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I'm completely self taught but your 'spider crawl lesson is one of the biggest help with playing ive ever had. Also with the thumb on your fret hand the technique naturally puts it in a better place and really helps bars aswell
Another lesson chock full of incredibly useful tips & tricks. As an "advanced beginner" who has been around the sun 62 times I tend to get frustrated with my perceived lack of progress. Your videos always bring me back to earth & offer positive vibes & encouragement. Thanks for giving so much back to the beginner guitar community.
@@billywalker7273 he may mean he's been doing the beginner's course for years but isn't sure of himself. It also could be that he's an older gentleman who just started playing. Whatever he meant did not give you the right to send an "angry sounding" comment.
I watched this just to make sure I was using the right techniques - though never complacent about my playing. Seems that despite being self taught - over the years I've developed through trial and error the right way to do stuff. I think your most important piece of advice that should not be underestimated is - to relax. I have to consciously do that when I know something tricky is coming up to do.
Thank you for this, I’m picking up a guitar for the first time in about 10 years and trying to learn the right way instead of picking up all of my old bad habits
I think the only problem is if a student doesn't think a certain teqhnique isnt working for them and then they need to explore a different way, I don't believe there is a set way as playing guitar is all about expressing yourself, I think whatever works for you as long as you are not causing undue stress on your hands. Look at Wes Montgomery who anchored quite alot from what I've seen.I think it's worth looking at everything and then deciding what works best for me. I think that is the essence of what makes so many guitar players 'unique'.
Thankyou....I have been playing for 20 years and this is helpful because of habitual bad habits I have picked up and never realized...always good to get back to correct techniques ...appreciate your great advice Andrew...
Start with alternate- never learn to do it wrong at first. My first lesson I learned that and immediately improved. 1 week in I was playing bar chords and Nirvana. If your teacher doesn’t hold you back that’s really not very hard. First song was heart shaped box in drop D. Week 2 smells like teen spirit. I was 12- I am now 40. Beware of paying teachers who talk more than they play- it’s easier to see and copy then take orders. If they aren’t doing it find a new one- teachers who don’t demonstrate are the worst. Some people really think they can teach what they can barely play- especially more advanced. If you don’t feel comfortable quitting that’s a bad sign- often the best thing to do is quit and move on bc a lot of teachers only know how to teach beginners. Or you might need someone who specializes in a dif style bc your tastes evolve. You might start with rock then decide to learn jazz etc. imo you shouldn’t teach an instrument if you can’t read music- but unfortunately most guitar teachers actually don’t seem to read at all.
I’m self-taught, and I feel pretty lucky after watching this, that I didn’t fall too far into any really bad playing techniques. I am seriously considering getting some lessons after all these years though, just to make sure I’m not fooling myself! After long directing my own study, getting some professional, constructive feedback on my playing would be useful.
Your instruction is fantastic. Right now I'm just trying to learn how to do the basics and have just a little bit of control of the guitar before I jump into more education, but I will be coming back to you for help. Thank you so much!!
I'm happy to say that after playing for about 10 months while learning on my own I don't make any of these mistakes. I play fingerstyle and used to anchor the pinky but was able to get over it quickly, though while I was doing it I thought it would be impossible to do so. It turned out to be just more intuitive to not anchor. Though, players like Tommy Emmamuel do it ALL THE TIME and he's better than me (and probably all of us) by miles.
Thanks for these tips. As a new player I find that when I look at my right hand my left hand gets lost, and when I look at my left hand my right hand gets lost. I've been wondering how to solve that right hand issue without having to anchor it with a little finger because I know over time I'll need to spend more time watching the frets. The palm and knuckle brushing idea is going to get a workout now since I hadn't seen that suggested anywhere before.
Always sceptical of those who think their way is the only correct way to play. Plenty of world class guitarists use the anchoring technique and it doesn’t slow them down.
yeah, im a beginner (about 2 weeks) but i hate the feeling of my right hand muting part of the strings as i play. plus, it feels uncomfortable and doesnt give me the openness that i like
Really good lesson, thank you. This “mistake” format doesn’t always work but this was great. I always felt guilty not strumming with my elbow (as someone who knew a little about ergonomics it seemed stupid) but now I am glad. The fretting hand thumb has bugged me as well that I wasn’t doing it right (talented professional Players didn’t seem to play the same way that UA-cam lessons were taught) you explained it really well.
