shifting... and the importance of rhytmic fingering...

September 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM

Today while working on Lipinski I realized my E major scale wasn't rhythmically what I wanted and I realized it was because I wasn't plyaying the scale with the right shifting pattern for the rhythm which is one 16th followed by 6 32nd notes. Up till today I was using a slightly odd pattern starting in 4th position with my second finger E on the G string, and did 234,D1234,A1234,E123;123;1234ext4 which wasn't fast enough for the tempo and the three shifts up on the E string were clumsy at best, Sure, I can do it after a few trys, but it hardly feels reliable. So I changed it today to: Still starting in 4th position, G 234,D 1234, A 123;1234, E 123;1234 ext 4 now instead of the three shifts on one string it fits better under my hand and has a much more rhythmic feeling... This was a big change now that page can finally start to be a coehesive whole.

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