Pinky Usage...
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Using el pinko gives you greater dexterity...try playing any of the Allmans stuff without using it.........man that would be mighty hard.
I always warm up with a 4 finger exercise and my pinky is still nowhere near as proficient as I would like......................da digit o da devil she is.
I always warm up with a 4 finger exercise and my pinky is still nowhere near as proficient as I would like......................da digit o da devil she is.
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hah! Does so. I use my left hand thumb all the timeMaloS wrote:oh yah and on the case of being 10 fingered guitarist - lier, ur left thumb never touches the strings (i'm on 9, 5 right hand, and yes all 5 equivalently useful, 4 left hand, 3 of them more or less equal on putting down bars)
I always have used my left pinky, but I'm finding lately it needs a bit of strengthening, which I guess suggests I'm using it even more
I use/have used all 4 fingers and thumb on the right hand at various times for various things - finger-picking, hybrid-picking (pick + fingers ; even more likely to use the pinky there), and tapping.
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Dead easy mate - just hold down the note with the left pinky and pull up on the wang bar with the right - if you like you can give the audience the fingers as well (seen it done) with both hands at the same time.bluesgeek wrote:so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?
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Yeah I use my thumb to fret on the bottom E sometimes, so I imagine it is pretty commonplace. Right hand thumb has taken a bashing lately while I've been playing 'Play That Funky Music' got to be slapped
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bluesgeek wrote:so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?
Stuff all I reckon, the littley is really an add on filler run maker chord finger, there's nothing dynamic about it unfortunately. However someone like Yngwie Malmsteen might beg to differ with my opinion
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me Actually bending is easier the more fingers you have pushing/pulling the string, I've always found.bluesgeek wrote:so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?
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That's probably true. I did break my ring finger on my left hand once and it got put in a plastic cast. I learnt to play slide with it, that was kinda coolMaloS wrote:if you would brake 3 fingers on ur left hand, you would scream break down in cries because you will not be able to play guitar for a while....
Well not routinely of course, but I have done occasionally for shits and giggles.bluesgeek wrote:... I meant by itself
As for the barre thing - I always have played the "A" shape barre chord using my pinky for the barre. I just find it easier thatn using my ring finger. Go figure.
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