One Trick for Perfect Hand Positioning
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In this lesson, I will show you an easy exercise to practice that will make sure your frethand is in the proper position for playing scales and bar chords.
As I mention in the video lesson, there are many playing instances when this "perfect" hand position is not suitable. For things like open chords, bends and vibrato, I more angled hand position is preferable and more natural to your hands.
But, for a majority of chord and scale playing, having the your palm parallel to the bottom of the fretboard with the proper amount of spacing, along with arched fingers that come down straight onto the string will be the most economical way to play. Economical meaning that it requires the least amount of finger pressure as possible along with being the most mobile.
One of the greatest classical guitar players of all-time, the great David Russell, uses this practice technique to maintain optimal hand positioning in his playing. If fact, I learned this from attending one of his masterclasses. :)
There are many different hand types, so it is difficult to nail down an exact way to tell someone to position their fingers. The great thing about the exercises I demonstrate in this video lesson is that it is impossible to do unless you place your hand in the best position for YOUR HANDS.
Leave a comment and let me know how this worked for you!
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Keep in mind when doing any kind of muscle exercise, it takes a week or 2 before you notice an effect & it starts to become easier..
thank you
or around 10.000 repetitions
Good work I must learn this
@@jelly8594 it's not just about "how much", it's actually a lot more about "how often". Leaving a few days/weeks for your brain to process the information is key here if you want to make it more natural for your muscles.
You could learn more about these principles by researching things like "how to create habits". We use these principles all the time with our language students because... well if you want the language to come out fluently/naturally, you need to make the use of it automatic. i.e. make a habit out of it.
@@SLTWAY thanks for your comment ☺👍
as a self taught player... these little things gets unnoticed when you start out and becomes a habit... thanks for the tips.
I know how it feels. Kinda wish I got lessons from the start
Yeah but i struggle so hard with my pinky, it doesnt reach that far if i keep so much distance 👀
@@salty1002 keep stretching! Practice some spread chords. You will get there eventually. I have pretty small and chunky hands but after repeatedly practice I could do it. You just gotta have commitment.
@@salty1002 yeah me too my pinky has a tendency to curl up when I play
I cant get that b minor chord down, my damn pinky. But I've only been playing for less than a week. So I'm hoping I'll eventually get it
I suspect your fretting hand is actually a well trained tarantula.
Thanks for the laughs.
That gave a good chuckle. Great imagery!
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You just taught me something I've been struggling with for 3 years. THANK YOU!
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As a keyboardist of some 25+ years, I am working hard to declare the guitar as my official second instrument. I'm obviously accustomed to moving one figure each and every time I play a note, so exercises like this are particularly helpful in visualizing the fretboard and executing scales more like a true guitarist. Much appreciated.
Random, but Levi Clay's guided practice routines for guitar book may help you further your scale/arpeggio visualization. It works your technique and fretboard knowledge at the same time. Only ten-minute lessons, and he plays along with you in the audio. Also, take the time to memorize the natural notes on each string. It will really unlock all of your previous keyboard knowledge. Guitar is about to be your 1b instrument!
Great advice, I've been playing for 17 years and this advice is solid. Even someone with my experience needs a technique refresh. Clean and precise playing is what matters to me.
Great tip. Just tried it and although not immediate it has already helped my positioning, speed as well as increasing my bar chord strength. Keep up the good work.
Great lesson! Thanks Carl!!
Thanks , Carl ! I love it when someone explains how a certain exercise work cuz this way its easier to do it because you will see by a pure logic that it works ! Ty vm and keep the good work
Thank you so much for this!! I’m going to practice this as much as I can.
This was awesome! Since I'm left-handed and playing a right-handed guitar, leads aren't easy to play and my positioning was always off. This trick worked wonders and made a world of difference!
The tutorial I didn't know I needed. Thanks!
Any time I’m looking for good information & search for answers; your videos pop up. I really appreciate you putting these tips on here for free. Thanks a bunch
I like it. I've been trying to keep my fingers straight as you described, now I know how to approach doing it
Great lesson! I'm gonna try to implement this into my practice
This is exactly what I wanted, it helped me a LOT, thank you!
Nice tip, I'm gonna try and incorporate this into my warmups and practice sessions.
This is one of the most helpful tips I have encountered when it comes to fret hand thumb positioning. Thank you!
Dude...you’re the man I truly appreciate your exercises
Superb lesson. Getting my hands on my guitar again right this time, thanks to you! You're the best Carl.
small points like these eventually play a prime role in building the perfect technique. huge thanks for this video.
So happy with this exercise, have been struggling with this for a long time! Thanks a lot :D
Thank you for this useful tip. I am really getting into open string blues shuffles and feeling wrist pain. This seems like a great way to help me with proper form. Your a great teacher. I have been a fan since I started playing again 3 years ago.
Tried it and I've immediately noticed that the bar strength is through the roof with this technique, while before I could barely hit the bar properly, I really had to flex to hit it ok. Also this way it feels more natural, kind of that this is a way it's meant to be.
Good tip!
Yep, truly great tip. Looking forward to adding this to my practice routine or any time at all really. Thx!
that was kinda the fastest fix to some of the major problems with my scale positioning, thank you
Damn! Congrats on over 1000 videos! I just came across this channel and it's lessons are great!
unique technique it really helps and it was at first difficult but eventually it was ok to do. thanks for that awesome video
Been struggling with this since I began playing many years ago, thanks for the tip! will certainly try it out.
