them like ‘Pumping Nylon’ by Scott Tennett so this 12 bar blues is much easier to play with fingernails. I see what Tony means by arching the pinky (This is hard for me after jamming my pinky playing high school basketball) but it is all doable and fun! Thanks Tony! Worked on Silent Night in Open D tuning today from last months Acoustic Guitar Magazine, tough but easy if you know what I mean!
Dear Tony I just really want to thank you for your patience… wow…It is now one year I have been here and now reviewing these with much more speed and precision and wow you are such a good patient teacher, I am grateful for you.
encouraging to hear for a beginner!
It does sound good but my fingers have difficulty with the stretch but it is improving.
I can follow the pattern, but my fingers ring and pinky smother the other strings. I can’t get my four fingers to cover four frets. And when I try, the sound is a dull thud. My fingers won’t arch any more.
The key for me was to play the open string while the left hand was repositioning
Wish it would swing. Please.
I used the swing rhythm. No rules! Haha.
Really enjoyed this one
HAVING FUN WITH THIS ONE
Just another fun-way to play the 12 Bar Blues! Thanks Tony!
my little finger is dying trying to stetch on the D and E
I am improving on this one just like Tommy 🙂 Great little riffs. Why doesn’t it have a turn-around?
What happened to the 3 different speeds?
Hi Tony and fellow Tak members 🙂
I had a lot of fun with this and I am spending some time with it and doing a few cool improvisations too with it here, thanks so much.
I also wanted to thank all of you for adding these challenges so we can work on some more things once we have the daily down pat as well. I have so much more time on the weekends here ( as long as there aren’t too many things to do or fix around the house here lol ) and it’s great… thanks again,
Tommy
I added a hammer-on & pull-off with my ring finger to the G string after I went up and was descending after the pinky is plucked however I’m sure there’s tons of variations that can be done from this too. Great little Blues Riff, thanks again!