Keeping Your Thumb On The Beat - 3 Song Fingerstyle Workshop - 14th of July 2022 - *Live Lesson Replay*

00:31 – What beginners and self-taught players do with their thumbs when playing fingerstyle guitar

 

Thumb Bass Song 1

 

3:20 – Playing the bass notes with the metronome using your thumb

 

04:57 – Always check your thumb

 

05:40 – Thumb should always land on the quarter notes of the tab

 

6:41 – Bars 5 & 6

 

7:33 Bar 7

 

08:20 – Playing the song with the metronome set at 100 bpm and playing the song up to bar 8

 

10:14 – What is the best outcome that I can help you with this?

 

11:09 – Recap

 

12:43 – Thumb Bass Song 2

 

13:40 – Playing the bass notes with the metronome at 100 bpm

 

14:39 – Keep your thumb going for the whole song.

 

15:22 – How to play the ‘Thumb Bass Song 2’

 

16:43 – Keep the thumb playing the bass notes consistently even while playing the melody

 

20:20 – Playing the song at 87 bpm

 

21:25 – How to play the ending bars

 

22:15 – Quick tips

 

24:18 – Recap

 

28:22 – Thumb Bass Song 3

 

30:51 – Learning the first 4 bars @ 100 bpm

 

32:45 – Learning bars 5 & 6

 

34:32 – Recap

 

35:25 – Playing the whole song @ 100 bpm

 

36:25 – Key takeaways from this webinar

 

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