Some good tips there, will try it later. 5th fret to 10th, i cant do that with both hands. Nice to see a Pacifica in use by a teacher instead of a 3k Gibson or PRS.
My pleasure Anne! Being a sausage fingered dude I realise we all have our own troubles. I love playing this and I hope you do too. Thanks for watching :)
Thanks! Back and forth 55 years of sales, then jackhammer picks and shovels. Along with martial arts. At 25 my doctor told me if I break my hands anymore I'd be wearing a specially made leather wrap for them. Arthritis too. I converted the centimeters to inches and the same spread. I appreciate someone who knows. I'm 70 now and in my 2nd year of learning this fascinating instrument. Cheers.
I had this exact problem….. and I worked out this solution myself last year; great minds think alike! Although I went for finger-picking rather than a strum.
For fifty years I have truncated my 12 bar blues because of DSPS (disproportionately short pinky syndrome -in relation to otherwise long fingered hand). After yet another Comisky gem I’m a fully enabled blues player. Thanks so much Ricky 😊
Hey up!.. Not long stumbled upon your channel.. 3rd's I think!.. Anyway .. I play Acoustic (Learner @ 60yrs old being playing for circa 3 yrs).. I don't use a pick (yet).. So I find it easy to use "Pinch" method.. using Thumb E, Index A string & Middle for D String.. And I just "Rock my Middle (fretting hand) to Catch the D String rather than using Ring finger... May help others :) Cheers from N E Lincs
Ricky - thanks for a great lesson. I was trying to find the video you referred to as your "grid" video, but was unable to find it in your list of titles. Was it posted under some other title? Thanks for your help.
Hi Ricky, I have a tough time with the B7 barre chord in the key of E.....Some tutors just tell you to bounce up and down on the B and F# notes and don't use the pinky, but it just doesn't sound the same if you are using the pinky for E and the A in the 12 bar blues...any ideas
@@rickysguitar Yea the first one...the open E, then drop down to the A then the B7 as the 5 chord....I mean I could just play the B7 open acoustically to add a bit of flavour....but I want the whole shuffle to be in the 12 bar blues style, which means my pinky has to reach the 6th fret on the D string..which I aint finding easy..
@@nodgelyobo1 Because that B7 is the Dominant it's always cool to play it as a 9th x2122x however for the shuffle using the method in the video you could keep it all on the E and A strings. For the B7 you have 3 moves. 79xxxx twice (fingers 2 and 4) 7x6xxx twice (fingers 2 and 1) 7x7xxx twice (fingers 2 and 3) Let me know if that helps!
Hey Ricky, thanks for taking time out to answer.....I'll definitely try your suggestions in the morning...But I am really glad you reckon I should use the x2122x shape...It does sound as if it's going somewhere when you come out of the E7 and hit that shape...And it's an acoustic I use so I try and keep power chords to a minimum...as I love that old bluesy Muddy Waters type sound....Again cheers man...
@@rickysguitar Yea, those are interesting chords, I'll have to learn more about these 9ths, they seem easy enough to handle....At the moment I'm trying to learn the keyboard by memorizing the E pentatonic/blues scale in the 5 positions...And of course using the Battle Ends And Down Go's.....etc....which is a great tool....what scales would you recommend for just playing the blues? I was thinking learning the A pentatonic/blues next....Loving the shortcuts you are showing on your page, you've got me looking at the guitar in a totally different way, which is great...
Some good tips there, will try it later. 5th fret to 10th, i cant do that with both hands. Nice to see a Pacifica in use by a teacher instead of a 3k Gibson or PRS.
Thanks for thinking of us short fingered folks. I also appreciate your notes. They are great!
My pleasure Anne! Being a sausage fingered dude I realise we all have our own troubles. I love playing this and I hope you do too. Thanks for watching :)
Everything seems to be so easy AFTER following your video
Brilliant Mate!! Thank you. I`ve struggled with this monster all my life. Now you`ve shown me a way out of my box. Thanks again.
love the heavyness to the sound of big bass awesome thanks
Thanks Ricky...great lesson for me.
I learned a lot from you Ricky. Your lessons are fantastic and are helping me understand and enjoy playing the guitar even more
Thanks! Back and forth 55 years of sales, then jackhammer picks and shovels. Along with martial arts. At 25 my doctor told me if I break my hands anymore I'd be wearing a specially made leather wrap for them. Arthritis too. I converted the centimeters to inches and the same spread. I appreciate someone who knows.
I'm 70 now and in my 2nd year of learning this fascinating instrument. Cheers.
Yes Ricky I understand, time to practice so my fingers will understand, lol!
Superb. I have struggled with this for years, small hands but as a kid I also broke my hand making stretching difficult
Never seen that before and I watch ALOT of videos. Cool.
I had this exact problem….. and I worked out this solution myself last year; great minds think alike! Although I went for finger-picking rather than a strum.
