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Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:58 pm
by G-Zod
Anyone else struggle to play this using your thumb for the bass notes? I really don't have small hands but I guess they're not that big either. Any workarounds?
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:47 am
by linthat22
I've seen people use a thumb capo to get around that.
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:24 am
by Devin
Maybe it's the particular neck you're trying to play this one? Or do you have trouble with it regardless of the guitar?
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:03 pm
by G-Zod
Rumpleforeskin wrote:I've seen people use a thumb capo to get around that.
Are you serious? I couldn’t find anything like that.
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:05 pm
by G-Zod
Devin wrote:Maybe it's the particular neck you're trying to play this one? Or do you have trouble with it regardless of the guitar?
It’s a JB sig strat, I don’t think the neck is that big, maybe I need one of those tiny Ibanez guitars lol.
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:09 pm
by TurboPablo
Jimi had crazy long fingers. It was easy for him to fret with his thumb. Watch some vids closely and you will see at times that he is fretting the E and A together for a perfect fourth.
Re: Little Wing thumb voicing
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:18 am
by linthat22
G-Zod wrote:Rumpleforeskin wrote:I've seen people use a thumb capo to get around that.
Are you serious? I couldn’t find anything like that.
Yeah, it was awhile back from some reader comment in Guitar World back in the 90's. I bet someone just modified a capo.