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- Is it bad to use your thumb while playing guitar?
- How do you do a thumb over?
- Should you play guitar with thumb over neck?
- What do guitarists put on their thumb?
Is it bad to use your thumb while playing guitar?
Thumb Position
It can cause quite a bit of pain, so please pay attention to how your hands feel when playing guitar. The proper placement of your thumb should be at the back of the neck, opposite your index finger. Sometimes your thumb will be around your middle finger, but that's fine too. ... Ideal thumb position.
How do you do a thumb over?
Thumb over is simply moving the entire hand instead of passing the thumb under. If you play a scale and keep the thumb touching the index finger throughout, the only way to get the thumb to its next note is by moving the arm.
Should you play guitar with thumb over neck?
Well, the thumb should be behind the neck for general playing (unless you're only playing pentatonics - try playing 3nps with it over the neck down at the lower frets) - but OVER it for anything resembling fast bends and the like.
What do guitarists put on their thumb?
A thumb pick is like what it sounds like. It's a pick that you slide on to your thumb, and it's most commonly used by acoustic guitarists who play fingerstyle guitar riffs. I used to use a thumb pick whenever I wanted to play songs from artists like Antoine Dufour and other instrumentalists.
