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bartmaag
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bartmaag
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Joined: 01/09/23
Posts: 9
01/11/2023 12:34 pm

Hi,


 


I’m struggling with what is the best position/direction of the left hand, the left fingers plus thumb, and the left elbow on a electric guitar in such a way that is best to learn to speed up solo playing with relaxed fingers.


Sometimes you see the tips of the fingers directed towards your body, sometimes up, sometimes with the pinky curled and the rest is not, is the thumb equal to the index finger, ring finger, etc. I know I have to play the note against the fret, and with the tip of my finger, but not what is the direction of the fingers. I’m afraid that if my fingers a to tensed in the beginning, and I learn my way through the lessons, I will learn with an incorrect and perhaps overly tensed hand/finger/elbow position.


Is there perhaps some information or a lesson available about this position information?


Warm regard,


Bart