Tag Archives: Frets

They Ought to Have a Name for it – Stuck in a (Fret) Rut

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

This happens with your fretting hand when you are playing a lick and you don’t get your fingers positioned exactly right before it is time to pick the notes. You’d like to lift one or more of your fingers and … Continue reading →

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Technique Control, Part III – Left Hand Techniques

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

Last time, we looked at several aspects of control with respect to right hand techniques (or the picking hand, to make it independent of whether you’re left or right-handed). Today, let’s look at how we need to control what happens … Continue reading →

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