Comments on: Hand Position When Playing Guitar

By: junelle gwapo

junelle gwapo — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:39:47 +0000

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By: Duley

Duley — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:22:08 +0000

I think typically most beginner books teach to keep your thumb about midway on the neck simply to get beginners to have good technique or something to build off of. But you are completely right, many good guitarists will put the palm of their hand on the back of the neck, especially as one poster mentioned above, to mute the low E string. Yes that is one thing you can do, but you can also use your thumb to reach over the top of the neck and actually press a note on that low E string to add extra flavor to a chord. Like a say adding an extra F# to a simple open D chord.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:41:54 +0000

I really follow the thumb in the middle of the back of the neck tip. I’ve actually read in a guitar tab book about guitarists who purposefully mute notes on the low ‘E’ string with their thumbs, but I still don’t think that that’s right. Good post.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:39:21 +0000

Thanks Shane great tips too !!

By: Learn Guitar Fun

Learn Guitar Fun — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:22:51 +0000

Thank you, I’m a beginner, but will learn))

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:12:02 +0000

another great learn guitar tip.

By: How To Guitar Tune

How To Guitar Tune — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:40:29 +0000

By: shane

shane — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:35:31 +0000

another good tip is, the higher the guitar is on your body, the more freely your arms are (Strap length).

By: Learning To Play Guitar Methods

Learning To Play Guitar Methods — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:13:18 +0000

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Sun, 24 May 2009 07:11:10 +0000

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