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what BPM should the metronome be set to at āfull speedā
I have struggled with this as well. I use Justinās metronome app and I do find it confusing to set the bpm in 6/8 or other times.
I think, and this is just my thinking, that if you set the metronome to 6/8 and the bpm to 2/3 of your goal you will be about there. I figured this out some time ago when āNorwegian Woodā was actually on the song app.
My recollection, and I could be wrong, was the song was about 96 bpm, and setting the metronome app to 64 was about right.
I need help with the D/F# at 5:55. I canāt do it any way. If I leave the fourth finger on the D, I canāt get my thumb over to hit low E and I canāt reach up to do it with my first finger and keep my other fingers on B and high E. The best I can manage is first on low E, fourth on D, and second or third on B, but it sounds unbelievably crappy.
You donāt need to fret the low E string with your thumb. The F# of D/F# in this case is the note youāre fretting with your pinky, i.e. the 4th fret of the D string. Watch how Justin plays it from 6:12 ā no thumb involved.
Btw, that reach with the pinky (even without the thumb) is tricky and takes a lot of practice to master.
I agree, it is tough! I have been on this for quite a while and still canāt hold my first finger down on the 3rd string while also hold ing the 4 th finger on the 4th string and not muting the 3rd with it.
In the meantime, I just lift the first finger, but hope to someday improve the reach.
I am, however, noticeably closer to achieving this!
I saw he brought his thumb over and got caught up in agonizing over it instead of just watching the video for 20 more seconds -_- now Iām embarrassed
Itās still a stretch and I canāt really keep my second finger on e through that part, but at least I can continue. Thanks everyone.
Gosh, no need for that! Easy mistake to make, especially since D/F# really is usually played with the thumb on the 6th string.
BTW, hereās a lesson dedicated to just this chord:
(hoping the Justin team will not object to this very specific, niche lesson from a fellow guitar teacher!)
I think linking to an alternate guitar teacher is not kosher, just stick with the D chord explorer lesson I mentioned.
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@jkahn , Itās ok to link, as long as it does not duplicate one of Justinās lessons (for example, another teacherās video on how to play Wish You Weāre Here)
I asked for guidance on the linking policy here, and the mods responded:
That does help, thank you! The alternate fingering in #7 is the one Iām trying to make work
at the very beginning: why is the g-string in the sixth fret played with a hammer on and not directly with a normal pick? Has the hammer on any advantages? The normal pick is definitely easier for me? 