jorgemac
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Just thought of something else I used to do the make my thumb seperate from my finger movement.
In the mornign while reding the news or some other article and dring a beverage. i used to have my right hand laying flat on the table surface and think 1, 2, 3 and 4 while reading the paper or an article and twitching my thumb on the 1, 2. 3, 4 beats that my mind is running through my brain. After i did this for a few days and added in the finger twitch on any “and” beat my mind had added to the exercise.
If you are doing this while doing another chore, like reading the news your thumb begins to separate from other tasks and becomes more independent. Kind of like how teenage children stop listening to you….
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The metronome helped me, more that any other tool, plus the foot tape,That I perfected using the metronome, to learn how to keep thumb time.
I also found it easier to thumb alternate strings the E, 1st beat and D, 2nd beat on the 2nd fret, 3 back to the3rd beat Bass E string and the 4 beat, back to the D 2nd fret strings. string. or Alternate A and D strings, than using the dead thumb like we are practicing now with the L Hopkins lesson.
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Like you I have played through many years of frustration. I seem to have all of thepartsthat iI need but couldn’t seem to put much together for more than strumming.
Many years ago I bought the Dan Earlewne Guitar Repairs Guide and slowly have accumulated every tool needed to do pretty much everything from building acoustic and electric guitars, 10 of each, and have learned to make repairs , refret jobs, tune ups upgrading tuners , refinishing, well just about everything regarding guitars. I have rebuilt and done setups for years. a good set up is easy to learn how to do and just takes a little practice.
As long your guitar has a truss rod and the neck isn’t crooked but just bowed not enough or too much you can fix that or leveling frets, making new bridge saddles and nuts you can do this your self for the same cost in guitar repair tools that you would spend on a set up.
I enjoy doing this and am always adjusting something on one of my instruments.
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Longbrew, there are plenty of online articles regarding learning to read the TABs.
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Looked on StewMac and found this, check it out.
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When I 1st starting doing my own repairs I purchased Dan Erlewine’s Guitar repair book on StewMac. They probably Have a video on there site just for this repair That you could check out. In the 90’s there wasn’t the same amount of internet help that there is today.
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Huh, never thought about pre slotted as I always use a blank when I make a new Nut for one of my guitars. If you could find a pre slotted with the same nut measurements you could use that but each guitar has it own nut slot thickness and string separation variances If you order one smaller than the current neck width it won’t work but a longer one can be cut down as long as the string speration slotes aren’t already cut into it. So be careful with that. If it is thicker you can always sand or file it down to fit. What is the nut size? 1 & 3/4 or smaller? Just measure the current nut and go from there.
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Hey Pete,
It isn’t that hard to replace a nut. Buy some bone blanks and don’t be in a hurry to complete this repair.
i have every tool know to the Guitar lords that i need to do repairs so I can us one of my sanders to shape and fine tune the nut width and lengths
1. make sure your new nut is a smidgen taller than the existing nut. File or sand to height.
2.. File or use a Japanese Saw or hack saw to cut it down to get the right length and make sure that it fits snuggly into the nut slot. Sand it if it is too thic for the slot. hand sanding will take you a long time but is good for learning patience, yeah, right….
Line it up, back to back with your existing nut and pencil mark the string locations.
I have couple of sets of slot files made for guitar work and would slot each string location a little higher than I will need and put it in the slot and string it up and slowly adjust each string to the proper height. You can also buy bone powder to fill in slots if you file to deeply.
If you buy an tools like the needed files look them up on StewMac but buy them from Amazon as StewMac charges a huge shipping fee.
I can’t remember the name of the other company on Amazon that sells guitar tools and parts but you will find them located on Amazon under guitar tools or parts. Good luck and know that you will never have to pay a guitar tech for this repair again. Plus I find the repairs fun to do.
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How long have you been playing guitar and what are you expecting to accomplish with every lesson?
If you are new to guitar I can understand your frustration. If you are like me and just had not found a system of learning guitar after years of seemingly not improving what were your expectations? This system has Helped me improve in all area of my guitar journey.
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What a great job, love it. Thanks for the Share.
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Cool thanks for the sharing.
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Guitar frustrations make us all nuts, sometimes. Only another picker could relate to all of the daily anxieties we put ourselves through.
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Forgot also good in the key of A.
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Interesting chord progression in the key of D,F# minor and D that includes the Bm chord.
A – index finger on 2nd fret of the B,G and D Strings
F# minor – add the ring finger to D string 4th fret, 2 strums or more
D – add the middle finger to 3rd fret B string. Strum a couple of times and
B minor – add pinky to G string 4th fret.
very simple and economical chord changes in the D, F# Minor or key of A. key. All made from the stationary Index finger A chord.
I usually add the 4 string g chord and the 5th fret C major 7 chord into this progression also. But the first 4 chords are all made out of that A chord shape back on the 2nd fret.
Once you learn the chord shapes you can mix and match anyway you want.
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I think of the Bm chord in a couple of different Keys. Mainly D and G, A and F# Minor. I would first practice making a 1st position Am chord using the pinky on the A note/2nd fret of the G string and get used to making that Am chord in that position. Strum it for awhile and then walk it a fret down(toward the guitar bridge 1 fret(B flat minor) and get used to playing the B.G.D and A strings. finger pick them for awhile using all 4 notes. Then slide that pinky led formation down 1 more fret to the B minor and get used to adding index finger to the D/2 fret.
I would also make the C#m on the 6th fret and the Dm/7th fret and the Em/9th fret.
Do that for a week or two until it is very comfortable. That would be something I would practice in my before practice practice, which is usually 10 -15 minutes before practice that I work on 1 or 2 things that I’m stuck on and all of my usual Barre chord walk downs, including this just explained Minor chord neck walk down, just to try to keep them comfortable to use.