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