planethead Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Title edited to avoid labelling. Here are three links to resources that have improved my playing and will hopefully do the same for you... I started when I was 11 and at 44 .... the further you go the less you know! I have no association with or connection to any of these sites. The views of the site owners and contributprs do not and should not be considered a reflection my own. Do not post me with reference to them I will not respond. If you choose to contact the individuals/site owners please do so with courtesy and respect. I can tell you with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY they improved my playing - I used them in the following way: For general left and right hand technique: [url="http://www.adamnitti.com/lessons.shtml"]Adam Nitti[/url] Dave Marks has a good vid re the one-finger-per-note mantra - exercises are just that how you play a piece of music may differ out of necessity don't feel bound to any one technique or method. I learned double thumbing from this video ALONE - if you haven't seen it before - once you're over the initial shock of the first half - focus and use the second half of the vid: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAs0IBmBiOk&feature=channel"]MarloweDK[/url] A superb resource for transcriptions - some of the pieces you want to be able to play are here - don't concern yourself with your own ability to read or not sometimes just being able to look at a piece of music and follow the notes as you listen even if your not sure what it all means can be a good starting point: [url="http://www.lucaspickford.com/"]Lucus Pickford[/url] This text file is based on Adam Nittis exercises and I use this as a general warm-up - [attachment=18620:fingerex.txt] Please do READ accompanying notes. With reference to the potential for damage to that most fexible of tools the human hand [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_nerve"]Ulnar-nerve[/url] and... [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portnoys-Complaint-Philip-Roth/dp/0099399016/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1231840977&sr=8-2"]for teenagers young and old[/url] see what a difference the light makes ... hope this all helps ttfn Edited January 13, 2009 by planethead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakey Lane Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 [quote name='planethead' post='378691' date='Jan 13 2009, 10:07 AM']This text file is based on Adam Nittis exercises and I use this as a general warm-up - [attachment=18620:fingerex.txt] Please do READ accompanying notes.[/quote] Hi, does it matter if you play down each column or across each row in turn? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planethead Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 [quote name='Snakey Lane' post='379802' date='Jan 13 2009, 10:50 PM']Hi, does it matter if you play down each column or across each row in turn? Thanks.[/quote] doesn't matter alternate - once you've got a feel for them turn it on its head and use the fingering to 'spider' across all strings on E string start 1st finger on 5th fret (A) 2nd finger on A string 6th fret (D#), 3rd finger on D string 7th fret (A) 4th finger on G string 8th fret (D#) flip it 1st finger on G string 5th fret © 2nd finger D string 6th fret (G#) and so on back to E string 4th finger © just don't screw up your hands you won't get another pair that work as well in this life time :-) ttfn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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