Small hands need help!

Technique
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I love this thread.

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Not to mention, he’s wearing Flea’s skeleton outfit LOL
Flea Skeketon

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It’s a well known belief around here that @JoshFossgreen is an alien being.

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I have another small hands question. I arrived at the improvising lesson with the C major scale and I remember Josh saying that my Palm should not touch the neck and up to the 12th string it’s no problem for me, but the C major scale on the 12+ frets my pink simply isn’t long enough to reach the string without the palm touching the neck. I either have to touch the neck or let go with my thumb so I can turn my wrist more, which is quite painful and of course I don’t have the thumb for pressure.

Saw in other threads that with technique advice a video is really helpful so I made one.
Hopefully I also made visually clear what my problem is. I tried to.

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This video may help. From memory, he says to move your thumb more towards the bottom of the neck to give you extra reach. I struggle with this too though.

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Excellent clarity on the issue!
Yes, you’ll need to adjust body and position to get at those notes…

And - the Nitti video offers good advice, and the thumb position HAS to move when you get way up there.
Don’t let it slide all the way off… but it can creep around and move and accommodate the fingering.
I think you’ve diagnosed and solved it!

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Oh man. I’m totally losing it over here. The facial expressions. Pure gold. He’s not only got the bass down, he even got the bass face down. Can’t decide in which he shows more skill. Still laughing…

@JT Yes, this video has helped.

@Gio I think so, but still wasn’t sure if I was right with my solution. Your description has additionally helped. Thanks.

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