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benetti · 02-02-2006, 11:33 AM

Hi everybody!

The problem is that with short fingers there are things which are much more difficult. For example hammer on/pull off powerchords which you can simply play with 1 finger as a barree when you've tuned down to dropped D or C.
Especially in new metal it's also necessary to be able to play a barree with your pinky if you want to play fast and cannot move your hand and only have 1 finger for every fret.
For example "step up" from Drowning Pool starts like this:

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-----------------
-----------------
0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-
0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-
0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-

And in order to play this fast you have to play the barrees like this.

3= indexfinger
5=ringfinger
6=pinky

But the problem is playing a barree with your pinky. This is very hard. I can't press down all 3 strings with the pinky. In most cases the 3rd string doesn't ring and is only muted. I don't understand how they do this. They can play a barree with a totally relaxed grip. When I wanna play a barree it looks totally stupid and cramped like on this pic.

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But the Drowning Pool guy or the Mudvayne guy play stuff like this and it looks totally easy they don't have this cramped look. I think this is because they have longer fingers. If my pinky had the shape of my ringfinger then hammer on barrees would be no problem.

They can play a pinky-barree with a totally relaxed looking grip like this without stiffing the pinky the way I did on my pic.

http://www.tunepix.com/graphics4/james_hetfield2.jpg

02-02-2006, 11:33 AM	#5
benetti Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 19	Hi everybody! The problem is that with short fingers there are things which are much more difficult. For example hammer on/pull off powerchords which you can simply play with 1 finger as a barree when you've tuned down to dropped D or C. Especially in new metal it's also necessary to be able to play a barree with your pinky if you want to play fast and cannot move your hand and only have 1 finger for every fret. For example "step up" from Drowning Pool starts like this: ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- 0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6- 0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6- 0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6- And in order to play this fast you have to play the barrees like this. 3= indexfinger 5=ringfinger 6=pinky But the problem is playing a barree with your pinky. This is very hard. I can't press down all 3 strings with the pinky. In most cases the 3rd string doesn't ring and is only muted. I don't understand how they do this. They can play a barree with a totally relaxed grip. When I wanna play a barree it looks totally stupid and cramped like on this pic. [URL=http://imageshack.us][/url] But the Drowning Pool guy or the Mudvayne guy play stuff like this and it looks totally easy they don't have this cramped look. I think this is because they have longer fingers. If my pinky had the shape of my ringfinger then hammer on barrees would be no problem. They can play a pinky-barree with a totally relaxed looking grip like this without stiffing the pinky the way I did on my pic. http://www.tunepix.com/graphics4/james_hetfield2.jpg Last edited by benetti; 02-02-2006 at 11:36 AM.