Recent content by Uggelbas

Thanks for all the awesome responses! I feel like i can keep practising without worrying about doing it wrong. I became a father today by the way!

Thanks for the pics! That position just doesn't work for me though. I have to bend my wrist as much as possible to reach with my pinky, and my entire hand feels very strained even without trying to reach far. It doesn't matter if im sitting or standing. I'm leaning towards doing as you suggest...

Im practising a lot of scales right now, going up and down the neck covering every part of the fretboard. Some confusion arises though when i reach somewhere about the 15th fret, because my pinky can no longer comfortably reach the E-string. I don't want to practise using a poor technique so...

Thank you for all your answers! Two more questions: Would you be comfortable using the same finger when playing a fast bossa or samba pattern like R--R5---R--R5--- where the fifth is played on the string below? Can you get a consistent legato feel to a melody when shifting between strings...

Hi! I would like to hear what is considered good technique when jumping from one string to the same fret on another string. If I for instance play an F with my ring finger on the third fret of the D-string and the next note I want to play is a Bb (3rd fret of the G-string), should I fret that...