This is the tab I'm using
e--1----------------------------
B--1-----------------------------
G--2---------------------------
D--3---------------------------
A x thumb muted
E x thumb muted
or
EADGBe
xx
| | | | 11 1st fret 1= index finger 2=middle 3=ring x=thumbmuted
| | | 2 | | 2nd
| | 3 | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
I know that you don't have to thumb mute it, you can just play the four strings, but my guitar teacher won't continue with the lesson until I've done it his way, which is to thumb mute because he gets me to do long even strums, bringing my hand from around my chest down to the tone controls, and its hard to hit only four strings doing that!.
My problems are that when I'm trying to bar the 2 strings on the first fret, either i don't push hard enough or the skin on the palm of my hand just below the fingers, or on the fingers themselves, sticks out and touches the e string!. I can't apply pressure to the back of the neck with my thumb, coz its muting my top E and A strings!. The second and third fingers are also difficult to stop from touching other strings, but I can fix this by carefully repositioning them, only problem is that sometimes makes me contact the e string again with my hand!.
My teacher also makes me play with my arm out from my body, almost at right angle to the fretboard, but I find for the F its easier to angle my arm towards my body, is there a way to not do this coz my teachers heaps fussy with that!.
Tips thatd be good:
-what angle should my index finger be at, horizontaly and vertically
-how should i shape my hand underneath
-how much of my index finger do i use to bar the 2 strings
-angle of my arm to the fretboard
-how long did it take you to learn (and I'm playing in all my spare time, about 3-5 hrs on school nights and all day weekends)
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