Andrew, love your show! This video is very helpful. Thank you. I'm subscribed, actually many months ago. I even made a playlist of all your videos so I can grab them when needed.💕👏👏
Way back in the Sixties when I started playing, I had the good luck to pick as you have shown. However, I always had a problem with tension with my Fretting Hand, a Bad Habit that is a struggle to overcome. Not having played much over the past 16+ Years, your guidance is really great and much appreciated, thank you. Subscribed. 👍
My neighbour is learning how to play the guitar to impress people. Thing is, he's been learning how to, on his own, for 3 months now and he is simply trying to imitate bits of the song, in melody, rather than using the right key. Also, if he messes up, he has the tendency to "erase" that with some loud noise and start over. He's been doing that, daily, for 2 to 3 hours per 'session.' He's got 3 melodies, revolving around, which he practices and every time he fails, it goes *KsschghghghGHGHGHGHGHGGHGGGGG* and then he continues from the start. Also, he's decided the best way to practice is with the loud Superdeluxe Bass-speaker-system on. Loudly. Even the neighbours across the street, 3 homes above his neighbours, mentioned to me that there was some 'awful noise' last evening. Perhaps this is the ultimate wrong video to ask for advice, but he's a very, very stubborn person that júst started living on his own and has mentioned a few times that he dislikes the world and "just wants some time and hobbies for himself." Does anyone here know, if putting the bass-boosters or..bass-boxes or..whatever they're called...if it helps if you put them on 'spikes', so the noise isn't as loud? He's been proudly telling his friends that he'll install 6 extra speakers to make the sound even "better", so I have to act fast if I want those 'spikes' to be under the boxes.
I like the way you teach ! You make things I've heard and saw before many times over but the way you present it I see the same stuff I've seen before over& over but I get it now! You show it in a way that makes it fun to do and easier to play and also learning how to play things the correct way and not fall back into the easier way, but the wrong way, rather than the correct way. ! Let me re-frase that... ! You show how to make it fun again learning the correct way to fret correctly and picking correctly like 4 example the spiderwalk. I like that exercise ! Because I'm self taught and done thing the wrong way finding out that doing thing the right way is refeshing and actually easier to play ! You understand what I'm tryin to say cause I totally understand everything you were showing on the couple of vids I watched of you teaching different tech.neeks that's why I'm stayin with you to learn more playing tech's and other things etc...
Thank you, Andrew. I do skim many channels. I find your techniques, and method of instruction, is best for me. Playing since May, I am Left handed, and I'm over the quit, button. I have been learning the fretboard. An incredible feeling of satisfaction, when you learn the notes. Thank you.
I learned most of these bad habits & am struggling to fix them. Posture & technique is a problem for me. Thank u so much for this video!!!! It was super helpful.
Quite agree with all this Andrew,many struggle because they just don't get the basic stuff nailed to start with. Now i do have to admit that i do, at times, strum from me elbow...But i wouldn't advise that until you can strum the way you show. Properly. As for picks i used to have no end of trouble with the darn things,due to a knuckle injury that left me unable to fully bend the thing. Picks just would not stay put...They'd start in the right place,a minute or two later it's spun round 45 degrees or so..I just could not keep a grip on the things,no matter how many different ones i tried. I finally fixed that by sticking a bit of self adhesive velcro on 'em...now they stay put..and i stick a few on the guitar with a bit of velcro as well..I'm a sod for losing them..
I’ve been down picking since I started playing guitar almost 2 years ago and now I do it so naturally that it’s extremely hard to develop the habit of alternate picking even though I know how to alternate pick decently.
Same here i've been just down picking for almost 3 years but now i've been playing with just alternate picking technique for 2 weeks and now i can do it very naturally it is definetly more comfortable and it is not hard at all, i guess i wasn't doing it because i was afraid i couldn't do it
Super video😊 excellent explaination on wrist movement, string traction, and finger holding on the picking hand. Also thumb placement on the fretting hand helped alot. Video explains all problems early guitarists face and shortcommings. Thanks So Much @ creativeguitarstudio.
Awesome video! Being relaxed and not over exerting yourself is definitely key! I remember when I learned I tried to play exactly how I was told and it made learning really rough until I decided to try my own thing! Since then I've been able to do so much more compared to when I first learned over ten years ago :D
Hi, thanks for the video. I'm hoping this will help me, I struggle changing to and from C to G. I'm so slow, it's pretty frustrating. I'm not going to quit, that's for sure.
I disagree with some of this. I think tension makes you faster. Michaelangelo Batio does that anchor technique and he is among the fastest. I don't do that personally, but I'm no batio either.
honestly, anchoring my pinky just feels better than to rest my hand on half of the strings. i like the openness of it. two amazing guitarists that i can think of on the top of my head that do it are tobin abasi (although he does move it around a lot, he still has it resting most of the time) and Chris Wisemen, who does a very weird mixture of resting his pinky on the guitar and picks like marty friedman.
I found myself bending the knuckle of the thumb of the fretting hand when it goes high (i.e. when I'm playing the high strings), that way I had more contact with the neck. It looks like the hand would be more relaxed if I keep the thumb straight all the time. I will try it for a while. Thank you for the tips.
