Cant Get The Pinky Hit The Frets Right

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  1. rust_in_pain

    rust_in_pain <:Rising Rockstar:>

    hi,

    i have been trying to play some quick legato licks lately and now am stuck with a problem.while hitting the frets with the 1st 3rd and pinky finger serially and quickly...the pinky becomes a little tilted (instead of hitting the frets straight like the other fingers) and so the volume of the note the pinky hits is reduced to almost null.

    eg
    ------------- 12----------------------
    ----------- 10--------10-----------------
    --------- 7--------------7--------------
    ------11----------------11-------------
    ----9-------------------------9--------
    --7-----------------------------7-------

    in this the highlighted notes are the ones hit by the pinky and are diminished.

    i just wanna know whether is it a common problem and can be overcomed with practice or my pinky is a lil different??
     
  2. Trixon

    Trixon New Member

    do this exercise for 10 mins a day and you will play the guitar faster than anyone u know..... I Know cause i have tried it!!!!

    What you play is not important how you play it is

    e--------------------------1h2--2p1---------------------------------
    B----------------------1h2----------2p1-----------------------------
    G-----------------1h2-------------------2p1-------------------------
    D------------1h2----------------------------2p1---------------------
    A-------1h2-------------------------------------2p1-----------2h3---
    E--1h2-----------------------------------------------2p1--2h3-------

    Here 1 his your 3rd finger and 2 is your pinky (Little or 4th finger)...

    You have to do this till the 12th fret

    Picking you have to do is

    e-------------U--U-------------
    B-----------D------U-----------
    G---------U----------U---------
    D-------D--------------U-------
    A-----U------------------U-----
    E---D----------------------U---

    First is alternate picking and second is sweep picking...

    Hope this helps (it helped me a great deal)
     
  3. rust_in_pain

    rust_in_pain <:Rising Rockstar:>

    thanks...will try these exercises
     

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