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December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
his name will billy two fist magee?
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
WIll Billy TWOOOOO fist Magee lol
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Having fingers like garden hoses helps!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Thanks you are goofy however helpful.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
make a tut for palm muting.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Something wrong(at least theoretically) and confusing for beginners: He mentions going down the freatboard and down the neck, but he is actually pointing going UP the fretboard and DOWN the neck.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Well I think any form of playing is going to help you with certain structures and techniques but lets be realistic, nothing is truly going to stretch out your hands like grabbing your fingers and spreading them as far apart as possible lol.
Another nice trick is some over the counter cortisone cream and rubbing alcohol mixed together.
Put that on your hands each night and I GUARENTEE when you wake up the next morning, your hands are looser, more accurate, faster etc.etc. than ever.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Nice , I agree, this training (all ROGP) is very nice. I have to try it too. Try this, too. Start with your index on the first fret of E string. Your fingers are on 1 2 3 4 frets. But after you played your fourth, then you will start on E as before with index (1) but you ll move your other fingers to string below (A and so on). I figured it very nice, too. Maybe it also help to others.:-)
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Playing low is cool you know. If you have guitar in the level of your knees, you will rock hard! But you are right. I used to have guitar almost on my breasts-chest. but I had problem to do proper low E tremolo picking. Used 10s for that, maybe 9 would be better with not so big resistance. I guess my 13-60 in A are floppier but this does not do any problem to me. Damn I have to try some nice 9s too.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hes cool as shit gives good lessons and puts it down for the brothas.
So no disrespect but I don’t understand why hes always rockin that hat & bandanna ?….looks random as fuck
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
i think electric is better for learning, especially with distortion it’ll pick up every bit of noise, so its great for learning to play clean…. you don’t even have to palm mute when sweep picking on acoustics
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
At least you know what I mean. You are right though, he does seem quite good
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
everyone should try it on an acoustic first before going to electric…a while back i started doing these exercises on electric and i thought i was doing alright as far as improving but then i picked up an acoustic and i was slow and messing up like hell…
acoustic makes practices much better i think
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
youre fingers would be good for playing piano!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
none are of questionable material, there is an SE line which is in the $500 dollar range.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Me too xD
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
This dude is cool.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
What model of guitar is that, I know its a PRS but some of the PRSs are expensive and some are cheap in price so I am assuming some of them are of questionable materials.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
awesome guitar
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Also…
Be sure not to look at your freatboard –if you keep staring at your freatboard while playing, your wrist will have to bend badly. The freatboard should be facing the crowd, not yourself.
Finally, read SanctumZero’s comment, which can be summed up in one word: relax. That really helps.
Warm regards!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
@ltsooz:
maybe your guitar is too low, like nght5tlkr wrote on his/her comment.
Rise your guitar so it rests at your waist level or even at your belly level: the more comfortable it feels, the better for your playing.
The arm of your guitar should be the closest to 45° –it helps your hand to go up and down the fretboard easily and stressless.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I love these kinds of exercises, thanks twofist!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
very economical motion? lol kidding i heard what he said.
replies not needed.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
very good excercise! i’ll try it out tomorrow. happy i subscribed to this channel Ö
December 14th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Also, try raising your guitar so that you’re playing more ergonomically. The lower your guitar sits, the harder it is on your fretting hand.
January 18th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
The comment above that uses my username [jayjaygibbs] was stolen from a conversation that I was having with someone on youtube.
I would appreciate if the webmaster would take it down and not steal any more of my comments.
Thank you!
January 18th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Pracising these on an acoustic first helps make the exercise more difficult — heavy gauge strings even better. Benefits you when you move to the elec.
January 31st, 2010 at 8:06 am
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