Do you need nails for it?

I love that in every video you show your technique , that same one , instead of arriving a click bait title and show every time something different . It’s very helpful to find a channel with tips to master a technique in different scenarios instead of a ton of videos which are contradictory between each other

Balkan accordionist here I also play other instruments. I use all fifth tuning on my guitar. It works for maqams well and Romani melodies ❤ I like seeing your excitement. Thanks for making this video.

Great tips, Steve. Doesn't anchoring the pinky help partly resolve the first three issues---positioning, rotation and picking? Thanks.

I play with nails and I like my sound on the classical but on the electric it comes across quite scratchy and not smooth and creamy. I’m very close to cutting my nails but I see you use nails. Any tips?

do you offer zoom lessons? i know you don’t play finger style anymore but im interested in your four finger techniques. i play classical and jazz using two and three string free and rest strokes

Do you recommend short nails?

Thank you so much for the great lesson and the tab! Wonderful!

Matteo Mancuso

so these are all free strokes? what a full sound youre getting with all four fingers and not using rest strokes!

Thanks!

Cheers for this - very helpful and well presented Steve!

Thanks for the video. I don’t play guitar but I do play the drums. In the past, although not very often, I would get a cramp in one of my hands while eating. It would be so bad I couldn’t hold a fork. It never happened while playing a gig or practicing. Until about 7 months ago I got a cramp in my right hand while playing a gig. Fortunately it didn’t last long and I was able to get through it. After hearing about dystonia, I began to wonder if it could be that. And it doesn’t happen very often; perhaps because I meditate and do the best I can to keep my stress low. Best of luck on your recovery. Cheers! Also, I wonder if leg cramps at night that wake you up out of a deep sleep could be dystonia. The brain is a powerful organ.

Excellent Lesson 👍👍👍👍

I'm a classical guitarist who bought a PRS and found out that ithey are one of the only electric guitars that are capable of making classical techniques comfortable. Great guitars!

This was very helpful, thank you!

Thats great !! Thank you !!!

thanks for this video. I'd been playing in 5ths for a little while now but had kind of lost motivation and this reinvigorated it some

Beautiful! The low part is even harder for women to hit and you did amazing. I love it ❤

Very interesting! I noticed some of those basic chord you played use 4 fret spaces to finger which could be a bit uncomfortable for some. I notice you have quite large hands. 4 notes per string for scales is interesting. So for alternative picking (down,up,down,up) you would use downward pick slanting. Thanks.

Steve is a brilliant guitarist and teaches in a way that is very simple and easy to follow

Thank you very much for the lessons and material brother!! God Bless you All

Glad to here you have improved. I slso have dystonia. Could you link to a couple of the research articles you found helpful. I would love to read them. I am currently following the work of Ruth Chiles.

Fellow focal dystonia here❤

amazing video, small question though. You mentioned root note on the first finger in the middle string for first piece but some of the positions do not have 3 strings for the first piece

The late, great Allan Holdsworth originally used 5ths tuning to play “Looking Glass” and a a few other tunes, but he later relearned the tunes in standard tuning. On top of being one of the greatest guitarists ever, he was an excellent violinist, and that is probably where he got the idea of using 5ths tuning (violin is tuned in 5ths).

So sorry to hear this Steve, and glad you’re on the mend. Your videos are superb.

I can think of Lindsay Buckingham, Mark Knofler, and Jeff Beck. The problem I have with fingerstyle on electric is the 1 11/16” neck as opposed to 1 3/4” on my acoustics. So I use fingerstyle only on acoustic and pick on electric. FWIW.

Buenos. Dias Senor Gilson El Patron Any man that can finger pick the fast Irish Trad part of Thin Lizzys Black Rose 🌹 is a force to be reckoned with. That Rose I borrowed from little red riding hood. 😂🤘

As a 25year mandolin player and 15 years playing tenor guitar. This just crossed my mind while laying bed last night. It's a thing. And would be far more comfortable for me.

I learned on an old guitar, but very rarely had a pick to play with, so i learned to strum and pick with my fingers. Unfortunately, i never got very good at strumming with a pick. I could pick out solos and suck with a pick, but i always used a method like yours, and it always made me think i was wrong for doing it. Thank you for showing me that it's not wrong. Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing. As a fellow guitarist I could hardly imagine the nightmare. I’m praying for your speediest recovery

1:28 I am not a musician though I am a 2D animator / illustrator and I totally understand what you mean. I'm dealing with a tremor in my left hand (thankfully I draw with my right) but not being able to do what I love the most and the thing my life is pretty much built around is a very depressing thought.

Officially ditching picks

Really clever, thx alot

I play electric with my fingers found out that it gives me more accuracy playing chords .

amazing lesson Thank You!

I'm an intermediateish guitar player, teaching myself tidbits of theory, and I had the idea to play in perfect intervals because of metal, and being able to play powerchords with one finger literally anywhere on the fretboard.

great to see you back, with a great instructional, thanks!

these lessons are gold, 6 years on from when you posted them. Thank You!

this was way more useful than any marty video its straight ti the point and easy to digest

Great to have you back Steve and I’m really glad you have been able find a path to recovery. Look forward to hearing from you again.

Many thanks for this technique. Really appreciated!

Wow, just wow! This is exactly what I've been looking for, since I can't hold a pick due to the nerve damage on my index finger. Is it possible to learn this as a beginner guitar player? And how long would it take to learn this? Thank you!!!

Thanks, Steve.

I'm curious: Do you have an online course? Or, is there a certain progression, if that's the word, you like a student to start and end with your videos? That's my issue. I would finish a udemy class, for example, ans then I quit guitar for a long while because I don't know what to do next. Or, I finish a guitar book and then drop playing... My devil is the anxiety around what should be a good skill progression for learning guitar. I am also super picky because I only love fingerstyle.. I don't care much for strumming.

Wow! Now that's what I've been looking for, for the 3NPS patterns. I was running up and down the scale sounding like I was playing a scale. Now with those fingerings for each root position I can play anywhere I want and it sounds more melodic and I don't get lost on the fretboard. Thanks, that was a great lesson for me!

I dunno, I think you and Jeff Beck would be a good reason NOT to use a pick.

Hi Steve - this is really interesting, I've not gigged for two years and have been suffereing with a gradual decline in my playing for probably around four years or so. I've had ulnar nerve decompression surgery which hasn't really helped. My issue is very similar to yours in my right hand, except I use a pick, which I can't do now. I've decided to stop fighting it and have a rest for a while. I really hope you see some improvement. I have a follow up with neurology soon, lets hope they come good for us.

That's genius! Thanks so much for the video!