Thanks a lot master Gohar, You fixed a little elbow problem I had. I love biomechanics now. You are a great teacher, I admire Your eloquence. Greetings from Chile.
Thank you for this video. It was really helpful as I've been having trouble with the left hand thumb (I'm still a very early beginner with classical guitar, and don't have the opportunity for lessons yet) so these videos are great! Your clarity of teaching is great, and seeing it from the back side, its great.
should the thumb counteract the pressure from all the fingers which are fretted at a given time (if you are playing a chord, or a lick where more than 1 finger is fretted at a given time), or should the emphasis be placed on the thumb counteracting only the anchoring fretting finger, which is usually the index... thanks
Ok. Some constructive criticism if I may. Claiming that the thumb should never cross the neck's centerline as some kind of "rule" to novices is, quite simply, baseless, and is not taught as such in any respectable conservatory that I can think of. Maybe it could be a good starting point for somebody with smaller hands, but no more than that. And here's a test for anyone with medium-sized or larger hands: finger the D minor chord from first position. Oops, where is your thumb now??? I found the advice to always keep the thumb between fingers one and two of similarly dubious value, and likewise I know of no guitar pedagogue that ever teaches that (and I know a few) as a firm rule. Correct thumb usage should evolve organically as part of the overall left hand technique development, in the process of which crude misplacement should of course be corrected, but no more than that; if the left hand technique gets better, so will the thumb usage, without targeted effort. There is a whole slew of utterly fantastic guitarists who simply don't observe this kind of nonsense and I am ready to bet that at least half of them have never even heard of this... For example, in this video ua-cam.com/video/EH3iV8LE_4w/v-deo.html, minute 1:00, where is the thumb? And we are taking Diego del Morao, arguably the most famous flamenco master of our times. One can likewise check the technique of Kyuhee Park and many others to verify that, the suggestions in this video should be taken as no more than initial guiding points as opposed to rules.
It's amazing what you can do when you focus on applying more techniques and applying hand structure with the left hand instead of neglecting it 👎🏿 I've had finger muscle fatigue, and now, going through thumb fatigue, my advice take a week off and eat clean, rest 👍
Hi Gohar. A good explanation.
Thank you so much for spending your time helping us.
Very helpful, in all the lessons I have taken, no one ever commented on the left hand thumb mechanics (for right handed players).
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Thanks a lot master Gohar, You fixed a little elbow problem I had. I love biomechanics now. You are a great teacher, I admire Your eloquence. Greetings from Chile.
Thank you for this video. It was really helpful as I've been having trouble with the left hand thumb (I'm still a very early beginner with classical guitar, and don't have the opportunity for lessons yet) so these videos are great! Your clarity of teaching is great, and seeing it from the back side, its great.
Thanks very much for great advice. Take care, David.🎶🤓🇬🇧
Thank you ever so much Gohar you are a great teacher.
thanks a lot, great tip
Great vid, thank you!
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should the thumb counteract the pressure from all the fingers which are fretted at a given time (if you are playing a chord, or a lick where more than 1 finger is fretted at a given time), or should the emphasis be placed on the thumb counteracting only the anchoring fretting finger, which is usually the index... thanks
can a beginer who has never touched a guitar start learning on classical guitar?
Yes, absolutely. It's better that way, it eliminates the unnecessary chance of creating bad habits on a different guitar.
Ok. Some constructive criticism if I may. Claiming that the thumb should never cross the neck's centerline as some kind of "rule" to novices is, quite simply, baseless, and is not taught as such in any respectable conservatory that I can think of. Maybe it could be a good starting point for somebody with smaller hands, but no more than that. And here's a test for anyone with medium-sized or larger hands: finger the D minor chord from first position. Oops, where is your thumb now??? I found the advice to always keep the thumb between fingers one and two of similarly dubious value, and likewise I know of no guitar pedagogue that ever teaches that (and I know a few) as a firm rule. Correct thumb usage should evolve organically as part of the overall left hand technique development, in the process of which crude misplacement should of course be corrected, but no more than that; if the left hand technique gets better, so will the thumb usage, without targeted effort. There is a whole slew of utterly fantastic guitarists who simply don't observe this kind of nonsense and I am ready to bet that at least half of them have never even heard of this... For example, in this video ua-cam.com/video/EH3iV8LE_4w/v-deo.html, minute 1:00, where is the thumb? And we are taking Diego del Morao, arguably the most famous flamenco master of our times. One can likewise check the technique of Kyuhee Park and many others to verify that, the suggestions in this video should be taken as no more than initial guiding points as opposed to rules.
It's amazing what you can do when you focus on applying more techniques and applying hand structure with the left hand instead of neglecting it 👎🏿
I've had finger muscle fatigue, and now, going through thumb fatigue, my advice take a week off and eat clean, rest 👍
Я в школе немецкий язык учил. Ах как хорошо что можно писать Вам на русском
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thanks a lot, great tip