@GhostOfOldComputers I don’t think it’s anywhere near being complex to begin with—just four chords with identical fingering. What I can guarantee you, however, is that after two or three days of playing it for no more than half a minute a day or so, it becomes second nature and you don’t even think about it.
I play guitar, but you will still be able to answers this: I'm 13, and my hands are a bit fat. It won't make that much of a difference, but I want my hands to be VERY skinny. Any suggestions? Should I try to fix this during puberty? If it helps, I'm a bit fat. Not too fat but definately fat.
Well, I'm no physician or dietologist, so I can't really comment on how to get skinny. Common sense tells me that you must eat only as much as you need and no more. Also, leave the table with a slight feeling of hunger. The trick is in the fact that it takes a few minutes for the brain to realize that the stomach is full. If you stop eating when you feel full, you're definitely overshooting.
Re fat hands and playing the guitar: check out Mike Keneally. Boy can he play!
Nice! I thought the only guitarist that had fat fingers was Kyle Gas from Tenacious D who isn't really good. I'm still going to try get skinny fingers but at least now I feel that it isn't certain that I will be bad.
fat or not, you can kick some ass with some insane licks, actually i don't think you'll have to work more than others (well unless you want to make a master piece) but, stretch those muscles and free those bones (;
fat has no bearing on how your tendons move and how far they can stretch. It´s about carefully practicing stretching exercises and no hurting your body in the process. I have seen the most amazing players with little ´dumpy´ hands, but they could fly around the fretboard. Your hands will grow as you play but it´ll take time - same for everyone. Relax when you play.
Sure. Remember what I said about not using the third degree in the video?
I'm playing 1-5-9 throughout all the chord changes. The root shifts along the I-vi-IV-V progression, but the degrees within each chord remain the same so as not to change the fingering. That's the idea of this exercise.
If this is a little too complicated for you, don't worry. This is essentially a warmup exercise; you don't have to know the theory to do it.
You're correct. The 2nd and the 9th are the "same" notes an octave apart. Interesting enough, some adepts of the classical music theory propose that there are no sus2 chords, because the 2nd doesn't have a strong resolution to the 3rd. So the chord is often notated as add9(no3).
I almost always refer to the 2nd as the 9th when I teach (in the context of building chords, that is), because it's not easy to play the 2nd along with the root in the same octave on the guitar or bass.
dont use the c string? like 1% of beginners have 6 strings dude haha
78superboss 1 month ago
Is it just me or does this seem pretty complex just for a warm up exercise?
GhostOfOldComputers 1 month ago
@GhostOfOldComputers I don’t think it’s anywhere near being complex to begin with—just four chords with identical fingering. What I can guarantee you, however, is that after two or three days of playing it for no more than half a minute a day or so, it becomes second nature and you don’t even think about it.
AstAMoore 1 month ago
wtf...why don't you teachers use a frickin 4 string bass and as for stretching exercise, we haven't all got fingers like talons!
Rubbish!
g4geetar 2 months ago
you sir are a legend to me!
ikbentim12 11 months ago
Donald Sutherland?
petrofsky 1 year ago
i like ur bobble head when ur playing lol
fillikemuz 1 year ago
you have a cool beard man
felipe3600 1 year ago
Is this BASS? What ever happenede to single notes? More importantly...GROOVE? Please people...go back and study Rainey, Dunn, Radle, McCartney.......
ROCKSTARCRANE 1 year ago
You talk too much...
allexcosta 1 year ago
I play guitar, but you will still be able to answers this: I'm 13, and my hands are a bit fat. It won't make that much of a difference, but I want my hands to be VERY skinny. Any suggestions? Should I try to fix this during puberty? If it helps, I'm a bit fat. Not too fat but definately fat.
MajorHalman 2 years ago 5
Well, I'm no physician or dietologist, so I can't really comment on how to get skinny. Common sense tells me that you must eat only as much as you need and no more. Also, leave the table with a slight feeling of hunger. The trick is in the fact that it takes a few minutes for the brain to realize that the stomach is full. If you stop eating when you feel full, you're definitely overshooting.
Re fat hands and playing the guitar: check out Mike Keneally. Boy can he play!
AstAMoore 2 years ago
Nice! I thought the only guitarist that had fat fingers was Kyle Gas from Tenacious D who isn't really good. I'm still going to try get skinny fingers but at least now I feel that it isn't certain that I will be bad.
MajorHalman 2 years ago
fat or not, you can kick some ass with some insane licks, actually i don't think you'll have to work more than others (well unless you want to make a master piece) but, stretch those muscles and free those bones (;
esperasoesperas123 2 years ago
fat has no bearing on how your tendons move and how far they can stretch. It´s about carefully practicing stretching exercises and no hurting your body in the process. I have seen the most amazing players with little ´dumpy´ hands, but they could fly around the fretboard. Your hands will grow as you play but it´ll take time - same for everyone. Relax when you play.
jmorrell22 2 years ago
@MajorHalman doesnt matter. i have fat fingers also =]. just practice with proper form. practice doesnt make perfect, proper practice does.
lilVaratep 1 year ago
the first chord looks like its 3-5-7 not 1-5-9
care to explain??
B3LTRAN89 2 years ago
Sure. Remember what I said about not using the third degree in the video?
I'm playing 1-5-9 throughout all the chord changes. The root shifts along the I-vi-IV-V progression, but the degrees within each chord remain the same so as not to change the fingering. That's the idea of this exercise.
If this is a little too complicated for you, don't worry. This is essentially a warmup exercise; you don't have to know the theory to do it.
AstAMoore 2 years ago
That you're looking in the mirror.
AstAMoore 2 years ago
my fingers don't reach that far =/
snowguitarslife 2 years ago 6
dude nice video but i use a 4 string bass
would thier any warm up excerise for a 4 string bass
r2Delta7 2 years ago
Sure. You can use my exercise on a four-string bass. Just transpose the two last chords up an octave (over a string, over a fret).
AstAMoore 2 years ago
Dood!
What a cool exercise! Very good video, sir.
But ... I thought you were a guitar player?
;-)
just kiddin' witcha!
Love it!
-Scott-
Farout5150 3 years ago
thanks alot dude. I'll be using this next time I play bass.
Joekickass12345678 3 years ago
Bought the song off iTunes... :)
Thanks for lesson, I'll work on it!
Question though.. You say it's the 9th degree of the scale... Isn't that also just referred to as the 2nd degree, though it's an octave higher?
Finally... "See you next time" - music to my ears, look forward to more :D
Cheers, Smaz :)
Smazmania 3 years ago
Thanks, Smaz!
You're correct. The 2nd and the 9th are the "same" notes an octave apart. Interesting enough, some adepts of the classical music theory propose that there are no sus2 chords, because the 2nd doesn't have a strong resolution to the 3rd. So the chord is often notated as add9(no3).
I almost always refer to the 2nd as the 9th when I teach (in the context of building chords, that is), because it's not easy to play the 2nd along with the root in the same octave on the guitar or bass.
AstAMoore 3 years ago