petecarlton Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Apologies if this has been addressed in previous topics, but I'm a learner with a left-hand problem. When I fret with my little finger, my middle finger flies away from the fretboard. It's as if I need to get more leverage to support the pinky, but I've proved to myself that that's not necessary. The action on my Ray 34 is pretty low, so I don't have to push hard on the strings (Ernie Ball Super Slinky). It's not a problem most of the time, but anything fast with lots of eighth notes can be awkward (I'm not even thinking about sixteenths!). Apart from practice, practice, practice, any thoughts? Thanks. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 24 minutes ago, petecarlton said: When I fret with my little finger, my middle finger flies away from the fretboard. I’ve got one of those, it simply does it’s own thing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 There’s a few exercises here that may help , it’s mainly the little finger he’s talking about but it covers all of them really 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: There’s a few exercises here that may help , it’s mainly the little finger he’s talking about but it covers all of them really 🙂 Thanks so much, I'm on SBL, but hadn't seen this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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