Scale fingering and technique

[Shaman_Santana]

Hi all. Havn't been here for a while, forum seems like its grown twice as big since!

Anyways, just wanted to ask some advice. When i play up say, the c major scale, from the low to high e string its the first finger that kind of 'leads'. By that i mean the first note on each string is generally played by the first finger, and then when i change strings it is the first finger that makes the initial move. Should this be the same when decending the scale?

I hope you understand what i mean. What happens with me, is i accend the scale with the first finger 'leading', but decend with the little finger moving first. should this be so, or should you move the first finger down when decending first i.e from the high e, the first finger go's to the b string first even though it is the fourth finger that frets the next note.

This is a difficult one to explain but the reason i ask is because i find it far easier going up a scale then back down, despite practicing both pretty much equally. I wondered if my technique has anything to do with the problem. Cheers!

[SE ´em all]

Well, I don´t really know ...............
But I saw a lot of videos, especially of shredders and it seems ( maybe I´m wrong ) that they do use their first finger as the lead-finger, even if they play some descending licks ........... of course they play the first note with the fourth finger, but their first is already moving to his position ...... Don´t know if this helps ..............

But another question .....
I think that most of these speed-guys play more descending than ascending stuff. But why ?? Or am I wrong ?? ( Maybe it sounds better if you play some high bends or licks and then move downwards in an acceptable speed ?? I dunno ...)

M.f.G.

SE

[ProgBG]

I hope you understand what i mean. What happens with me, is i accend the scale with the first finger 'leading', but decend with the little finger moving first. should this be so, or should you move the first finger down when decending first i.e from the high e, the first finger go's to the b string first even though it is the fourth finger that frets the next note.

Hi

I don't think it's necessary to put the first finger on the string before the fourth finger frets the note you want to play. Hope I got the problem right from your post. In my opinion it's about the same but if you place your first finger on the string it could cause some noise, before you even fret with you fourth finger. I think your first finger leady down and your fourth leads up.
@SE I think it's just a matter of style.:D

KAYA BG

[SE ´em all]

@ProgBG : I didn´t mean that you´ve got to place the first finger before the fourth finger, what I meant was that the first finger is your leading finger which knows the best what he does.............so he should be prepared ( in your mind ) to play the note he should. I think if you know where your first finger should be, you add some stability, like the other fingers will follow more easily.......
Of course you needn´t to place the first finger before the first is placed, because of some unwanted noise. Here, it isn´t a matter of style :D , what do you think, ProgBG ?? :p

[Koala]

Shaman.. its nice to see you around again.

[metaljustice83]

definatly nice to see ya

[Shaman_Santana]

Cheers guys. :)

I'm real busy right now, things are pretty hectic. I have loads of exams coming up and stuff, and my guitar has had to take the back seat lately. i've not had so much time for visiting my fav site/forum :(

The summer's gonna be good though! thats when i can really get serious with learning things.

Thanks for the replies, they've helped. I think i'm going to try leading with the first finger both up and down for the next few weeks to see if it works for me. I guess it kind seems more logical to do it that way because i think it would be easier to do legato with the first finger already in place, so why not pick the same, i suppose. Anyway i'll give it a go!

All the best to everyone here :)