Whats with some guitar players using their thumbs?

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Unread post by gravedigger » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:17 am

I said I'm not worried about it. I'm always getting better. arn't you? yo, I'm listening to La La La. very good. really slow to download shit with this computer, but I'll try to listen to em all.
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:25 am

gravedigger wrote:I said I'm not worried about it. I'm always getting better. arn't you? yo, I'm listening to La La La. very good. really slow to download shit with this computer, but I'll try to listen to em all.
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i just thought you said you dont "want" to get better, my bad
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Unread post by StarSlight » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:11 pm

I can do both. But since it's generally easier to use the thumb, I try to learn it without it first.
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Unread post by ThreeDaysDwn » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:04 pm

Ever watched Dave play?

He uses his thumb in several songs...

Anytime he does a standard D chord he uses his thumb on the 2nd fret.

He also sometimes uses it in Rapunzel during the verse, and used to use it in LLD.

It's not poor guitarmanship to use your thumb...
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Unread post by fatjack » Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:09 pm

ThreeDaysDwn wrote:Ever watched Dave play?

He uses his thumb in several songs...

Anytime he does a standard D chord he uses his thumb on the 2nd fret.

He also sometimes uses it in Rapunzel during the verse, and used to use it in LLD.

It's not poor guitarmanship to use your thumb...
he's not actually using his thumb to fret a note, its just there when he adjust his wrists for certain chord formations, like D
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Unread post by j_towery3 » Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:01 pm

I dont have a prob w/ people using their thumb. I wouldnt be able to play #40 without it
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Unread post by sbhanot » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:07 pm

word, my hands are huge, and it makes stuff like #40 a lot easier to handle for me....
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