Recent content by 0LDn00b

You ASSume too much. As I stated in my last post, the question was about progression of difficulty in scales, not patterns and positions. But since it appears that there is no difference in difficulty, the question is answered and following this thread is pointless. Now to figure out how to...

That's still a LOT of shifting. Actually I knew a cellist although he's gone now. IIRC, he didn't play in near that many positions. He basically had 2 or 3 positions before he got up to the knob of the neck. For everything else he pivoted, which is pretty much the same thing Rabbath does...

Thanks, Steve. Dysfunctional 3rd finger was meant as a joke; I think thumb position brings it into use but those notes aren't practical on a 30" (Fender Mustang PJ). Shifty is likewise a pun. I'm not rigidly married to 1FPF (which doesn't seem to be EITHER school). There are times when the...

So, after reading the entire thread, am I understanding that in the lute family one scale or key sig is no more or less physically difficult than another, but positions closer the nut require more stretch? The stretch part makes sense. And if the physical difficulty is all pretty much the same...

That is a gross typo. My apologies for the confusion. Should be C#Maj with 7 sharps, which coincides with A#min. How I did not catch that before now... :bag:

I've looked at a few different method books and they don't seem to agree on which scale or key to learn first. I have a good grounding in theory (piano too many years ago) so reading in the key of Cmaj or E#min or anything between is a non issue for me. BUT... Doors - Riders on the Storm...