Matteo & Greybeard, thanks. That little trick about making a circle...never thought of that. Up to now I would just briefly pause at the bottom o...
The side of your palm should rest just a little bit forward of the bridge (toward the headstock). Too far forward and you'll mute the strings too much...
I just tried and was able to reach the flatted 7 with my pinkie (a span of 6 frets), but only on the upper half of the neck. I've been practising the ...
Oh...and my book says that sometimes you even play the flatted 7. I hope not by stretching the pinkie...a five fret stretch on the lower part of the n...
If you can get the barre chord to ring properly when you take your time, you're halfway there. Eventually you'll be able to switch from an open chord ...
Oh...string height will also affect sustain; higher = more sustain, lower = less. If I rememebr correctly.
First - are your strings too high (difficult play or to press down - especially barre chords) or too low (open strings buzzing)? This would be the rea...
Chlozo, if by open chords you mean the 15 or so most commonly used ones......just memorizing the fingering will probably take a few days at the minimu...
In addition to what has been said, you've got a lot of books & other sources for such a short time (5 weeks). I can't speak for anyone else, but I...
I'm confused; on this page near the bottom, under Minor Keys, it says that in the key of Am, Am-Dm-Em is a I-IV-V progession:Shouldn't it be a i-iv-v ...