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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:52 am Post subject: little finger!!!!!!!!
One aspect of Robbens playing which always fascinates me is his left hand fingering. I've noticed he often 'backs up' his little finger by overlaying his third finger. At what point did he discover this unorthodox way of playing? And why? I presume it must feel more comfortable to him, and maybe its to do with being able to apply more 'vibrato'. Any thoughts on this?
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:25 am Post subject: great
How funny you start on this , watching and listening Robben's Videos , i find it's a really good trick the pinky being weak by nature it's better to put the third finger on in order to apply more pressure, therefore it's easier not to think about the pain , the third finger overlaying adds more speed to the pinky, it(s like a bottleneck, it helped to slide more naturally, and plus you can think like it's from classical guitar , the closest fingers sticks to the fret board the better is for your playing. So when you need your 3rd finger to work it is right there close to the fretboard. (Uh Smart )
But one can break his fingers doing this he might never sounds like Roby lee
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:59 am Post subject: Re: little finger!!!!!!!!
jonhanks wrote:
One aspect of Robbens playing which always fascinates me is his left hand fingering. I've noticed he often 'backs up' his little finger by overlaying his third finger. At what point did he discover this unorthodox way of playing? And why? I presume it must feel more comfortable to him, and maybe its to do with being able to apply more 'vibrato'. Any thoughts on this?
jon.
He explains that in one of his instruction videos. Apparently it started out as an attempt to get more use out of his pinky, but he ended up liking the feel and sound so much that it evolved into the technique he uses now. Robben plays with a very light touch, preferring turn the amp up loud and let it do the work. He also keeps his fingers rather straight when soloing, which I guess is part of the light-touch technique. It's an interesting approach and definitely worth exploring.
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How funny you start on this , watching and listening Robben's Videos , i find it's a really good trick the pinky being weak by nature it's better to put the third finger on in order to apply more pressure, therefore it's easier not to think about the pain , the third finger overlaying adds more speed to the pinky, it(s like a bottleneck, it helped to slide more naturally, and plus you can think like it's from classical guitar , the closest fingers sticks to the fret board the better is for your playing. So when you need your 3rd finger to work it is right there close to the fretboard. (Uh Smart ) 