I wonder how all those Country Western players especially those who use "Sock Rhythm" when accompanying contest or dance band fiddlers are ever able to play at all. Most of those old timers never use Barre Chords, they simply wrap their thumbs completly around the neck to the E string (D string if they are using a Dropped D" tuning, every beat and melody change there is a new chord, some of them pretty sophisticated. some with long fingers and thumbs will let the thumb extend to fret the A andD string as well, (5th string, and 4th string). I've watched these old timers doing Sock Rhythm accompaniment so smoothly that it looks easy, they change chords with every beat and make drums and a Stand up Bass only luxuries. They also change the chords not only for rhythm but for melody changes as well, sometimes using complex and difficult to fret chords using that thumb with a grip that seems to encompass the entire neck, I can't manage it, but there untold numbers of these mostly old. guys who do it effortlessly. You should attend a fiddle contest sometime just to watch those old timers play accompaniment. Many of these guys play in Jazz or Western Swing Dance Bands when not accompanying fiddlers, and find themselves in demand. Almost to a man or woman, they use those Sock Rhythm Chording changes, it is something beautiful to behold, yet according to you they are doing it wrong, I've watched these old guys play for fiddle contestants and swing dance bands for most my life they are doing something right, it sounds too good to be wrong. Go to a big fiddle contest like the National at Weiser Idaho or listen to any good Western swing band play for a dance, you might just learn something, I know I did, I got a huge lesson in humility. Thes usually Old Farts are something to behold. I watched an old guy accompany a fiddler playing Wont You Ride In My Little Red Wagon use probably 15 to 20 or even more different chords, it was something to behold especiallyy since this guy had a day job as a heavy equipment mechanic. How do you suppose he and others like him are able to play their instruments at all, let alone play them so skillfully?
I noticed that your driving a Rolan GR-55 I have mine on my les paul Question, Do you know how to use it , to a high degree I've got 2, 800 watt ALTO powered speakers It great to play in stereo..
Interestingly, I made some of those mistakes when I began playing the guitar because they helped me... and they disappeared naturally as I improved myself. Now I am making different mistakes😅..
no way dude your advice comes from classroom playing . That means you were trained for hours to do it a certain way . I developed my own style while also learning a few others . You cant say one way is right or wrong when your making sweet music . Nobody should listen to this as a guide for playing . Only use this to expand on your own personal style . In short don't become a robot who plays all the same old crap everybody else is playing . Originality and passion is the key to playing great guitar .
I disagree with anchoring. MAB uses 3 fingers and I'm using two fingers for more freedom. You just have to know how to control your muscles to eliminate unnecessary tension.
What are your views on downward pickslanting? I'm won't say Troy Grady pioneered this style, because he observed it in other players even before they knew what they were doing, but he may have coined the term. If you're not familiar with the concept, it's a little tough to explain in few words, but it's not unlike alternate picking, but string changes happen on the upstroke, which according to the theory allows for much faster picking.
So it's somewhat reassuring that most of my habits don't fall into this list. That said, I do need to consciously keep my middle, ring, and little fingers in tight with my index finger on my strumming hand. Doing the "okay" sign with my strumming hand and pick is probably a bad thing for me later on down the road I assume.
Exactly, it's down to the individual and what works for them. If we all did what this guy said, we would all play by numbers in the same way with no artistic impression.
This video would have been much more helpful if it was more in depth with how to fix some of the problems. For example: weak fingers and how to strengthen them. I have weak pinky and having a difficult time to get a clear note on the 6th string. I'd often do finger tapping on the table for strength exercise. I also found this finger exercise thing on amazon for guitar player to develop stronger fingers. I also have small hand and thus the difficulty of reach the 6th string as well as doing like a spider walk pentatonic exercise. It is a real struggle for me being just picked up the guitar for 3 months and found out my limitation. I am working thru it though. Thanks for the all tutorial videos .
Frank Gambale uses thumb and index with the other 3 fingers curled up. What might be the advantage of that? No one would question his expertise, I assume.
Marty Friedman's picking technique is the worst, I'm a Marty fan and I watch him play live a lot so my picking hand got effected by how he picks, and my right hand stared to make similar movements. I'm trying to fix the problem since I'm relatively new to guitar (I've been playing for a year now). Thanks, your video was really helpful.
Yes your advice is all well and good but my thumb hurts a lot for (bar. chords ). I want to play bar chords with a 12 gauge steel string acoustic guitar .. I think I should get a nylon guitar in stead
OK it's OK learning how to hold and use a pic but finger style is not as hard as it looks and gives a better feel and then when you know what you want move on to using a bit of plastic
Agree with all you said here. One thing that can never be over emphasised is the "stick with it" advice. If you're not happy to sit and practice on a daily basis, the guitar may not be for you. If you love the guitar, you will succeed. Thanks.
im 7month guitar player and for this time i got very very solid fingerstyle tehnic have a little problem with a rhythm i'm searching for way to make a progress in playing if u guys can give any advice
Looks like a GK3 explained a bit here: www.roland.com/V-Guitar/about.html Not sure if Andrew is recording thru a synth for some reason -- he had it on there for years on that guitar. Great video btw :)
I see you have a GR pick up on that Strat. I had one on my PRS Custom 24 and I used the sticky strips to anchor it and had too many problem's with it staying calibrated right. I didn't want to screw it down as I wanted to use it on other guitar's in the future ( plus I didn't want the holes in my guitar). Have you used the sticky pad's before and if so was there anything you did to fix that problem?
*In the end you will be able to play everything using whatever technique you want but that doesn't mean that is the most efficient one. The video is focused on teaching beginners how to play properly so they won't struggle more than they need to.*
There ARE rules. And there are manuals, too! Guitar has been around for centuries in one form or another. And the masters had rules. And the rules where there to help students avoid learning bad habits. Of course, there are so many hacks today that it's pretty hard to find the "rules" amidst the sea of bullshit. But I suppose that can be said for nearly anything these daze.
