How To Play Guitar With Your Thumb - Guitar Lesson

My NEW Soloing Course: ►https://andrewclarkeguitar.teachable.... Beginner/Intermediate Guitar Course: ► https://andrewclarkeguitar.teachable.... Join me on Patreon: ►   / andrewclarkeguitar   FREE Music Theory Handbook: ► https://www.andrewclarkeguitar.com/fr... FREE Backing Track Pack: ► https://www.andrewclarkeguitar.com/fr... FREE Soloing Cheat Sheet: ► https://www.andrewclarkeguitar.com/fr... In this guitar lesson, I'll be talking about the pros and cons of using your thumb to fret notes. While it's used by many legends like Jimi Hendrix and John Mayer, this guitar technique is considered a little bit controversial. This is because it requires you to shift your fretting hand into a different position on the neck -- rather than correctly placing your thumb on the back of the guitar neck, your thumb sits overtop of the fretboard, causing your entire technique to need adjusting. In this video, I'll be going over the correct way to use this technique, why you might want to start using it, and the reasons why it might be something worth skipping. What do you think? Is this technique worth learning? Let me know in the comments! #guitartechnique #guitarlesson #guitar #jimihendrix #johnmayer #guitarist #guitartutorial _______________________________________________ 📖 Video Chapters: 0:00 - Intro & video overview 0:37 - Long vs short fingers 1:02 - How to fret the guitar with your thumb 7:41 - If you're struggling to get it to work, try this 8:41 - Why you SHOULD use your thumb 13:32 - Why you SHOULDN'T use your thumb 16:02 - So should you do it or not? Here's the answer _______________________________________________ 🎛️ My Signal Chain: Suhr Antique Classic S ➡️ Origin Cali76 ➡️ J. Rockett Archer ➡️ UA Starlight (Analog Slapback) ➡️ UA Golden (Spring) ➡️ Suhr Bella ➡️ Suhr Reactive Load IR (Suhr Bella V-Type 1x12) ➡️ UA Apollo Twin X ➡️ Logic Pro 🎸 Guitar Gear Links: Guitar: https://www.suhr.com/instruments/clas... Amp: https://www.suhr.com/electronics/ampl... Cables (affiliate): https://revelationcablecompany.com/?w... Strings: https://stringjoy.com/categories/stri... Compressor (affiliate): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PEymL Boost (affiliate): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/KjzOXv Delay (affiliate): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/DK3O3G Reverb (affiliate): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PybRbq Load Box: https://www.suhr.com/electronics/tone... Interface (affiliate): https://sweetwater.sjv.io/0ZPyjY My Thomann Gear Page: https://www.thomann.de/intl/thlpg_a52... My Pedalboard 2023:    • My 2023 Pedalboard Demo & Walkthrough   My Amp 2023:    • I Found THE Amp (Incredible Fender & Dumbl...   📹 Video Gear Links: Camera 1 (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3NZPB6U Lens 1 (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3riM2iU Camera 2 (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3NXj7dd Lens 2 (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3PznHjc Microphone (affiliate): https://amzn.to/44suQ93 🔗 My Links: Instagram:   / andrewclarkeguitar   TikTok:   / uc8wczbrbpuyq5i6xqdxxukw   YouTube Membership:    / @andrewclarkeguitar   Patreon:   / andrewclarkeguitar   _______________________________________________ 🎶 Music Credits: Smoothie by Popoi |   / popoimusic   Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...