name of artist and song: the police - every breath you take

It's interesting. I am trying to play Fernando Sor Studies with a thumb pick. I'm a total beginner to thumb picks by the way.

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Helpful. Would like more about syncopation with foot tapping

I experiencing numbness mostly in the index middle and ring fingers when playing and sometimes pain on the pads of these fingers making it difficult to play. Went to an orthopedic doctor who has wants a neurologist to assess if there’s any nerve damage. I get what you say take a break but how long. I have put so much hard work into getting back to playing after so many years off. Family, kids life. I don’t want to loose what I’ve gained in fluidnesa and playing ability and memorization of songs and techniques. Caught btw a rock and a hard place

You are wrong on few things. 1st, it does have octave and over tone effects. Octaves gives you -1 and -2 octaves. Overtones gives you -1 and +1. And if you are not happy with the octave you can use the pitch shifter. 2nd, you can set it up so you can turn on/off individual effects in the same patch. In your case you have 3 effects (octave, tera, reverb) so it would work perfectly with the 3 pedals. Click "MEMORY EDIT" Go to CT1 Set FUNCTION to FX1 (or FX2) MODE on TOGGLE Set FX1/2 to OCTAVE Scroll all the way to the end to UP Set FUNCTION to DELAY (pick Tera Echo on the delay setting) Set MODE to TOGGLE Go to DWN Set FUNCTION to REVERB 3rd, to control knobs in the spot all you have to do is long press the button of the effect you want and it shows you the knob controls. It's a bit ‏inconvenient but it works. There you have it.

I just wish I had a job where I could grow my thumbnail a bit--always breaks, but there is a sweet spot for a few days when it is just long enough to use!

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its too beautiful.. thank you mr adam rafferty i am fans from indonesia

Quincy Jones recent passing brought HIS version into my KZbin feed...and that sparked the passion for the arrangement.

Simon & Garfunkel were one of my first HUGE musical inspirations, and still are.

Watch the full video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJmyamtuhqaVd6M

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Good Lord....

Great performance and lesson, plus the Guitar Pro tab! Thanks!

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Inspired by the way you design Harmonics and Bass Line. So beautiful, thank you!

Sounds like a little bit of B.B. King in there Bubba. Nice!

Are you accenting then with your thumb on one and three versus two and four as you play your pattern? I think that's what I understand you saying.

WOW dude! That is amazing! I have never heard this done before. Again, WOW!

Love this luv u brother.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹

My problem is that I easily forget what my root chord/note is, so it's a bit more difficult for me to determine what the intervals are 😥 I'm like, "wait, is this a fourth away from the root, or a fifth? What did the root sound like again?" I'm not sure how common this problem is. But I guess that's more of an ear training thing.

Taylor 100%

Great fun! I love it.

I agree with you totally , it depends who you are or want to be with your guitar. I play mostly with thumb picks , i sometimes wish i could get rid of them, totally… depending on the song , the context , the sound i want to achieve , the guitar i am playing … you mentioned Joe Pass as an example playing bare fingers…. or other more Jazz oriented Guitar Players, like Martin Taylor, or for example the Brazilian Guitar music, amazing stuff like Yamandu Costa. I love also the sound, groove you get from your guitar… but on the other hand i also love the Travis style , Merle himself, the Pennington’s, son and father, Thom Bresh , the way they get this pronounced Rhythm / Melody separation. Then amazing stuff TE does with his Thumb, Blue Moon etc…… and also, for many not that known, if you watch the great Bachata guitar players , how they use the Thumb pick and their fingers for lead, they play with the Thumb pick incredibly rhythmic leads, which i don’t think you could achieve with the bare thumb…. and last but not least , the great Scotty Anderson , who does mind boggling things with the Thumb pick, even double stops at incredible speed … so ideally for me at least i would love to be able to versatile with and without …. which means for me today , yep get rid of the to strong Thumb Pick dependency. Thanks for the great video.

Doesn't the intro to Southern Nights use this rhythm as well as the rest of the song?

A friend of mine owns a music store, is a 75 year old classical guitar player who met Chet Atkins at a Nam show years ago. He says Chet told him if he could do it over he never would've started with a thumb pick, just thumb. So I through away the thumb pick as I was just starting to finger pick. A pick now feels very straight to me.

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Beautiful this song means so much to so many and to hear it delivered as well like this is very poignant

Très fort !!!

Thank you Master Adam, Merry Christmas, GOD Bless you.

Amazing well done. My wish is to play like this.

The solo in the middle was excellent

2025. Learned this arrangement. Really cool

Taylor all the way!!! Even through pickup … i really don’t know why all the Fingerstyler’s are raving about the Maton that much. For me it really doesn’t that great at all … yeah ok TE , but you need the whole deal , the Udo amp etc etc and you sound like TE …

Thank you Sir ! I just bought it !

I struggle tapping with my toes so much. It feels unnatural and my calve starts to cramp. I'm a heel person..or I'll have my entire foot jumping along with the beat. 😂

Captures the soul of the piece perfectly, and played with great sensitivity. Thank you Adam.

Love it .Got that feeling to it. Yeh Change the world !!!😅

Merry Christmas, Adam and family! Thanks for all the free gold you post.

Merry Christmas brother

Thank you Adam. I enjoyed the beautiful music. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Happy Holidays, Adam 🕎🎄🕎💕💕💕💕. Your gift of beautiful music is so special and beautiful. This is just what I needed today. Thank you 😘💕😘