My guitar teacher Amanda calls the pinky one of the stupid fingers. So far my two stupid fingers have done well. Always one wants to move with the other. Just don't listen at times. Thanks for this some ignore this an it's very important. Your a great teacher Ms. Lauren. Have a great weekend Alabama is a great fan.
I still use spider to stretch sometimes, but it was chord changes that gave me confidence with my 4th finger. Open C Major chord then reaching my pinky to B string third fret for a cadd9, I think? Was first. Then switching from barre C on frets 3 and 5 to barre G that's right there. What felt crazy was when I could strum a clean barre C using my third finger for D G and B strings and still hit the high E string. When first trying to get my third finger to bend like that, I got the shakes from it feeling so unnatural. Once I got that to work, my pinky decided to do what I want it to. Playing that barre C Major chord 2 different ways, one with my pinky and the other without it, gave me control. It gave me that feeling of leveling up in a video game or getting a raise at work. I grew an inch taller.
Merci Lauren pour ce tuto, je.peux te dire quand je fais l exercice le pouce le fait mal je vais suivre tes conseils pour le faire glisser et pas le pencher bon week-end Lolo
Hey Lauren, Thanks! My pinky also bends a little towards ring finger. I thought I will never be able to learn guitar but watching your videos I am inspired to learn again.
Great Lesson!!! One other pinky exercise my teacher 30 years ago taught: X-C-I-C-M-C-A-C. X= OPEN Then use it on different strings and different frets. Start slow. These are awesome in the lesson. I am not a lead person, intermediate at best. It's a big help to use the pinky is chords. That last one you taught, I really like it!
Perfect timing on this lesson, Lauren. I have really been working on my pinky just this week during my warm-ups. Thank you for the new exercises to add to my arsenal.
Great tute as always. My issue is a shortish pinky that just doesn't seem to stretch far enough to the 6th string; wish I had your long fingers, I'm sure it would help
Are you keeping the fingers fretted the entire time while working on this exercise? Meaning is finger 2 kept down ((fretted) while fretting the pinky? Thank you!!
Great lesson, I almost think this one is better than the four finger spider. I don't have that adjacent fret comfort zone with this one .i The middle finger to pinky is actually harder for me than the ring finger to Pinky, neither one is easy right now LOL
Hello from South Korea., Lauren! First of all thank you for your video. I strated self-study from september but my pinky finger bends inward -> | | / / this is how my fingers looks like...and my pinky finger lie down and other strings mutes. Can it be fixed? What should I do in this case?
Just take your time and make progress according to the pace your comfortable with. Regardless whether you go fast or stay slow, you will eventually get it :D
I AM 6’ 4”. So trying to adjust my electric guitar to play chords has been a pain in the behind. I will see if someone else can see my mistakes on holding the electric guitar; otherwise, I am going to put it down. The strap hurts my neck so I might look at getting a thicker wider guitar strap.
@@LaurenBateman went on o GUITAR CENTER. Ole dude said my guitar positioning was ok. I like the classic versus the folk because I can reach the fretboard without wrist pain. And my eyesight is not what it used to be to be so I have to work at seeing my strings till I get my techniques down.
@@LaurenBateman No problem. I just bout a GSMINI Taylor for my first guitar. A lot of times I get really frustrated this first couple of weeks since I started playing but I'm extremely grateful for your channel because thanks to you now I'm actually having fun with it. LOL! I'm addicted to my Taylor and sometimes play it for many hours a day such as last night I didn't go to bed until 3AM lol It's like crack but with six strings lol.
Flying pinky is SIGNIFIGANTLY harder to get rid of on bass, because you have to press down harder. I found that I couldn't proceed in getting rid of flying fingers without taking my right hand and FORCING the other fingers down. After a few days of that, I could do it without the help of my right hand. So there's a tip if your fingers are being stubborn.
I guess my problem is more my pinky is "floppy". I find it flying off the fretboard which means it has to go further back when I want to play a note with it, and then it comes back with such a force that it is almost like a hammer on when I reconnect it with the string. That being said the last few days I've been trying to focus on NOT letting this happen, but will also try your exercises!
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Great question. The bass is a little bit of a different instrument in terms of technique. There are people who ‘play’ bass and then there are bass players.
