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HinTMarlow, Even if you prefer to play without a pick, I suggest using one for any flatpicking or rhythm lessons, because TAC is teaching fingerpicking, flatpicking, and rhythm with the pick. It makes you a more rounded player, and you’ll find many songs can’t always be finger picked or strummed to sound similar to the original. @TMutter is someone who had never used a pick be&ore TAC. Maybe he’ll chime in. I know it took him a while to master and feel comfortable with a pick, but its possible.
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Marty, Marty, Marty …. Where have you been? Or maybe I should ask, where have I been. Haha. Its so good to see and hear you. I needed this song. Thank you!! Your guitar sounds awesome.
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This was great Braden!! Your playing was very smooth. Only you m ow where any errors were. I thought it was very well timed, fluid, and your vocals were perfect for this — probably would sound good with any John Prine song.
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I really enjoyed this Kevin. It fit your vocals perfectly.
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@philb @Skyman911 @albert_d @Braden @petelanger Thank you all for always putting up with my long posts. I truly appreciate the support, words of encouragement, and your own personal journeys with something similar. I’m not sure I tried playing with the best choice o song – haha. I am working on Lay Lady Lay by Dylan, and there is a barre chord in it. It still hurts too much to press down to barre, but it sounds pretty good with what noise I do make. Lol
Onward and upward. Keep on plunking.
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Hey George It’s sounds like a great routine that you have going on there. I should actually warm up more than I do since I’ve had my wrist and hand bones broken last year. I do much more now than I ever did. In the past, because I have chronic pain and Arthritis in that hand so it’s vital for them to be warm, literally. Sometimes I run them under hot water. I massage and put on some type of Cream like a EMU oil or some type of pain reliever. I flex them. Sometimes I use flex balls which are stress balls and squeeze them and hold it in my hand and move my wrist up-and-down and a little bit sideways. I also have Chinese balls that you hold in your hand and you move them around to get your hands more flexible and improves the dexterity of the fingersup and down and sideways. This is most beneficial, because there’s some weight to them. They’re just like the flex ball, but they are weighted. I do a scales here and there. I can’t say I do them often. I should do them much more often. My warm up is more playing some simple songs with just open chords. Then, I’ll get into some of the more challenging songs.
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Great wins, indeed. Relish these aha and I get it moments. I love when all of a sudden things start to click and show us that it is achievable. Things should take off quickly now, at least they did more me (in a sense), and you’ll be amazed at how things that seemed impossible or difficult come more easily now.
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Guy, this was awesome! So intricate and beautiful, and it looks like you did it by rote. Im so envious of people that can fingerpick. I love the mix of fingerpicking and strumming.
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I hear ya. I still have trouble stretching the fingers. You mentioned your fingers basically having a mind of their own. I remember that frustration with the fingers refusing to work independently there’s two sets of fingers I think that are attached by tendon so that’s why it seems like they always move when the others do I think it’s the ring in the pinky and the index in the middle but I’m not sure
@Skyman911 brings up some good points. You don’t want an injury from trying to stretch too far take it for me it’s not worth it hi was playing a song a couple years ago and a required a lot of stretching for one cord and I kept practicing and stretching and I ended up getting tendinitis and tennis elbow and so my hand and arm were and so much pain from the tendons there’s nothing you can do by massage or you know anything it takes rest. Time away from the guitar. Possibly physical therapy. I received injections in my elbow, and I want to acupuncturist for several months. Don’t play through pain or injury.
Using a capo so that you practice on a higher fright is a great suggestion put the cap on three or five and the frets are a lot closer so it’s not as much stretch on your fingers.
There is a finger exercise that I did at the suggestion of my guitar teacher at the time. Start with your index finger on the eighth fret. It will be stationary ther fore th3 entire exercise. With your middle finger, place it on the 9th fret, then lift it and place it on the 10th fret, then return it to the 8th. Lift it and place it on the 11th fret (don’t overly force it. It is okay to use a little effort to stretch to it, but never force it. If you are able to stretch 3 frets out, then go back to the 8th and try going to the 12th.
You will then use your ring finger and repeat the exercise. Then the pinky. If you do it daily, I think you’ll see great improvement in thestretch, as well as improvement in the independence of your fingers. It’s retraining your brain, tendons, muscles, and tendons need to stretch, or they atrophy. It really does work, I suggested for anyone.
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Barbara, it’s good to hear from you. This was a very inspirational message, and I’m so glad you posted. Many players do struggle with disabilities that make playing the conventional way seem impossible. You have found some great work arounds.
What I hear loud and clear is the change in disposition. In the past I heard and felt your frustrations. This showed your having learned little work arounds, so that you could keep playingi
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Beautifully done LeCassandra.
Ouch to your finger. How did that happen?
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I would like to have a little bit louder (both guitar and vocals). I like it when others provide tips, tricks, lessons learned, etc. Thank you. Btw, nice guitar.
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Hey Ian. Thanks so much for popping in on me every once in a while. This really is a great song,
I really miss hangin with you and a few others. I’ve thought of popping in, but just not ready yet. I’ve been jumping on Scones every couple weeks. Absolutely love Brian.
Shoot me a message sometime and let me know how you’re doing and what’s new.
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Haha, tenacious or stupid.