Lecture 2: Thumb Style Technique

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Lecture 2: Thumb Style Technique

  • Wes Montgomery - the sound of flesh on string
  • Fingerstyle technique in jazz guitar
  • Strumming all the strings
  • A way of thinking - letting it fall
  • Slow strums vs. fast strums
  • One string at a time
  • Two strings at a time
  • Rest strokes vs. free strokes
  • Downstrokes vs. upstrokes
  • Playing chords and melody
  • Flesh vs. nail
  • “The sound is the thing”
  • Nails - to sound like you’re using a pick
  • A warmer sound with the flesh

How to practice:

a) play chords only
b) play double stops
c) play three notes
d) play four notes
e) play melodies

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