Another brilliant lesson. I’ve gotten a lot better at guitar since watching Ricky’s videos. Thanks!
Small hands, here, too! I love shorter scale necks. This will definitely help me!
Thank you this is brilliant solution for us short digits
Top man Ricky! Just what I needed to get on and just play. I have large hands and still struggle to make that classic stretch. Thank you! :)
Yes it does
For fifty years I have truncated my 12 bar blues because of DSPS (disproportionately short pinky syndrome -in relation to otherwise long fingered hand). After yet another Comisky gem I’m a fully enabled blues player. Thanks so much Ricky 😊
Thank you I'm 80 boy do I need this again THANK YOU!!!!!!! TEDDY BEAR 🐻🐻🐻
Really amazing work around. Well done
I needed this, thanks.
Glad I could help
Thanks Ricky.
This is a big help! Thx!
Thanks for your instruction, I find this very helpful
Really helpful, thanks.
Rick great stuff! Keep it up
Hi Ricky, loving the shut down vids, thank you
Thanks just outstanding excellent thank you. Keep safe
thank you very much
Your awesome thank you very much
as always superb
Thank you
This was FANTASTIC! Thank you so much!!
Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching!
Thank you Ricky, this lesson has helped me.
Thanks for watching and supporting my videos :)
Missed this one live but just caught up. Now that’s enlightening Ricky and helps me greatly get around the stretch issue. Thanks a lot, 👍
It's a very common problem David. My hands are getting stiffer as I get older. Glad it helped :)
I have similar prob due to arthritis, think this may help...thanks
Just what I needed, been looking for this! Liked, subb'd etc :)
Excellent as usual!
Thank you for your kind words Alan. Hope you're well!
Thanks Ricky for the " Daily dose of sanity Blues" man .
Super cool j'adore merci
Merci! Vous êtes les bienvenus
We’re just like Joe Burrow and his baby hands and he’s doing just fine 😤
Hey up!.. Not long stumbled upon your channel.. 3rd's I think!.. Anyway .. I play Acoustic (Learner @ 60yrs old being playing for circa 3 yrs)..
I don't use a pick (yet).. So I find it easy to use "Pinch" method.. using Thumb E, Index A string & Middle for D String..
And I just "Rock my Middle (fretting hand) to Catch the D String rather than using Ring finger...
May help others :)
Cheers from N E Lincs
Whatever gets the music out of your heart and into the world is all that matters!
I've seen Billy Gibbons use that position in the song tush.
Love it.... great for my mini fingers!!!
Cheers Geri! Needs must and all that lol! Thanks for watching :)
Ricky Comiskey you’ve been a God send this past few weeks my friend, thank you!!
Ricky - thanks for a great lesson. I was trying to find the video you referred to as your "grid" video, but was unable to find it in your list of titles. Was it posted under some other title? Thanks for your help.
You're welcome! Here's the link you need! ruclips.net/video/nAd4eKiLZU4/видео.html
@@rickysguitar Thanks very much, Ricky. We appreciate your help and guidance.
Will this help on the beginning of come undone daran daran
The "new" normal @ 10:30. :-)
Hi Ricky, I have a tough time with the B7 barre chord in the key of E.....Some tutors just tell you to bounce up and down on the B and F# notes and don't use the pinky, but it just doesn't sound the same if you are using the pinky for E and the A in the 12 bar blues...any ideas
Which version?
A shaped x24242 or E shaped 797877?
@@rickysguitar Yea the first one...the open E, then drop down to the A then the B7 as the 5 chord....I mean I could just play the B7 open acoustically to add a bit of flavour....but I want the whole shuffle to be in the 12 bar blues style, which means my pinky has to reach the 6th fret on the D string..which I aint finding easy..
@@nodgelyobo1 Because that B7 is the Dominant it's always cool to play it as a 9th
x2122x however for the shuffle using the method in the video you could keep it all on the E and A strings. For the B7 you have 3 moves.
79xxxx twice (fingers 2 and 4)
7x6xxx twice (fingers 2 and 1)
7x7xxx twice (fingers 2 and 3)
Let me know if that helps!
Hey Ricky, thanks for taking time out to answer.....I'll definitely try your suggestions in the morning...But I am really glad you reckon I should use the x2122x shape...It does sound as if it's going somewhere when you come out of the E7 and hit that shape...And it's an acoustic I use so I try and keep power chords to a minimum...as I love that old bluesy Muddy Waters type sound....Again cheers man...
@@rickysguitar Yea, those are interesting chords, I'll have to learn more about these 9ths, they seem easy enough to handle....At the moment I'm trying to learn the keyboard by memorizing the E pentatonic/blues scale in the 5 positions...And of course using the Battle Ends And Down Go's.....etc....which is a great tool....what scales would you recommend for just playing the blues? I was thinking learning the A pentatonic/blues next....Loving the shortcuts you are showing on your page, you've got me looking at the guitar in a totally different way, which is great...