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My guitar teacher Amanda calls the pinky one of the stupid fingers. So far my two stupid fingers have done well. Always one wants to move with the other. Just don't listen at times. Thanks for this some ignore this an it's very important. Your a great teacher Ms. Lauren. Have a great weekend Alabama is a great fan.
Mine aren't stupid as much as they are just special!😂
Bobby from Alabama. You have a great weekend too!
Thanks for your kindness in teaching us the right ways of playing a guitar.
You're welcome!! My pleasure!
I wish you get to 1 millions subscriber very soon. Great teacher, perfect teaching . Greetings from Türkiye.
Aww thanks. Me too!
Simple info and yet so very useful !! 👍👍👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Another great tutorial! You mentioned the infamous "lazy/dragging thumb." That's my term for it. Now, I can focus on my thumb, too. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I still use spider to stretch sometimes, but it was chord changes that gave me confidence with my 4th finger. Open C Major chord then reaching my pinky to B string third fret for a cadd9, I think? Was first. Then switching from barre C on frets 3 and 5 to barre G that's right there. What felt crazy was when I could strum a clean barre C using my third finger for D G and B strings and still hit the high E string. When first trying to get my third finger to bend like that, I got the shakes from it feeling so unnatural. Once I got that to work, my pinky decided to do what I want it to. Playing that barre C Major chord 2 different ways, one with my pinky and the other without it, gave me control. It gave me that feeling of leveling up in a video game or getting a raise at work. I grew an inch taller.
Wow! That's great!! Thank you very much for sharing you experience.
Thank you, i continue to look forward to every new video of yours
You're welcome :) Glad you like them!
Merci Lauren pour ce tuto, je.peux te dire quand je fais l exercice le pouce le fait mal je vais suivre tes conseils pour le faire glisser et pas le pencher bon week-end Lolo
Keep up the good work.
Hey Lauren, Thanks! My pinky also bends a little towards ring finger. I thought I will never be able to learn guitar but watching your videos I am inspired to learn again.
Great Lesson!!!
One other pinky exercise my teacher 30 years ago taught:
X-C-I-C-M-C-A-C. X= OPEN
Then use it on different strings and different frets. Start slow.
These are awesome in the lesson. I am not a lead person, intermediate at best. It's a big help to use the pinky is chords. That last one you taught, I really like it!
Thanks for sharing!
Hi, I have this issue but I also suffer from inflammatory arthritis, which affects my tendons. What would you recommend for this situation.
Oh no. 😔 Lots of massage and stretching. I have very bad tendonitis. It can be really painful.
Perfect timing on this lesson, Lauren. I have really been working on my pinky just this week during my warm-ups. Thank you for the new exercises to add to my arsenal.
Wonderful!
Excellent exercise and demonstration
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Lauren , I need this exercise .
You're so welcome!
This video is so useful. Will definitely add this exercise to my warm-up spider practice routine! Thank you 🙂!!
You're so welcome!
Thanks Lauren! This should help!!!
I have been working on the "spider" for years Lauren!!! I get aggravatted and I quit!! This lesson should help. Thank You!!
You got this!
I got her UDEMY course so I will go back and check that out.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Lauren, love your channel
Thanks so much!
Great tute as always. My issue is a shortish pinky that just doesn't seem to stretch far enough to the 6th string; wish I had your long fingers, I'm sure it would help
My hands aren't that big. I'm only 5'4". But longer fingers are nice.
u always lovely teacher
God bless u
Thank you! 😃
Thanks Lauren, great stuff as usual!
Yay, thank you!
Ty again!!! Making my dream come true!!
Awesome!
Great exercise! Thanks!
Any time!
Going to start this right away ❤
Awesome!
It's really very helpful for me 🎉❤
Glad to hear that! Thank you for watching!
This is great! Thanks!🙏🎸
Glad you like it!
Are you keeping the fingers fretted the entire time while working on this exercise? Meaning is finger 2 kept down ((fretted) while fretting the pinky? Thank you!!
Thanks for watching! You can lift the other finger while doing this exercise
Lauren... thanks❤
No problem 😊
Great lesson, I almost think this one is better than the four finger spider. I don't have that adjacent fret comfort zone with this one .i The middle finger to pinky is actually harder for me than the ring finger to Pinky, neither one is easy right now LOL
Thanks for watching!
