Members honeyiscool Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 You know, this stretch (used for sixths or ninths, usually) here (see, I used a 25.5" scale guitar). It's not completely easy but I find this to be a pretty simple stretch. Now, five frets, that's hard (although doable)... six frets is not possible with my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 ZZ top Tush has a 5 fret section I cant get, as tab it goes ------------------------------------------------5 5 7 7 8 8 7 73 3 3 3 3 3 3 3----------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I can do 5, no way I can do 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Baddass Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 Remember grasshopper alway use your pinky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TunerAddict Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 4 is easy. 5 is easy. 6 is difficult/not doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 It's easy for me but I've never played anything that required that stretch. It would be difficult for me to slide that position around the neck or quickly change into that position however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 4 is easy. 5 is easy. 6 is difficult/not doable. 5 easy? really? where are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted August 27, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 ZZ top Tush has a 5 fret section I cant get, as tab it goes------------------------------------------------5 5 7 7 8 8 7 73 3 3 3 3 3 3 3----------------- I've seen people do it that way, and it is possible, but I much prefer it this way for stuff like that: - - 2 2 3 3 2 25 5 x x x x x x3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 And get the bass string with my middle finger, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 How far I can stretch will depend on where my other three fingers reside on the fretboard. If my first finger is fretting the b string then I can go pretty far on the e string with my fourth finger. If my first finger is barring all 6 strings, it can't go as far. The position of the middle two fingers have an impact too. I'd imagine it's this way for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I've seen people do it that way, and it is possible, but I much prefer it this way for stuff like that:- - 2 2 3 3 2 25 5 x x x x x x3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3And get the bass string with my middle finger, you know. Cheers, I will give it a try. (Hope the recovery/ move is going well:thu:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I've seen people do it that way, and it is possible, but I much prefer it this way for stuff like that:- - 2 2 3 3 2 25 5 x x x x x x3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3And get the bass string with my middle finger, you know. this is howI do that. 6 I can do but its hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TunerAddict Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 5 easy? really? where are you talking about? 1 to 5. I tried the lick you posted and found it to be quite easy. Then again, I'm also 6'3" and have big hands. So there is that. Also worth noting is that I'm using a 25.5 scale guitar. Downside is that I have trouble using my pinky past the 15th fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 In the first position a 4 fret stretch isn't too bad. 5 I can do with a deliberate effort but I don't think I could do it in the context of a song. 6.. no way in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 1 to 5. I tried the lick you posted and found it to be quite easy. Then again, I'm also 6'3" and have big hands. So there is that. Also worth noting is that I'm using a 25.5 scale guitar. My span is tiny in comparison. I really struggle to get the 5 between 3 & 8. Further up the neck, no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 Do you mean just the 4th to 6th string (135xxx)? or the full bar F min9 (135111) or the nice sounding F add9 (135211)? Just the three low strings is hardly a stretch at all. The full chords need a little practice. Now five frets (1 to 6) is a helluva stretch in the first position but I wonder when you'd need to do that in the real world (since it brings you to the very same fret you started with if you just go to the next string). Do you have a musical example where it's necessary? Normally if you need to get that far, you'd leave the starting fret to reach the other one. Musician who are known to play with a nice flow don't do acrobatics just for the sake of it. PS: ha ha, I just answered my own question. I'm learning Stefan shackinger's city light and there is a chord with a five frets stretch where the notes must be held (57x6x3x). It doesn't feel too hard in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 1 to 5..... is 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm not a fan of thin necks these days but they do make it easier to stretch across the frets. If you don't own a thin neck, try it the next time you're in a guitar store and I think you'll see what I mean. Also, it's easier to stretch across the frets of an LP vs a Strat. A Jaguar or Mustang are even easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peskypesky Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 not too hard for me, even on my Strats. but i've been playing geetar a LONG time. i just checked and i can do a stretch from 1 to 6 on my Strat, but its really at the limit of my hand's extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 Tried on my classical with a thick neck: Index finger -> Pinky on these frets:1->5 easy1->6 uncomfortable but usable1->7 my pinky reaches but I'm not sure I could do anything musical with it I don't have big hands AT ALL, but I have been playing a while and the last couple years I've been practicing a lot of stuff that requires longer stretches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm planning on evolving an extra pinky so that I can do it. Update at 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well, doing that blues pattern, I can reach from my first finger on the first fret on the low E and use my third finger to fret at the 3rd fret on the A string, then use my pinky up to the 5th and 6th frets on the A, but I have to cock my wrist into a more classical angle to reach the 6th fret. With my first finger on the 3rd fret of the low E and walking up the A string from fret 5 to 7 to 8 (as in Tush but on the E and A strings), that's a lot more comfortable for me to do. I don't have very large hands. Not to be quasi racist or anything, but Americans have larger hands than Asians but my hands are among the smallest that I've seen on American men. Most of my girlfriends/wife (at separate times of course ) have had just slightly smaller hands than I do though my fingers are... meatier. Some guitarists have freakishly long fingers and/or extra large hands... Steve Vai, Robert Johnson... I think I remember reading that Holdsworth could reach from the first fret to the 8th fret and from the 8th fret, he could reach to the 22nd. I might be slightly disremembering, but whatever the actual reach was, it seemed pretty inhuman compared to my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I use my middle finger to stretch 3 frets. I've stretched 6 frets pretty clean, but why would you want to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm planning on evolving an extra pinky so that I can do it. Update at 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm planning on evolving an extra pinky so that I can do it.Update at 11 I had a extra pinky when I was born. Bastard doctors removed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulFetish Posted August 27, 2012 Members Share Posted August 27, 2012 I'm planning on evolving an extra pinky so that I can do it.Update at 11 Have you seen the new Spiderman movie? Just don't turn into a massive lizard and destroy your town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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