thumb arond neck

[blaze]

I just realized I kinda wrap my thumb around the neck rather then the classical style. Whats up with this? what are the pos. and neg. of this?should i change?help me out.

[Appfro]

i don't think there are positives and negatives really. i do it too sometimes. a lot of people do...mostly people w/ long fingers. just make sure you can do both so you can have flexibility. other than that, it's just preference.

[dmplayer]

I just realized I kinda wrap my thumb around the neck rather then the classical style. Whats up with this? what are the pos. and neg. of this?should i change?help me out.

Yeah, I do it a lot too, I don't think its bad. I actually started using my thumb to fret the low E after I noticed that I had a tendency to bring my thumb over the top of the neck.

If you play DMB stuff, your other fingers will stretch out and then you can use the thumb technique to play other artists' songs. Some good songs to practice thumbing the low E are: Remember (Hendrix), Come Back to Bed (Mayer), and Amen Omen (Harper). Amen Omen especially sounds cool when you use your thumb to fret the low E just because you can hammer on and off of the E for the verse and you can use the thumb througout the chorus........

[NoNotThat]

i do it all the time

[dmfollower]

Yea, i actually learned how to play barre chords that way cause that's the way that Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins plays his barre chords. I like it, and i still use that style all the time.
Anybody here love the Smashing Pumpkins?

[Jay]

I Adore The Smashing Pumpkins...



what? if conan said it it would be funny.

[gcom007]

you definitely have a lot more mobility if you keep your thumb planted behind the neck and play on your fingertips, however, there are times where it's really necessary to let your thumb goes where it wants to go, but it shouldn't become habitual.

[geekmug]

I play with my thumb all the time.. I don't see any reason to not/i] use it. anything that requires distance stretchs or fast fingering on the lower strings, then I'll drop it back behind for the added limberness gained with the rest of the fingers.. but as far as wall I will use my thumb for.. any relatively prolonged holds on the E or A.. I don't have huge hands, but I can get around on all the "huge hand" john mayer stuff (sometimes stretching to capacity, but still getting it)

Using your thumb seems like a "sloppy" way to play guitar.. but there are 5 fingers on a hand, if you aren't using them all, you ain't using them to capacity. With that said, don't get too used to doing things any one way.. flexibility is key.. something like 5x555x can be played with lots of different fingers, and each makes different notes and patterns more accessable

[jsgksu]

I use it to fret the low e on some chords, I use it to mute the low e on a lot of open chords and I keep it on the back of the neck when I play barre/power chords.

[NoNotThat]

Yea, i actually learned how to play barre chords that way cause that's the way that Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins plays his barre chords. I like it, and i still use that style all the time.
Anybody here love the Smashing Pumpkins?

OH MAN, I DO!

[NoNotThat]

Yea, i actually learned how to play barre chords that way cause that's the way that Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins plays his barre chords. I like it, and i still use that style all the time.
Anybody here love the Smashing Pumpkins?

OH MAN, I DO!

that's cool, sarah!
I like the Smashing Pumpkins too! XD

[Beauford33]

wow, I am speechless......