There's a few things you should know about guitar playing techniques. Whether you're a left or right hand player the same rules still apply. I'm a right hand player which the more common way to play so I'll start with the right hand techniques first:
Right hand rules:
-Have fingers anchored to the body of the guitar.
-Have the correct grip on your pick
-Always alternate your picking finger by strumming down (the usual way) and strumming up. This will make things easier for you when it comes to playing. And remember...TAP YOUR FOOT! this will insure that you're keeping the right timing when you play.
This exercise was a little boring for me so it'll probably be the least interesting of all my recordings. I essentially just played every string separately, going up and the down the guitar neck. The video is below:
I know it's not the best playing you've ever seen but I thought I performed decently. My next step was to practice what is called the "Caterpillar," which is an ideal way of improving your overall playing ability. You basically start on the "E" string which is the first string closest to you when looking down at your guitar and you place your four fingers minus your thumb on the "E" string and move each finger down to the next string one at a time. This is hard because the trick is to play each note without removing any of your fingers until they are needed to play another note. I must have messed up the first couple attempts but below is a video of me getting the hang of playing the caterpillar...sort of:
My next and last blog will include commentary on the guitar parts I came up with and recorded. It will also include some reflection on my experience in trying to learn how to play the guitar.
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