Where should your thumb go? BREAK this rule!

playing technique Sep 09, 2021

Where should your thumb go? This is the question we're addressing in today's guitar lesson for beginners. Should it always go in the middle of the back of the neck? No. Break this rule! Actually, it's not really a rule. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com with another beginner guitar lesson for you about where your thumb should go on the guitar neck. When it comes to proper thumb placement on guitar, there are several things that get left out of the conversation. A lot of people are just dogmatic when talking about the best thumb position for guitar, but you have to consider the context of what you're playing. There are definitely times & contexts when playing with your thumb behind the neck is the correct thumb position for guitar, but there are also a lot of times when the thumb over the guitar technique is equally valid and useful. The trick is knowing which one to use at what time so that's what we're going to go over in today's guitar lesson.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Where should your thumb go?

1:02 - Guitar thumb position for open chords

4:46 - Guitar thumb technique for playing scales & phrasing

6:02 - Playing scales with thumb over neck technique

6:35 - Using the thumb over the neck to fret notes

7:15 - Use the proper thumb position in the correct context

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