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Originally Posted by SprintBob
Thumb wrap is sooo powerful as a tool for fingerstyle because it typically allows you to play the notes you need from an F chord shape without doing a barre. Seemed very hard at first but glad I have put in the effort on it. My teacher really pushed me to develop the skill.
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I see many folks say that you can stick with it and learn, but some folks like me simply have fingers too short to make it happen. I laugh when other players complain about short fingers and then I have them put their hand up to mine for comparison. Their fingers are almost always longer than mine. I also broke the last joint in my left thumb in college playing football and it was surgically pinned and has very little movement.
I can mute the low E with my thumb, but fretting is out of the question. Sucks because I am not strong at Barre chords but I am becoming better with practice. The thumb wrap is a great tool and I am hampered by not being able to do so, but it can be worked around.