In this video, I’m going to explain my “weird” right hand guitar technique to you.
I’ve gotten a lot of comments from classical guitar players saying that it looks “unnatural, awkward” and things like that.
These comments however are coming from guitarists who are not looking to achieve the same rhythm or tones as I am.
The rhythm guides everything and actually has pushed my technique into uncommon places!
I hope you enjoy this video. I’ve done my best to explain my “weird” approach.
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Timestamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:46 Recent “Weird” Youtube Comments
- 0:54 My Right Hand Obsession & Classical Studies
- 2:04 My “Weird” Thumb Technique
- 4:45 The Fingers (Technique)
- 6:29 “Thumb Under” Lute Technique
- 7:22 African Rhythm & Groove
- 8:10 Accuracy of Fingers
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Great video! I personally am not fond of overly dogmatic guidance that insists “this is the only way.” You do a great job of emphasizing “find your own way. I am primarily a chord melody fingerstyle player who used nails. I don’t often use a percussive approach like you seem to do a lot. The orientation of my hand and fingers is almost perpendicular to:the string says, almost claw like. My guitar orientation is about parallel with the ground but I’d like to have a more angled position closed to classical because I think I get a better tone with that nail/string orientation. I’m not sure I’ll totally commit to that as years of the usual position feels most natural (at least now). I enjoy your videos and music very much!