[j123]

Do the paid lessons have the finger positions notated?

I always find trying to figure out which finger to use for each note is the hardest part of learning a new song and especially hard to figure out by watching a video unless you rewind, rewind rewind

What are some tips to figure out the finger positions?

As a general comment, why do you think that this isnt something that comes with tab? Some provide but that is a very small percent

[Joe Shaw]

j123 I'm no expert but I suspect there's few reasons:

1. It's individualistic ... while some might use a certain fingering to get to the notes, others might find something else to be easier.

2. It would complicate the tab and make it harder to read.

3. There's a big secret about it Seriously I think that once we start playing tabs a lot (which I haven't) we'll find that the chords shown in the tabs give "clues" (for lack of a better term) about the finger placement. In many cases I've found that the tabs match the chords exactly, in other cases what would be a normal finger placement for an open G (for example) is conducive to the tab notes even though the actual notes aren't part of the normal chord.

4. I'm completely up in the night and need to buy a vowel ...

Joe

[Doug]

or
5) it takes a lot of work to do

You're, right, tho' - it is very important for the ease of playing to determine which is easiest for you (as Joe says, it's an individual thing to a certain extent). But, really , it's part of the effort in learning a new piece.

Try for minimal movement of the fingers or hand - experiment to see how you can do the moves most economically. Try to ensure that your finger placement doesn't impede the next set of fingering - or to put it another way, try to set yourself up for the next fingering.

Anyone else have other tips?

[zwrdl]

I purchased Danny Boy with dropped D tuning. After listening to it for a while, I decided that it *did* make a difference that you dropped an octave and played up to the root for the second part of the song. Is there any way you could at some point supply, for free or purchase, the same arrangement only with the top part being "up there on the neck" as it is usually played or sung? I can play well enough to learn the tab, but I don't know enough to transpose the arrangement, especially since, even up there, there are probably some good base or mid-range accents which can be included. Thanks.

[Kirk Lorange]

I'll see what I can do, zwrdl, can't say when, though.

[zwrdl]

Good enough. I'll be here and looking forward to it. Thank you for your efforts.