Scott_NB
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Hello Halifax from across the Bay of Fundy! 🙂
This was a really neat exercise and I’ve been enjoying learning the Eagles lick. It sounds really cool even though I have to go very slowly. The staccato is definitely harder than sustained, but well worth learning. Those 3-note chords will come in very handy.
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Thanks to both of you for the help! I think stretching first and playing where my body tells me is probably my best way to go. I’ve had problems in the past with muscle fatigue and pain in my fretting arm especially, so I think I will be nice to my body and play in a more comfortable position.
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Thank you for the considered reply!
It’s not so much that I can’t see the fretboard, it’s just wrist strain. Tilting the guitar down even a bit makes it quite a lot worse, so I may be doing something wrong. The further down it goes, the more I need to push my wrist forward and arch my hand away from the neck so a) I can play with my fingertips and b) I’m not muting the other strings with my palm.
Getting used to the position and stretching certainly make sense to me, but I can’t see my wrist ever wanting to bend that much…it just doesn’t feel possible for me to play in that position.