Hi
When I play the 6 note Ym pattern on one string my first finger jumps in the air involuntarily as I lift my pinky after the forth note. I noticed that Ym and Troy don’t do this , the first finger is planted firmly on the fretboard throughout the whole lick.
Is this a bad habit that I should try and stop doing? Do others do it?
Hmm, interesting. Never thought about it…
Okay, I’ve just tried to play the lick and I also have my index finger planted. Though when playing scale-like phrases I definitely lift my index finger as soon as I don’t need it to press the fret.
I dont know if it’s a mental thing as it jumps up as my pinky is raised. I didnt think they shared tendons or muscles ( I just thought that the pinky and ring finger did).
I have tried to not raise it but it feels awkward. Not even sure if it’s a bad thing and worth trying to change it.
I guess if it doesn’t hinder you from fast playing there’s no reason to worry.
Though I would try to learn both ways just for the sake of experiment.
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By the way I’ve just noticed that you lift your index finger when you raise your pinky, not when you put it down. Hmm, that’s strange and unusual for me. I ussually lift it when my pinky goes down in that kind of runs (3 nps ascending), so there are always two neighbour fingers on the fretboard.
Except I do! It’s not firmly planted on the neck all the time. This is more obvious when I look down. You can’t really see it from the camera placed several feet in front of me. The index doesn’t always completely lift up, sometimes it just lifts a little but the pad still contacts the string. But it’s definitely not firmly fretting the note all the time.
So in other words, unless this is causing a problem, I wouldn’t worry about it.
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