@@sumyungpunk7129 nice sad...masters have rules. >And the only thing to be worried in students life is masters opinion.....is he satisfied?.....wrong. This is their method. Not mine. I have always find the way that was more ''dirty'', but for me much more comfortable with the same result- with less work...Ask your self, am i satisfied with that method? No? that's why i always hated to play classical music, because you have no space at all.
@@sumyungpunk7129 i went to the musical school and i was bored to death all the time. .... Dont teach me about music origins......i have read and studied o bunch of material trough the years.... I just don't agree with teaching methods....
I cut off a portion (the precise area where one should hold a pick) of my index finger by about one fourth of an inch when I was much younger. There is a scar/calous there and the pick slips. Any advice?
6th worst way to learn guitar is... take lessons for years starting at around age eight from a music store owner that played SAX. Same guy sold my mom and dad a Kay Spanish-style guitar with a neck as narrow as a piece of spaghetti and a mile thick. Oh and... no truss rod so in a year the action was around five inches at the 12th fret.
There's a little guy named Eddie Van Halen that does a lot of holding his pick with 3 fingers. You see him doing it quite often. Not saying it's a good technique, just saying that it won't ruin you if you do it.
I just sent charles anthony a comment agreeing with him...i use 3 fingers and rock my ass off...this dude has me second guessing and doubting my own fucking techniques. Lol
There is no such thing as correct or incorrect guitar playing. It works for you, sure, that's great, but that doesn't mean any other method is deemed a "bad habit". I learned to play without anchoring my right hand, but years later started doing so, as it gives me more precise picking, does not effect my tone, and does not at all hinder my speed like you so claim.
Thank you for your hard work in presenting these exceptional presentations. I noticed you were picking horizonal to the strings is this the standard picking technique? i am an old beginner on guitar. Many thanks from the UK.
If it helps i was taught to pick that way, elbow needs to be higher up on the back of the body, not almost in line with the neck.Andrews elbow position is spot on. So your hand is coming down at an angle to the strings. This also makes muting easier. Thumb wants to be pointing down, again not in line with the neck . This will angle the pick so it will slide across the strings much smoother. Again you can see that in Andrews hand. I point my thumb down a little more but everyone's different. It also makes strumming smoother as well. I'd also say it's worth trying different picks if you haven't done so. As you know they come in a variety of sizes, shapes and thickness. I prefer them quite stiff where as when i first started i liked them quite flexible. I find i have better control with thicker ones. The amount of pick protruding from your hand i think is a personal thing. I have very little. I'd also say it's fun to try different items as picks, i forgot to mention in my comment above with the knuckle problem i used to use buttons and coins because when they spun round it didn't matter. I still use them now. Coins do hammer the strings a bit...got that idea from a certain Mr May...not in person i hasten to add. I wish..
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What is the cost,and how is that it works. Payment wise, and amount of time involved? I'm a retired 55 year old trying this as a new hobby.
There is not many YT channels where 'lesson' is not just an excuse to sell website content.
Man you never clickbait nor dissapoint. As for me you're real super star!
Chappers comes to mind. Rob is a good teacher but he is too much selling content versus teaching new stuff.
@@GuitarsAndSynths Rob Chapman makes his videos too long.
I'm completely self taught but your 'spider crawl lesson is one of the biggest help with playing ive ever had. Also with the thumb on your fret hand the technique naturally puts it in a better place and really helps bars aswell
Agreed!!
Another lesson chock full of incredibly useful tips & tricks. As an "advanced beginner" who has been around the sun 62 times I tend to get frustrated with my perceived lack of progress. Your videos always bring me back to earth & offer positive vibes & encouragement. Thanks for giving so much back to the beginner guitar community.
An "Advanced beginner" ???? If you are advanced, then how in the hell are you a beginner?
@@billywalker7273 he may mean he's been doing the beginner's course for years but isn't sure of himself. It also could be that he's an older gentleman who just started playing. Whatever he meant did not give you the right to send an "angry sounding" comment.
I watched this just to make sure I was using the right techniques - though never complacent about my playing. Seems that despite being self taught - over the years I've developed through trial and error the right way to do stuff. I think your most important piece of advice that should not be underestimated is - to relax. I have to consciously do that when I know something tricky is coming up to do.
Thank you for this, I’m picking up a guitar for the first time in about 10 years and trying to learn the right way instead of picking up all of my old bad habits
I think the only problem is if a student doesn't think a certain teqhnique isnt working for them and then they need to explore a different way, I don't believe there is a set way as playing guitar is all about expressing yourself, I think whatever works for you as long as you are not causing undue stress on your hands. Look at Wes Montgomery who anchored quite alot from what I've seen.I think it's worth looking at everything and then deciding what works best for me. I think that is the essence of what makes so many guitar players 'unique'.
I´m a long timed self instructor. I can´t find any mistakes in your vid. You are absolutely right. Practice is the Key
Thankyou....I have been playing for 20 years and this is helpful because of habitual bad habits I have picked up and never realized...always good to get back to correct techniques ...appreciate your great advice Andrew...
