Worst Left Hand Guitar Mistakes (And How To Fix Them)

Here are the Top 5 mistakes that guitarists make that totally destroy their fretting technique...and the EASIEST ways to fix them! Playing guitar is hard enough, so don't make it harder by having bad habits. These are the most common errors guitarists make with their pick and they're really easy to fix.

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Fixing Bad Barre Chords: 1:09
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It starts with how to hold the pick.If you have the wrong grip on the pick then everything you do will be average at best. Playing guitar is really hard...whether it's blues, rock, classical or jazz...so making sure you're using the best pick for our playing style and you know how to hold it properly will ensure that you can play guitar cleanly, play accurately, and play relaxed. The best guitarists in the world all use the same type of pick and they all follow the same guidelines for how to hold the pick. By learning what Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, and tons of other pros do, you can improve your technique and learn how to play guitar faster with less practice time.

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[igorkoruga]

Among all other guitar experts on youtube, you are the simplest, and greatest one!
A million thanks to you, and your uncimpromised knowledge! 👋👋👍👍✨✨

[SRHMusic]

Great summary of all these issues. I'll be sharing this with my students.
FWIW, I found the guitar support pads, like ones made by Oasis, are convenient for practice with either electric, acoustic or classical guitars, getting a good neck angle, and remaining relaxed with both feet flat on the floor (better for the back than a foot stool). The pad goes on my left leg (for playing right handed), bout between the legs, like a classical position. Cheers

[ロテリ]

Good ideas totally same as my teacher taught me 😊

[ohfugit]

Very cool. Thank you! Just coming back to guitar after some years. Looks like I have a few things to work on.

[christof]

Noticed you hadn't posted for a while, glad you're back man!