Just finished Mod 1 Lesson 4 and noticed that my “inactive” fingers on fretting hand do not rest naturally on the pads of the strings as they should while the “active” fingerpad is pressing down on the string. Instead they just wildly flail everywhere.
I realize that it’s because the muscles just need to be trained to get control over them, so wondering how others accomplished this? My natural inclination is to just practice moving my hand (with all the fingers in the correct position, pads resting on strings) up and down without fretting for a few minutes or so everyday to train them/build muscle memory so they can be controlled.
Appreciate folks here sharing advice or methods you have used to improve on this. Thank you in advance -
Just try to keep all together and fret it when you need to. Try not to let them fly all over the place. It’s the economy of motion. This is a very busy song with the fretting fingers doing all kinds of things, I just keep my hands relaxed and let the notes flow through it.
Thanks for your reply - what you wrote made me realize that right now at the very beginning the beat is slow and there are very few notes. But when advancing to actual songs played faster, I can see how the fingers would be positioning themselves to get in the next fretting position, so this is where the economy of movement comes in. So perhaps this problem will solve itself in time. Watching videos of people playing like the one you posted of yourself also helps beginners like me see how the flow happens. Appreciate the share!
It takes some muscle memory build up and finger strength. It actually takes strong finger muscle to effortlessly fretting notes. The good news is it’s usually not incremental but exponential you’ll be playing along sluggishly one day and the next day things just click and your fingers just start working.