Start with alternate- never learn to do it wrong at first. My first lesson I learned that and immediately improved. 1 week in I was playing bar chords and Nirvana. If your teacher doesn’t hold you back that’s really not very hard. First song was heart shaped box in drop D. Week 2 smells like teen spirit. I was 12- I am now 40. Beware of paying teachers who talk more than they play- it’s easier to see and copy then take orders. If they aren’t doing it find a new one- teachers who don’t demonstrate are the worst. Some people really think they can teach what they can barely play- especially more advanced. If you don’t feel comfortable quitting that’s a bad sign- often the best thing to do is quit and move on bc a lot of teachers only know how to teach beginners. Or you might need someone who specializes in a dif style bc your tastes evolve. You might start with rock then decide to learn jazz etc. imo you shouldn’t teach an instrument if you can’t read music- but unfortunately most guitar teachers actually don’t seem to read at all.
I’m self-taught, and I feel pretty lucky after watching this, that I didn’t fall too far into any really bad playing techniques. I am seriously considering getting some lessons after all these years though, just to make sure I’m not fooling myself!
After long directing my own study, getting some professional, constructive feedback on my playing would be useful.
Great review of incredibly vital basic skills! THANK YOU !
Andrew, just want to say thank you man, for taking the time for making all these great videos
Your instruction is fantastic. Right now I'm just trying to learn how to do the basics and have just a little bit of control of the guitar before I jump into more education, but I will be coming back to you for help. Thank you so much!!
I only have two problems with my guitar playing: my left hand and my right hand 🖐🥺🤚
Thanks!
I'm happy to say that after playing for about 10 months while learning on my own I don't make any of these mistakes. I play fingerstyle and used to anchor the pinky but was able to get over it quickly, though while I was doing it I thought it would be impossible to do so. It turned out to be just more intuitive to not anchor. Though, players like Tommy Emmamuel do it ALL THE TIME and he's better than me (and probably all of us) by miles.
Thanks for these tips. As a new player I find that when I look at my right hand my left hand gets lost, and when I look at my left hand my right hand gets lost. I've been wondering how to solve that right hand issue without having to anchor it with a little finger because I know over time I'll need to spend more time watching the frets. The palm and knuckle brushing idea is going to get a workout now since I hadn't seen that suggested anywhere before.
Just persevere and relax, you Will get there.
You have a great talent for teaching!
Wow bro subscribed straight away . its my 3rd day with electric guitar never played before but your advices are quite useful;.
thanks for your time
Please do a video on proper hybrid picking. This is something I want to learn. Thanks!
I have a lesson like that for you... www.creativeguitarstudio.com/lessons/technique/comping_hybrid_picking.php
Always sceptical of those who think their way is the only correct way to play. Plenty of world class guitarists use the anchoring technique and it doesn’t slow them down.
yeah, im a beginner (about 2 weeks) but i hate the feeling of my right hand muting part of the strings as i play. plus, it feels uncomfortable and doesnt give me the openness that i like
Really good lesson, thank you. This “mistake” format doesn’t always work but this was great. I always felt guilty not strumming with my elbow (as someone who knew a little about ergonomics it seemed stupid) but now I am glad. The fretting hand thumb has bugged me as well that I wasn’t doing it right (talented professional Players didn’t seem to play the same way that UA-cam lessons were taught) you explained it really well.
Andrew, love your show! This video is very helpful. Thank you. I'm subscribed, actually many months ago. I even made a playlist of all your videos so I can grab them when needed.💕👏👏
Way back in the Sixties when I started playing, I had the good luck to pick as you have shown. However, I always had a problem with tension with my Fretting Hand, a Bad Habit that is a struggle to overcome. Not having played much over the past 16+ Years, your guidance is really great and much appreciated, thank you.
Subscribed. 👍
My neighbour is learning how to play the guitar to impress people.
Thing is, he's been learning how to, on his own, for 3 months now and he is simply trying to imitate bits of the song, in melody, rather than using the right key.
Also, if he messes up, he has the tendency to "erase" that with some loud noise and start over.
He's been doing that, daily, for 2 to 3 hours per 'session.' He's got 3 melodies, revolving around, which he practices and every time he fails, it goes *KsschghghghGHGHGHGHGHGGHGGGGG* and then he continues from the start.
Also, he's decided the best way to practice is with the loud Superdeluxe Bass-speaker-system on. Loudly. Even the neighbours across the street, 3 homes above his neighbours, mentioned to me that there was some 'awful noise' last evening.
Perhaps this is the ultimate wrong video to ask for advice, but he's a very, very stubborn person that júst started living on his own and has mentioned a few times that he dislikes the world and "just wants some time and hobbies for himself."
Does anyone here know, if putting the bass-boosters or..bass-boxes or..whatever they're called...if it helps if you put them on 'spikes', so the noise isn't as loud?
He's been proudly telling his friends that he'll install 6 extra speakers to make the sound even "better", so I have to act fast if I want those 'spikes' to be under the boxes.
