Thank you so much for these Norman Blake lessons! You've made one of my favourite songs accesaable to me for the first time. I can't beleive I'm finally playing Church Street Blues!!
Can I ask about your finger? In the video your favouring your index finger and mention its a litte sore. This happens to me often. My index knuckle swells up and sometimes takes weeks before I can play guitar with it again. Is there anythng you do when this happens to help recovery? Or any preventive maitenece you take to prevent injury in your finger? Its so frustrating to feel like I'm finally making real progress only to stopped by this knuckle injury.
Jody, I can really relate! These days there have been times when I feel like I'm making progress (often because I've been playing a lot) that are interrupted because I aggravate my hand. The best advice I can give is that and the first sign of soreness take a break and get up and walk around. Move your body. I think that a lot of those problems can be worked around by keeping one's entire body loose, limber and relaxed. Another thing to try is icing your finger. DON'T TRY TO JUST PLAY THROUGH IT. This is your body talking to you. Usually when it gets bad I have to take a few days off from the guitar. It can be frustrating, but you can use these times to work on other sides of your musicianship such as singing, theory, focused listening, etc.
Thank you so much for these Norman Blake lessons! You've made one of my favourite songs accesaable to me for the first time. I can't beleive I'm finally playing Church Street Blues!!
Can I ask about your finger? In the video your favouring your index finger and mention its a litte sore. This happens to me often. My index knuckle swells up and sometimes takes weeks before I can play guitar with it again. Is there anythng you do when this happens to help recovery? Or any preventive maitenece you take to prevent injury in your finger? Its so frustrating to feel like I'm finally making real progress only to stopped by this knuckle injury.
Jody, I can really relate! These days there have been times when I feel like I'm making progress (often because I've been playing a lot) that are interrupted because I aggravate my hand. The best advice I can give is that and the first sign of soreness take a break and get up and walk around. Move your body. I think that a lot of those problems can be worked around by keeping one's entire body loose, limber and relaxed. Another thing to try is icing your finger. DON'T TRY TO JUST PLAY THROUGH IT. This is your body talking to you. Usually when it gets bad I have to take a few days off from the guitar. It can be frustrating, but you can use these times to work on other sides of your musicianship such as singing, theory, focused listening, etc.
Best of luck with it!
Chris