Hi ,
I am a beginner and when i try playing the scales , then many times i cannot cover 4 simultaneous frets.I do use the pinky during chords but should it be used while playing scales and single notes.Most of the time i use it the note dies off or buzzes.How do you experienced people do it.(i.e. playing scales )
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Rahul
work that pinkie hard, get it as strong and limber as your other fingers. When you have been playing for awhile and can stretch your fingers that pinkie will come in handy for stretching over 5-7 frets.
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Practice using your pinky. It is extremely weak at first, but it will pay in spades later. The sooner you start using it, the better.
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Development of the pinky is an absolute requirement.
Not only it needs to be strong, it also need to be under control and not flail around while the rest of the fingers are being used.
Practice "walking" excercises slowly, up and down the fret with the index and pinky ( 1- 4) using a metronome.
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When you do these walking exercises or scales, should i be making sure that my pinky isn't touching the string below it. Say i'm playing on the E string and i'm fretting the 4th (G sharp) and my pinky is touching the a string a bit. How much does this matter? Is it something i'll have to correct?
You'll want to plsay as clean as possible. Let's say your next note is on that muted string your not going to hear it, see.
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Practice using your Pinky on scales and after a while it becomes very easy, hard at first just like anything else but when your Pinky is strong it will seem like how could have this ever been hard.
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