Great lessons! Really good stuff, man. It's really gonna help my playing
I like the way you teach ! You make things I've heard and saw before many times over but the way you present it I see the same stuff I've seen before over& over but I get it now! You show it in a way that makes it fun to do and easier to play and also learning how to play things the correct way and not fall back into the easier way, but the wrong way, rather than the correct way. ! Let me re-frase that... ! You show how to make it fun again learning the correct way to fret correctly and picking correctly like 4 example the spiderwalk. I like that exercise ! Because I'm self taught and done thing the wrong way finding out that doing thing the right way is refeshing and actually easier to play ! You understand what I'm tryin to say cause I totally understand everything you were showing on the couple of vids I watched of you teaching different tech.neeks that's why I'm stayin with you to learn more playing tech's and other things etc...
Thank you, Andrew. I do skim many channels. I find your techniques, and method of instruction, is best for me. Playing since May, I am Left handed, and I'm over the quit, button. I have been learning the fretboard. An incredible feeling of satisfaction, when you learn the notes.
Thank you.
One of the fastest pickers Ive ever seen anchored his pinky finger !
Even i anchor my Pinky
I anchor my middle and ring fingers and there is zero tension, totally relaxed
*I use to pick the string and moving using my finger but then by myself I noticed that using the wrist is more efficient, like you said.*
thanks very much for your time.
I learned most of these bad habits & am struggling to fix them. Posture & technique is a problem for me. Thank u so much for this video!!!! It was super helpful.
Thanks for being a caring teacher
Quite agree with all this Andrew,many struggle because they just don't get the basic stuff nailed to start with.
Now i do have to admit that i do, at times, strum from me elbow...But i wouldn't advise that until you can strum the way you show. Properly.
As for picks i used to have no end of trouble with the darn things,due to a knuckle injury that left me unable to fully bend the thing. Picks just would not stay put...They'd start in the right place,a minute or two later it's spun round 45 degrees or so..I just could not keep a grip on the things,no matter how many different ones i tried. I finally fixed that by sticking a bit of self adhesive velcro on 'em...now they stay put..and i stick a few on the guitar with a bit of velcro as well..I'm a sod for losing them..
Thank you for the lesson! It really helped.
Marty Friedman...
Hold my pick.
That was a great lesson. I picked up a few new things. Thanks for sharing
I’ve been down picking since I started playing guitar almost 2 years ago and now I do it so naturally that it’s extremely hard to develop the habit of alternate picking even though I know how to alternate pick decently.
Same here i've been just down picking for almost 3 years but now i've been playing with just alternate picking technique for 2 weeks and now i can do it very naturally it is definetly more comfortable and it is not hard at all, i guess i wasn't doing it because i was afraid i couldn't do it
Good advice and my teacher is also a GIT graduate.
Hey, right on, my teacher is a GIT grad. too. AWESOME !!!!
Super video😊 excellent explaination on wrist movement, string traction, and finger holding on the picking hand. Also thumb placement on the fretting hand helped alot. Video explains all problems early guitarists face and shortcommings. Thanks So Much @ creativeguitarstudio.
Awesome video! Being relaxed and not over exerting yourself is definitely key! I remember when I learned I tried to play exactly how I was told and it made learning really rough until I decided to try my own thing! Since then I've been able to do so much more compared to when I first learned over ten years ago :D
Hi, thanks for the video. I'm hoping this will help me, I struggle changing to and from C to G. I'm so slow, it's pretty frustrating. I'm not going to quit, that's for sure.
Learn to play g chord using 2,3,4 fingers. Instead of 1,2,3.
@@anish_99 I'll give it a go. :-)
Great Lesson, Thanks!
Great and Important Wisdom and Truth on the Guitar and the Way ! Thank you for confirming im not doing so badly after all ))
I disagree with some of this. I think tension makes you faster. Michaelangelo Batio does that anchor technique and he is among the fastest. I don't do that personally, but I'm no batio either.
First one of your videos I have seen, it was excellent, and I look forward to watching and learning more from you. Thank you.
Jeff Hanneman barely moved his wrist. He had to replace gaskets in his elbow often though.
I couldnt even hold a pick without dropping it for the first 3 or 4 months of playing. I just played with my index finger.
Haha same
Great video thank you
honestly, anchoring my pinky just feels better than to rest my hand on half of the strings. i like the openness of it. two amazing guitarists that i can think of on the top of my head that do it are tobin abasi (although he does move it around a lot, he still has it resting most of the time) and Chris Wisemen, who does a very weird mixture of resting his pinky on the guitar and picks like marty friedman.
I found myself bending the knuckle of the thumb of the fretting hand when it goes high (i.e. when I'm playing the high strings), that way I had more contact with the neck. It looks like the hand would be more relaxed if I keep the thumb straight all the time. I will try it for a while. Thank you for the tips.
