Who's the Troy Grady of the fretting hand?

[looneytunes]

Wondering if there’s an investigation à la cracking the code about the fretting hand

[joebegly]

That would be @Tom_Gilroy

(Some of) My favorite posts of his are here.

Efficient Digital Cycles

I have been preparing a post about the left hand postures and fretting strategies I use in my playing, after reading through the following thread: That promised post is still in preparation, and I will present it when I’m satisfied with it. In preparing that post, I watched through several instructional videos and CTC interviews again. While re-watching Shawn Lane’s Power Licks for the first time in a while, I realized something about his fretting sequences that I felt was extremely interes…

The Fastest Lane - Video Lessons on Efficient Fretting Mechanics in Shawn Lane's "Power Licks"

It was suggested by our moderator @tommo that I come up with a title that more clearly reflected the content of my posts so they may be found more easily in future and which which may draw some more attention. The title I’ve come up with feels like clickbait to me, but I think it serves those ends specifically. I hope the content merits the lofty title. I present a series of videos on the concept of Efficient Digital Cycles, which is a principle I’ve discovered which underlies most of Shawn Lan…

Videos on fretting principles

On @tommo’s recommendation I’ve decided to re-post this video from my book thread to the Show and Tell category, so that it might be viewed by more of the community. This video introduces an important gripping concept that to my knowledge, has not been discussed in depth in previously available guitar instruction. [Grip] If there are questions about this concept I will answer them here. I intend to make short videos highlighting some things I look for when studying a player’s fret…

[Tom_Gilroy]

@joebegly

That would be @Tom_Gilroy

Thank you, @joebegly .

[joebegly]

No problem, Tom. Also, I’ve received the electronic funds transfer for my commission on this one lol!

[looneytunes]

@Tom_Gilroy , I saw you made a post about scales shapes. Would you consider posting a pdf showing how Shawn Lane would fret the 3nps shapes?