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Left Hand Guitar Technique: Mechanics for the Fretboard

left hand guitar technique

Fingers

Okay but: fingers are slanted or
angled and not perpendicular to the
fretboard. Could cause for buzzing
strings or misfretting.

Better: fingers are rounded and tips
are close to are at perpendicular to the fretboard.

left hand guitar technique

left hand guitar technique

left hand guitar technique

left hand guitar technique

Wrist

No good: wrist is hyper extended or
twisted.

Good: wrist is slightly arched and
perpendicular to the forearm. Look at the picture below left also

left hand guitar technique

 

left hand guitar technique

Elbow

No good: too close to the body, using this joint to move up and down the fretboard. Creates pressure on the wrist.

Good: elbow is used to move
vertically up and down the strings and
not horizontally.

left hand guitar technique
left hand guitar technique

Shoulder

No good: shoulder dips to
accommodate the neck position, causes misalignment of the spine

Good: shoulder rotates the arm up
and down and is used to move the armup and down the neck of the guitar,adjusts the neck as needed

left hand guitar technique

 

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Guitar Theory

Elements of Music Composing for guitar