I wonder how all those Country Western players especially those who use "Sock Rhythm" when accompanying contest or dance band fiddlers are ever able to play at all. Most of those old timers never use Barre Chords, they simply wrap their thumbs completly around the neck to the E string (D string if they are using a Dropped D" tuning, every beat and melody change there is a new chord, some of them pretty sophisticated. some with long fingers and thumbs will let the thumb extend to fret the A andD string as well, (5th string, and 4th string). I've watched these old timers doing Sock Rhythm accompaniment so smoothly that it looks easy, they change chords with every beat and make drums and a Stand up Bass only luxuries. They also change the chords not only for rhythm but for melody changes as well, sometimes using complex and difficult to fret chords using that thumb with a grip that seems to encompass the entire neck, I can't manage it, but there untold numbers of these mostly old. guys who do it effortlessly. You should attend a fiddle contest sometime just to watch those old timers play accompaniment. Many of these guys play in Jazz or Western Swing Dance Bands when not accompanying fiddlers, and find themselves in demand. Almost to a man or woman, they use those Sock Rhythm Chording changes, it is something beautiful to behold, yet according to you they are doing it wrong, I've watched these old guys play for fiddle contestants and swing dance bands for most my life they are doing something right, it sounds too good to be wrong. Go to a big fiddle contest like the National at Weiser Idaho or listen to any good Western swing band play for a dance, you might just learn something, I know I did, I got a huge lesson in humility. Thes usually Old Farts are something to behold. I watched an old guy accompany a fiddler playing Wont You Ride In My Little Red Wagon use probably 15 to 20 or even more different chords, it was something to behold especiallyy since this guy had a day job as a heavy equipment mechanic. How do you suppose he and others like him are able to play their instruments at all, let alone play them so skillfully?
I noticed that your driving a Rolan GR-55
I have mine on my les paul
Question,
Do you know how to use it , to a high degree
I've got 2, 800 watt ALTO powered speakers
It great to play in stereo..
Don’t know why but I invert the thumb and index. Always have. I know It’s not an accepted method.
Interestingly, I made some of those mistakes when I began playing the guitar because they helped me... and they disappeared naturally as I improved myself. Now I am making different mistakes😅..
no way dude your advice comes from classroom playing . That means you were trained for hours to do it a certain way . I developed my own style while also learning a few others . You cant say one way is right or wrong when your making sweet music . Nobody should listen to this as a guide for playing . Only use this to expand on your own personal style . In short don't become a robot who plays all the same old crap everybody else is playing . Originality and passion is the key to playing great guitar .
Keep an open mind
I disagree with anchoring. MAB uses 3 fingers and I'm using two fingers for more freedom. You just have to know how to control your muscles to eliminate unnecessary tension.
What are your views on downward pickslanting? I'm won't say Troy Grady pioneered this style, because he observed it in other players even before they knew what they were doing, but he may have coined the term. If you're not familiar with the concept, it's a little tough to explain in few words, but it's not unlike alternate picking, but string changes happen on the upstroke, which according to the theory allows for much faster picking.
Excellent and sincere teaching that I can appreciate!
So it's somewhat reassuring that most of my habits don't fall into this list. That said, I do need to consciously keep my middle, ring, and little fingers in tight with my index finger on my strumming hand. Doing the "okay" sign with my strumming hand and pick is probably a bad thing for me later on down the road I assume.
This is not the rule to playing.
Some of the old school hard core rockers, have very horrible habits.
You strum from the wrist right?
I enjoy your videos usually but is holding the pick between the first 2 fingers the only or best way to hold the pick?
Noticed your kneck and bridge pick-ups, how you like those??
Great lesson, thank you.
Enjoyed thanks for the lesson great teacher.
Forearm rotation bad? See Troy Grady interview with martin miller. also watch good bluegrass crosspickers
Exactly, it's down to the individual and what works for them. If we all did what this guy said, we would all play by numbers in the same way with no artistic impression.
@@MoronMediaProductions nonsense
6:51 in thank you very much 🎸❤️😊
Noticed a Mann guitar in the backround...my first guitar was a Mann! Rock on!
Very informative. Thanks.
This video would have been much more helpful if it was more in depth with how to fix some of the problems. For example: weak fingers and how to strengthen them. I have weak pinky and having a difficult time to get a clear note on the 6th string. I'd often do finger tapping on the table for strength exercise. I also found this finger exercise thing on amazon for guitar player to develop stronger fingers. I also have small hand and thus the difficulty of reach the 6th string as well as doing like a spider walk pentatonic exercise. It is a real struggle for me being just picked up the guitar for 3 months and found out my limitation. I am working thru it though. Thanks for the all tutorial videos .
Frank Gambale uses thumb and index with the other 3 fingers curled up. What might be the advantage of that? No one would question his expertise, I assume.
You are a great teacher. Thank you
Marty Friedman's picking technique is the worst, I'm a Marty fan and I watch him play live a lot so my picking hand got effected by how he picks, and my right hand stared to make similar movements. I'm trying to fix the problem since I'm relatively new to guitar (I've been playing for a year now). Thanks, your video was really helpful.
sounds like great info. Thank you
Yes your advice is all well and good but my thumb hurts a lot for (bar. chords ). I want to play bar chords with a 12 gauge steel string acoustic guitar .. I think I should get a nylon guitar in stead
my biggest chord change difficulty I always have is going from a G chord in its standard first position to the B minor barre
G-Bm Try setting your middle finger down first and all the other fingers will fall around it.
Do you ever get sweating problem while playing?
OK it's OK learning how to hold and use a pic but finger style is not as hard as it looks and gives a better feel and then when you know what you want move on to using a bit of plastic
Thank you very much for the lesson!! BTW when are you going to rock that B.C. Rich🤘.
