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Anyone else play LIOG...

Unread post by Kukini » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:41 pm

With their ring finger and not the pinky? I do and it sounds fine but I just watched to video from 2002 and I feel awkward playing like that now...
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Unread post by Ando » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:50 pm

I used to when I was first beginning.

But it's sooo much easier if you learn to use you're pinky.


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Unread post by gravesRR7 » Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:52 pm

i played it like that when i first started playing, but now i do the pinkey. its much easiere once you get it. flows so much better and looks better too
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Unread post by i-am-me » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:35 pm

same as the above two. try to use your pinky. it takes less effort later on.
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Unread post by ledzepp4l » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:20 am

i don't think it really matters how you play it as long it sounds the same... although i think it is good to use your pinky...the pinky is probably the hardest finger to develop.
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Unread post by Kukini » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:18 am

My pinky's strength isn't the problem, its just muscle memory.

Its like learning to play the transistion in Satellite after working so hard to learn the Verse, I still kinda fumble because I'm so used to just playing it through and not switching which notes I'm hitting with each finger.

But I've been practicing LIOG a lot tonight and it's starting to happen so it'll get easier.
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Re: Anyone else play LIOG...

Unread post by dmfollower » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:35 am

Kukini wrote:With their ring finger and not the pinky? I do and it sounds fine but I just watched to video from 2002 and I feel awkward playing like that now...
Do you mean the 4--2 part? (verse)
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Unread post by jsgksu » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:38 am

andyrice_13 wrote:I used to when I was first beginning.

But it's sooo much easier if you learn to use you're pinky.


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Unread post by Macht » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:06 am

it's actually a lotd harder for me to use my pinky, all my damn long fingers get cramped up with each other :roll:
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Unread post by Boyd » Mon Aug 09, 2004 10:55 am

I don't use my pinky on that song either...... My pinkys perfectly fine and everythin but I think it's easier with the ring finger just cause mine moves so much quicker and such.
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Unread post by Kukini » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:59 pm

Yea, I'm talking about the verse. I just figure whatever sounds best. Like I still can't strum out 90% of Dave's stuff. Like Ants and stuff, I just pick it so it sounds good, I don't try to be just like Dave. It'd be nice though...
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Unread post by Jer1400 » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:53 am

I still use my ring finger. It's probably because back then when I learned the song I was only learning very easy songs that didn't require big stretches that forced my to train my pinky, so I didn't even start using that finger until a couple of weeks later. O.o
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Unread post by c_tietze » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:16 pm

I use my sixth finger.
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Unread post by Teego Time » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:31 pm

andyrice_13 wrote:I used to when I was first beginning.

But it's sooo much easier if you learn to use you're pinky.


It didn't take me long to figure it out, and I fuckin suck. Just work on it and it'll eventually work out.
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Unread post by dmfollower » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:17 pm

I believe i've always used my pinky, but i think that's because the first dave song i learned was crash and so i started the whole pinky thing early. Its weird cause when i solo a blues scale i automatically use my ring....weird :lol:
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