Thumb pick Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Hi, are there any exercises that you recommend that will make it easier to hit the right strings?. I've not been playing very long and practice every day but can't seem to pluck the correct strings. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Dad3353 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Thumb pick said: ...are there any exercises that you recommend that will make it easier to hit the right strings?.... An excellent question. Here's a couple of answers (Disclaimer : Patience is needed, but does pay out handsomely...). Go Slowly..! ... ... and ... The 12 Most Important Fingerpicking Guitar Exercises you Must Learn ... When you've mastered those, come back and we'll give you more. Edited February 12, 2023 by Dad3353 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ezbass Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I’m assuming that you mean your right hand (for a right handed player). The simple answer, as Dad says above, is practise, pace (start slow) and patience. When I took lessons as a young boy, when dinosaurs walked the Earth, I was taught arpeggios and pattern picking and I still have those under my fingers 50 years later. However, anything that doesn’t fall under those ingrained patterns has to be practised over and over to get right (yes, you, Jimmy ‘bloody’ Page! I’m looking at you and your weird, ever changing patterns in Bron Y Aur). My point is, the actual mechanics don’t really become much easier, you just know that these things take time, better than you did when first starting out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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are there any exercises that you recommend that will make it easier to hit the right strings?. I've not been playing very long and practice every day but can't seem to pluck the correct strings.
cheers.
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