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I cannot play that A. My fingers simply won't fit!
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Love JT...he's probably my biggest mentor although he'll never know it.
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I play my open A chord with only two fingers. Using my #2 finger to press the D and G by pressing between the two. I don't have big fingers. Both 2 and 3 are side by side.
I also play an open E with only finger 1 and 3. Placing my #2 finger between the A and D. And a D chord. Not always but depending on the chords before and after. I'll bar with 1st finger across the G, B, and E with 1st and press the B on fret 3 with either finger 2, or 3. When I first started playing. I heard Chuck Berry talk about how he uses one finger to press two strings. So I started fooling with it. Seeing how I could adapt it to my playing. Now 50 years later. It is natural. When I look at chord charts. I look at which strings need to be pressed where. It doesn't matter which finger presses them. As long as they're down. Whatever is comfortable to you. What is comfortable for James seems upside down to most people. But to him it's natural. What I am curious about is, The setup on his guitar. I'd be willing to bet his setup is extremely low. More like the way I set my guitars up. If I set my guitars action like most people do. I wouldn't be able to play half the stuff I do. Last edited by EZYPIKINS; 03-02-2021 at 07:47 AM. |
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You're just saying you use your pinkie to smash down strings 2,3,4 as part of that shape? Or did you mean to write x02220? Last edited by Italuke; 03-02-2021 at 05:27 PM. Reason: On second thought |
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That was me! I'm going to record another for the new challenge. I think it's anything that was on the original Apple release. I'm going to play Something in the Way She Moves.
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Try example 3 from this link before checking JT's fingering in the video (scroll down for the transcription/tab).
https://www.musicradar.com/tuition/g...-taylor-625951 Both my teacher and I couldn't achieve anywhere near the fluidity until we switched to the shape Taylor uses. It feels awkward, but it doesn't sound it! |
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I find I can play them (the weird D and A), but I need to hold the neck very high to get my hand at the right angle. The G is weird too, barring the top 2 with the ring when - if you want that very common alternative G (more common than he is implying) - it's so much easier (right?) to use ring and pinky. He's not using the pinky for anything else, after all. Again, I find I can do that shape, but - why??
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To begin with of course, I probably tried the fingering you started with - index on the low B. But I realised straight away that couldn't work if those notes were supposed to sustain, so switched index to 3rd string for both chords, with middle staying on 5th. It does feel a little weird, but when you've played as many Bert Jansch tunes as I have, this is nothing. But still, you won't find me using his A and D shapes in the above video! Anything he can do with his fingerings for those, I reckon I can do with more orthodox ones. But I do think it's great how he is so willing to explain his tecniques, and so clear about explaining them. Some players can be as willing but not very clear.
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Last edited by gwtrucks; 03-05-2021 at 12:53 PM. Reason: correction |
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James Taylor is featured in the latest Fretboard Journal.
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