Graham Greenbag
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I like fingerpicking and manage to push my way through fairly simple tunes with enough success to keep me interested. Reading standard notation and tab isn’t an issue but getting my left hand fingers in the correct place is, or rather it is once I’ve moved my hand away from the first three frets.
(Edit. As clarification I read standard notation for playing other instruments but on the Uke I can only finger pick tunes if I use tab.)
Some tab has me using frets 5 to 10 inclusive and that requires the left hand to be moved up the fret board, so either my hand goes up the fret board and hopefully lands in the correct place (some hope) or I take my eyes off of the music to position my hand (resulting in my place within the music then being lost and with it any idea about what the next notes are meant to be). Frets 1 to 3 inclusive now come automatically, and with Pima style on the right hand too, and frets 4 and 5 mostly seem to happen but beyond that fluidity and accuracy is lost. I’m seeking to get and develop that missing fluidity and accuracy higher up the fretboard, suggestions welcome.
Whilst I don’t recall anything on this topic before I’m sure that this is a simple problem that many others have faced in the past, please point me towards the solution. Thanks in anticipation.
(Edit. As clarification I read standard notation for playing other instruments but on the Uke I can only finger pick tunes if I use tab.)
Some tab has me using frets 5 to 10 inclusive and that requires the left hand to be moved up the fret board, so either my hand goes up the fret board and hopefully lands in the correct place (some hope) or I take my eyes off of the music to position my hand (resulting in my place within the music then being lost and with it any idea about what the next notes are meant to be). Frets 1 to 3 inclusive now come automatically, and with Pima style on the right hand too, and frets 4 and 5 mostly seem to happen but beyond that fluidity and accuracy is lost. I’m seeking to get and develop that missing fluidity and accuracy higher up the fretboard, suggestions welcome.
Whilst I don’t recall anything on this topic before I’m sure that this is a simple problem that many others have faced in the past, please point me towards the solution. Thanks in anticipation.
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