Agree with all you said here. One thing that can never be over emphasised is the "stick with it" advice. If you're not happy to sit and practice on a daily basis, the guitar may not be for you. If you love the guitar, you will succeed. Thanks.
Sad is, if you don't have time/energy for it after whole day
@@doomerius1300 Good point, been there.
Same if I don’t practice I forget how to play though. Practice everyday rinse and repeat. 😊
im 7month guitar player and for this time i got very very solid fingerstyle tehnic have a little problem with a rhythm i'm searching for way to make a progress in playing if u guys can give any advice
Wow man, that "it's gonna work out for you... FOREVER" was so inspiring to me! Thanks, Andy! =)
Andrew, What type of pickup is that black one on the rear of your strat
Looks like a GK3 explained a bit here: www.roland.com/V-Guitar/about.html
Not sure if Andrew is recording thru a synth for some reason -- he had it on there for years on that guitar.
Great video btw :)
I took lessons with a private tutor and he didn't show me any of this. No wonder my playing still sucks. I ditched the tutor.
Great vid BTW.
I see you have a GR pick up on that Strat. I had one on my PRS Custom 24 and I used the sticky strips to anchor it and had too many problem's with it staying calibrated right. I didn't want to screw it down as I wanted to use it on other guitar's in the future ( plus I didn't want the holes in my guitar). Have you used the sticky pad's before and if so was there anything you did to fix that problem?
Thank
Great videos as always. Thinking about getting Skype lessons from you.
Sound advice
every player has his own needs...there is no law, rule or manual how to do it....
*In the end you will be able to play everything using whatever technique you want but that doesn't mean that is the most efficient one. The video is focused on teaching beginners how to play properly so they won't struggle more than they need to.*
There ARE rules. And there are manuals, too! Guitar has been around for centuries in one form or another. And the masters had rules. And the rules where there to help students avoid learning bad habits. Of course, there are so many hacks today that it's pretty hard to find the "rules" amidst the sea of bullshit. But I suppose that can be said for nearly anything these daze.
@@sumyungpunk7129 nice sad...masters have rules. >And the only thing to be worried in students life is masters opinion.....is he satisfied?.....wrong. This is their method. Not mine. I have always find the way that was more ''dirty'', but for me much more comfortable with the same result- with less work...Ask your self, am i satisfied with that method? No? that's why i always hated to play classical music, because you have no space at all.
@@sumyungpunk7129 i went to the musical school and i was bored to death all the time. .... Dont teach me about music origins......i have read and studied o bunch of material trough the years.... I just don't agree with teaching methods....
@@chegavara67 Just curious--English is not your native language, right? If it is, god help your students. Bwahahahahaha!
I've been trying to learn the Turkish March but my speed is not fast enough
I cut off a portion (the precise area where one should hold a pick) of my index finger by about one fourth of an inch when I was much younger. There is a scar/calous there and the pick slips. Any advice?
Cut up a leather jacket and make a thimble out of that leather.
See Pebber Brown for picking.
6th worst way to learn guitar is... take lessons for years starting at around age eight from a music store owner that played SAX. Same guy sold my mom and dad a Kay Spanish-style guitar with a neck as narrow as a piece of spaghetti and a mile thick. Oh and... no truss rod so in a year the action was around five inches at the 12th fret.
There's a little guy named Eddie Van Halen that does a lot of holding his pick with 3 fingers. You see him doing it quite often. Not saying it's a good technique, just saying that it won't ruin you if you do it.
I just sent charles anthony a comment agreeing with him...i use 3 fingers and rock my ass off...this dude has me second guessing and doubting my own fucking techniques. Lol
OK got it, now can you fix my golf game?
There is no such thing as correct or incorrect guitar playing. It works for you, sure, that's great, but that doesn't mean any other method is deemed a "bad habit". I learned to play without anchoring my right hand, but years later started doing so, as it gives me more precise picking, does not effect my tone, and does not at all hinder my speed like you so claim.
Only fret with the tips of the fingers - said no player with short fingers!
Thank you for your hard work in presenting these exceptional presentations. I noticed you were picking horizonal to the strings is this the standard picking technique? i am an old beginner on guitar.
Many thanks from the UK.
If it helps i was taught to pick that way, elbow needs to be higher up on the back of the body, not almost in line with the neck.Andrews elbow position is spot on.
So your hand is coming down at an angle to the strings. This also makes muting easier. Thumb wants to be pointing down, again not in line with the neck . This will angle the pick so it will slide across the strings much smoother. Again you can see that in Andrews hand. I point my thumb down a little more but everyone's different.
It also makes strumming smoother as well.
I'd also say it's worth trying different picks if you haven't done so. As you know they come in a variety of sizes, shapes and thickness. I prefer them quite stiff where as when i first started i liked them quite flexible. I find i have better control with thicker ones. The amount of pick protruding from your hand i think is a personal thing. I have very little.
I'd also say it's fun to try different items as picks, i forgot to mention in my comment above with the knuckle problem i used to use buttons and coins because when they spun round it didn't matter. I still use them now. Coins do hammer the strings a bit...got that idea from a certain Mr May...not in person i hasten to add. I wish..
Directional picking is most efficient!
My wrist must upside down because that picking technique doesn't work at all for me.