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07-23-2018, 07:48 AM
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Using just fingers and thumb
Hi,
I have been practicing for a little while now, (just a few months). Been using JustinGuitar. I just wondering if any one has gone thru his beginner course just using your fingers? The reason I ask is because I had a hand injury, (picking hand) a few years back and it is painful and hard for me to use a pick, which has kept me from practicing for any length of time. No more than a few minutes at a time. I have tried strumming with my fingers and thumb, and it is a lot easier on me. Since fingerpicking is what I would like to after I get some basics down, is it OK to go thru a beginner course like this? Thanks, David 
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07-23-2018, 09:49 AM
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Some of us (who have never endured injury) and only use fingers and thumb to play guitar (acoustic and/or electric). Of course it's fine for you to go through the course with just your fingers and thumb. There are no hand-police passing out tickets or fines for not using picks!
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07-23-2018, 01:00 PM
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Another non-picker here! Go for it!
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Fingerstyle Guitar ~ Hammered Dulcimer ~ Clawhammer Banjo ~ Diatonic Harmonica ~ Anglo Concertina
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07-23-2018, 01:49 PM
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Jeff Beck and Vince Gill both spend considerable time playing with just their fingers, so you can too
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07-23-2018, 10:05 PM
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I don’t use a pick—one less thing to keep up with.
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07-26-2018, 10:12 PM
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You'll be fine. I have a medical issue in my picking hand too so really need to fully commit to making the switch to playing without a pick (why cause myself pain if I don't have to right?). When I do, I figure I will use stuff from his site to get me going on it (and good on you for choosing a good site to learn from). I am not sure if you want to play just using fingers to pluck the strings, or if you want to go to full on fingerstyle (ie. patterns and such). For me, I just want to pluck with my fingers instead of a pick (ie. like Jeff Beck does). If that is your goal fair enough, but if you want to go full on fingerstyle then you might want to consider the fingerstyle course in Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar series.
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#12
07-27-2018, 05:33 PM
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I started with fingers for two reasons -
1. They were already a natural thing for me to use versus learning to use a flat pick. 2. By sheer weight of numbers they create more musical variety than a flat pick ever will even in the most skilled hands. Stay with it, learn picking patterns and then learn to mix them.
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