Hello from South Korea., Lauren! First of all thank you for your video.
I strated self-study from september but my pinky finger bends inward -> | | / / this is how my fingers looks like...and my pinky finger lie down and other strings mutes. Can it be fixed? What should I do in this case?
Thanks for watching! Keep on doing finger exercises. It will take time.
@@LaurenBateman Thank you for your comment!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Vere usefull and helpfull. 👍
Glad to hear that!
Helpful advice as usual ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent
Thank you so much 😀
!!!!!Thank You!!!!
No problem
How to practice should i practice this slowly until i get used to the exercise and then try to go fast or stay slow?
Just take your time and make progress according to the pace your comfortable with. Regardless whether you go fast or stay slow, you will eventually get it :D
I AM 6’ 4”. So trying to adjust my electric guitar to play chords has been a pain in the behind. I will see if someone else can see my mistakes on holding the electric guitar; otherwise, I am going to put it down. The strap hurts my neck so I might look at getting a thicker wider guitar strap.
A wider strap might be a good option. Give it a try.
@@LaurenBateman went on o GUITAR CENTER. Ole dude said my guitar positioning was ok. I like the classic versus the folk because I can reach the fretboard without wrist pain. And my eyesight is not what it used to be to be so I have to work at seeing my strings till I get my techniques down.
Can you do "Smoke stack Lightnig" by Howlin" Wolf? I just love the intro which is pretty much played for the entire song pretty much.
That's a great song! I just don't know when will I be able to dot it since I'm getting so many song requests at the moment.
@@LaurenBateman No problem. I just bout a GSMINI Taylor for my first guitar. A lot of times I get really frustrated this first couple of weeks since I started playing but I'm extremely grateful for your channel because thanks to you now I'm actually having fun with it. LOL! I'm addicted to my Taylor and sometimes play it for many hours a day such as last night I didn't go to bed until 3AM lol It's like crack but with six strings lol.
Flying pinky is SIGNIFIGANTLY harder to get rid of on bass, because you have to press down harder. I found that I couldn't proceed in getting rid of flying fingers without taking my right hand and FORCING the other fingers down.
After a few days of that, I could do it without the help of my right hand. So there's a tip if your fingers are being stubborn.
Thanks for sharing!
❤ thank you for helping my alien pinky do the walk 👏
I guess my problem is more my pinky is "floppy". I find it flying off the fretboard which means it has to go further back when I want to play a note with it, and then it comes back with such a force that it is almost like a hammer on when I reconnect it with the string. That being said the last few days I've been trying to focus on NOT letting this happen, but will also try your exercises!
Thank you very much for watching! Just keep on practicing and you will definitely get it.
Great idea! The poor pinky always gets neglected.
So true!
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If you want to fix your technique she has the answer.👈🏿🔥
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks :)
SPEAKING ON GUITARS: Why is bass guitar so much easier to learn than electric or acoustic guitar?
NEXT: Why are there so few bass guitar lessons versus electric or acoustic guitar lessons? Is it the aurora that the electric guitar or acoustic guitar holds over the minds of people? Is it just the American lore that an electric or acoustic guitar holds over the American people and the World?
JUST ASKING?
SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO A VIDEO ON THAT SUBJECT.👈🏿👀👍🏾
Great question. The bass is a little bit of a different instrument in terms of technique. There are people who ‘play’ bass and then there are bass players.
I'm just going to cut mine off - problem solved.
Noooo!!!
LAURA’S UDEMY COURSES ARE VERY THOROUGH. SHE NEEDS TO UPDATE IT THOUGH WITH A COURSE OR SECTION ON INTERVALS BECAUSE ONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO FIND INTERVALS IN ORDER KNOW HOW TO IMPROVISE ON THE FRETBOARD.
Thanks Cole. I do not cover improvising in that course. I do that in different courses. 😊
@@LaurenBateman ok but most teachers do teach intervals so students can know there note sounds and how chords and scales match up.👈🏿👍🏾😬
You have very long fingers
I feel they are short sometimes :(
@@LaurenBateman doubt it. I look at mine and then yours. I wish I can show you my pinky finger. But I am learning, tried out G chord. Can't reach it
Sorry not G chord. Lol can't remembered which already
@@LaurenBateman but thank you for your videos. Really good.