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Old July 14th, 2009
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Originally Posted by jdpaz View Post
ambetanterik, that little bit in bar 9 & 10 is tough. I wouldn't sweat the "plonk", though. It took me quite a while to get through that section with musicality intact.
Good news.

A co-worked of me used to be a guitar instructor, and i presented him with my problem. One of the first attention points he told me to check is the position of my thumb : when i'm barring the 7th fret my thumb should be positioned under the 8th fret, or in this case even under the 9th fret since i have to reach the 11th fret from this barre position.

When i got home i just played this piece as i usually would and then checked where i had placed my thumb : it was under the 6th fret! Bad habit apparently. Simply repositioning the thumb did wonders, when i switch to the chord now i have a 50% chance of getting the note properly ( it was 5% before ), so with some practice i'm sure it will work out.

... i really start to understand why i need a teacher (didn't find anyone in my area yet)

edit : i almost forgot ...


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