Interesting idea. I'm gonna try it out.
your videos are really great. keep up the awesome work!
Thankfully I stopped being picky with what videos I click on for guitar technique because this is gold. Not taking away from others but this is just great advice. Thanks 👏🙏
Excellent video, I’ve been struggling with this for a while, this will help a lot
Thanks for this! Solved allllll of my technique problems. Realized my thumb was too high when playing solos and scales and this fixed it
I just started trying to correct this problem in my playing after years of doing it wrong. I will try this approach right away! Thanks
thanx so much carl, i've been struggling the same way as that student of yours, this is a brilliant exercise!
Thank you this is exactly what I needed
Thanks a lot Carl! I've been struggling a lot, hope this will work for me. Cheers!
I know I'm probably a little delayed but just come across your channel and this video, and I gotta say: I've been playing guitar for almost 30 years, learned a lot of techniques, with a bunch of different teachers and teaching methods, but I've never seen a so perfect practicing technique to master hand positioning as I saw in this video... I started to play at a very young age, so, for me, it's kind of a second nature what I do with my hands/fingers; and because of that, I've never been able to convey to my son how exactly I play, so It's been very frustrating while trying to teach him. Now I saw a light at the end of the tunnel hehehe. Thank you so much for doing this! I'm sharing your video with him right now!
"keep your wrist straight or you can't barr" bruh my wrist is at a 90 degree angle when I bar for comfort and that's why I'm here.
Just the palm parallel advice was enough to change my play position and widened my finger reach. Thank you 🙏🏼
This is extremely useful - thanks very much!
GREAT lesson, really helped!!!
Excellent lesson,helped me very much
That is amazing. Thank you so much! God bless your soul
lightbulb moment, Thanks Carl you're the best!!!
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This is skilled work I must learn
Thank you great video for beginners. I'm already seeing a difference within 5 mins!
This was extremely helpful. Many thanks
This video is the single best video I've found for hand positioning online, thank you
Tks Carl. I had the same prob.
Little adjustment and that bar is what i have issues with but this should help out seeing where the hand and thumb of yours are placed.
Tks Carl
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Great lesson. Thank you for sharing.
Great exercise Carl! My hand position fixed automatically after doing a few minutes of these. Cheers from Argentina
youre doin gods work my man
Thanks for the lesson. Really helps.
I can feel the difference. It really helps with stability and precision.
♫ Thanks!
What a brilliant lesson. Also, playing with slanted fingers prompts sloppier playing and slipping off strings. Landing straight on the string with the finger tip creates much better tone. Thank you!
hey, just a quick thanks. been trying out the method and finding movement around riffs and bends much more fluent and accurate keeping the hand angle still like you say. thanks for the great tip.
Scott Mac Your able to get strong bends even with this hand position, or is it more vibrato?
Thanks brother ..My palm touched evertime i played bar or whenever I used to bend notes this method is really useful ..Tons of love from india 🤘
Excellent video
this is soo good 👀👍 thanks a lot!
Great lesson! Thanks!
Great little exercise. Thanks.
Fantastic...you got me lov'n the guitar. Give thanks.
I’m a beginner but it makes sense about the space underneath. I will try this next time. Thanks for the advice.
great find. thank you
Dude hearing the word parallel palm...everything just clicked in my left hand. Thank you so much!
Very helpful. It is easy to get lazy wrt hand position. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. I've always wondered why it was so hard to play the low notes. You've helped me so much
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Great exercise, thanks! :)
Really nice lesson Carl, I usually keep the fingers in good position until I start getting tired and then I get sloppy.
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Very cool thanks!
Broo ill use this thank you!
Amazing!!
Great technique.
Thank you very much!!
This video made me understand the appropriate finger position required to play efficiently. Hitherto I have been practising or playing with my hands in a very faulty position, that is when I touch the notes in sequence with my index middle and ring finger my pinky goes up and away automatically from the fretboard causing it to move thrice the distance compared to the rest to get onto the fretboard and hence it has always remained unsynchronised.
you are one of the most helpful guitar teacher on the internet
Thanks.. Great lesson
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the tip
Great tip. Just what I needed. How about a lesson on right hand/pick postitioning?
Very well explained Sir 👌👌🌹🙏
Learning under the bridge helped me with this
thanks, that helped a lot
Thank you very much
I don’t know any notes or scales or anything it’s hard for me to follow along but from my level I know now to point fingers up thank you
Amazing ❤️
Thank you sir 🙏🙏
Great ideas
This is something I was neglecting, hand placement and a boomerang pinkey finger lol!! Great video, I have to backtrack a little on my progress, my finger dex is a must being an older beginner! Half my time is spider and scales and chords on an acoustic. which makes the electric so much easier!!..... an ah ha moment ty!! Bar chords hurt but sound so awesome!
Old video but great information...thanks!
Wow amazing!
I've been doing those hand stretches which is making a difference. A little bit. only been doing those for a couple of weeks then I take a couple of days off on that.
Thank you this video helped a lot well more then a lot thanks for sharing ....Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA.
Thank you
Thanks 👍
Awesome tip I always struggle with my pinky towards bottom
This is a great video, I've been doing this for the last 10 minutes and it feels like I've done a "wrist day" at the gym lol