Should’ve really really really did a tab lesson before this or at least just explained quickly the tab provided. It’s like incredibly hard to just get it by looking at someone playing it as a beginner. I had to figure out the tab and then I got it and actually understood how Justin was playing, but still pacing is really bad. I had no issue with actually stretching my fingers because I’ve done spider fingers exercises since I picked up the guitar, but this other aspect of this lesson was really off-putting.
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Alexandru, I remember this lesson very well, and for me it was actually a lot of fun getting the riff down bit by bit. I felt like a bit of an explorer, stopping the video every now and then, as well as testing if I could remember what Justin had explained at an earlier point in the video 
But of course every one is different and prefers to learn in different ways.
Glad that you got on to good start with mastering the riff after all🙂
Could you specify what information you were missing? A tab? Information on how to read tabs? As far as I know the tab is available on this website and in a later modul in Beginner Grade 1, Justin explains the basics of reading tabs? So maybe you would have liked clearer information on further explanations being available from this and that link?
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Hello Karu adn welcome to the community.
A perfectly valid question and, sorry folks, I feel I need to counter your advice on this.
There is no reason at all to arch your fingers in an extreme manner to avoid touching the other strings. That is an artificial way of playing single notes on the thicker strings when you are quite alright laying your fingers down a little flatter - which also mutes them should you accidentally knock those open strings.
It is different for chords where each string needs to ring out.
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Hi.
Today i learned the Peter Gunn theme, which i really enjoyed playing, but i noticed that my fingers kept moving high off the neck once i had played their note. Should i try and kep all 4 fingers hovering close above the neck instead? I found it hard to stretch them out across 4 frets, but hopefully practice will help with that.
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I have the same problem! Maybe i should glue weights onto them 
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I heard a piece of advice somewhere early on in my playing: don’t lift your fingers off, just relax the squeeze and they will come off.
I have kept to that except for cases that need something special and it helps my hand to stay relaxed as well as not moving fingers too far away. Sometimes a little nudge away is needed for speed, but not much, and I am in place to use that finger again without needing to travel so far back to the string.
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Hi, I am new to guitar and this site and I also got the app…but on the app there is no diagram for the riff, so hard to do on app. Just wanting to let you know
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Welcome to community Michele
True, there is no tab in the app only the video. For me that was part of the adventure You can find the tab on the website… Right here:
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That feeling when you are annoyed of the fret-buzz while doing the Peter Gunn practice and take the guitar to the store and the “local guitar hero” pics up the guitar, do a couple of strokes, lays the guitar on the bench, and says:
“Let me just loosen up this a bit for you…” 
Fre-buzz is now gone, and the practice can continue and for all of you who suffer from finger pain, they are telling us the truth, it does get better. 
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usually when justin stresses that it’ll “seem impossible at first” i’m like yeah it’s real hard but i can see it being humanly possible but. man this seems impossible impossible. so far i can force myself to keep my fingers somewhat in the right range for about three seconds before it hurts too much
It takes several weeks for your body to adapt, so keep up with short practices. It took me a couple months to make a stretch I wanted to make. Hand ached a little oddly for about the first of half that time. I finally can make the stretch on a short scale, but stopped working to make it on the long scale. I have a new song in my immediate future that I need to start a similar routine…
It WILL happen, just need to keep working the stretch, not too much, and give it time.
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same lol, I’ll have to look into doing some finger yoga
hi, i keep getting a sound when i both put my finger down and take it off. These sounds happen in between actual strums on the eighth beats and sound like extra notes in between. My fingers tend too be sweaty, is that the issue or like are my strings too tight?
Hi @Kousheyo,
Welcome to the forums!
A video would help us determine this so we can both see what your fingers are doing plus hear it. That may not be something that you have thought about yet, being new.
I have to guess for now:
- Are your fingers coming down hard on the strings to fret them? If so, hold your fingers close to the strings and press rather than hammer on the string.
- When you lift off the string, do your fingers slide sideways a little before lifting? When done intentionally, this is called a pick-off. Be sure to raise your finger straight up.
- The string tightness is what causes the pitch to be what it is. If your guitar is in tune, then the tightness of the string is exactly what it needs to be.
I sometimes have somewhat sticky fingers. A good way to help a little is to wash your hands before playing. It will help your strings last longer before sounding dull as well. The sticky finger problem doesn’t create much trouble with making sounds if my fingers are moving correctly.
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