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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Double Thumbing | | Date: | Sunday, July 1, 2007 21:16:43 (-0400) | | From: | D. Tannehill <ephsmath-phys @...net>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred" <frking58@comcast.net>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:24 AM
Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Double Thumbing
> David,
> First of all, there are several definitions of this term as it relates to
different stringed instruments. To resonator guitar players, it means that
the thumb is used to pick the first two notes in a roll instead of the thumb
and index finger. The picking sequence shown below tablature would read
T-T-M instead of T-I-M. There are other picking situations besides rolls,
such as scales, that might call for double thumbing. I am just using rolls
as an easy example.
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> Having taken instruction from Johnny, I know that he seldom uses the index
finger and recommends learning the double thumb to improve tone. I have had
limited success with this conversion, but I continue to try.
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> I hope this is of help to you.
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> Fred
Huh, imagine that. Being left handed and picking right handed, I always
figured my lazy index finger was a problem I had to fix. Now I can just say
I'm double thumbing. Seriously, I've noticed that I only use the index
finger occasionally. Up until now, I figured it was a bad habit that I
needed to concentrate on. But so far it hasn't really caused to many
problems.
Dan in RI
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