The technique associated with chunking is not very common on the guitar, just like strumming patterns. Most guitarists dampen the strings by releasing the fretting hand. They also strum quite casually on the guitar but on the ukulele, somehow, strumming is very structured. I guess it's because with less strings and smaller frets the right hand gains prominence.
I learned with the video Newportlocal linked.
When did the index finger become the pointer finger btw? Is that a Hawaiian thing?
The technique associated with chunking is not very common on the guitar, just like strumming patterns. Most guitarists dampen the strings by releasing the fretting hand. They also strum quite casually on the guitar but on the ukulele, somehow, strumming is very structured. I guess it's because with less strings and smaller frets the right hand gains prominence.
I learned with the video Newportlocal linked.
When did the index finger become the pointer finger btw? Is that a Hawaiian thing?
I would say index finger is correct and pointer finger is a slang term.I think the pointer finger is a kindergarten thing!! That's where I learned it!
The technique associated with chunking is not very common on the guitar, just like strumming patterns. Most guitarists dampen the strings by releasing the fretting hand. They also strum quite casually on the guitar but on the ukulele, somehow, strumming is very structured. I guess it's because with less strings and smaller frets the right hand gains prominence.
I learned with the video Newportlocal linked.
When did the index finger become the pointer finger btw? Is that a Hawaiian thing?
First I drink waaaay too much. The rest comes naturally.Hey guys, how do you chuck? what's the easiest way?
I had always heard songs in the style of Johnny Cash referred to (by guitar players) as "boom-chuckers" based on the rhythm pattern. But the playing technique was called palm muting. If you're playing barre chords you can mute effectively with the fretting hand, but you can mute anything with the plam of your strumming hand.. It's just strum-palm-release, all in one fluid motion. Practice "Folsom Prison Blues", you'll get the hang of it soon enough.When playing guitar I've always heard the term muting or palm muting. I never heard the term chunking till I heard it here.
First I drink waaaay too much. The rest comes naturally.
Well, now that we got all the jokes out of the way ...
Well, now that we got all the jokes out of the way ...
When I was but a wee beginner over a year ago, I was struggling with chunking until I watched this:
By the end of the vid I kinda got it. Not long after it was super-easy.
Thanks, Stu, for making it so easy!
My 2 cents: "Chunking" is onomatopoeic. I had to look up how to spell that.
The technique associated with chunking is not very common on the guitar, just like strumming patterns. Most guitarists dampen the strings by releasing the fretting hand. They also strum quite casually on the guitar but on the ukulele, somehow, strumming is very structured. I guess it's because with less strings and smaller frets the right hand gains prominence.
I learned with the video Newportlocal linked.
When did the index finger become the pointer finger btw? Is that a Hawaiian thing?