I dont know what or why it is, but on my fretting hand when I lift my finger to goto the next string, occasionally the string will stick to my finger and make a horrible noise which is amplified 10 fold when using distortion. Is it just me, or do you guys get it too?

How can I move my fingers from string to string fast, without getting a pull-off effect?








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do you wash your hands before playing?

do you keep your fretboard and strings clean?








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Are you pressing too hard maybe? Pay very close attention to your technique. Make sure you are lifting your finger completely off the string from one note to the next. Do your hands sweat a lot?








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YES !....the fretboard technique is a good place to look
another thing to add to the previous point...do you lift your fingers straight UP off of the string, or do you kind of lift them over and up...drag them slightly?
that could maybe cause your problem???

if its not funk on your fretboard from skin oils and sweat...then i also would think it could be a technique issue.








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its most probably a technique issue, im quite a newbie to guitar (5months so far/(only 2 months on electric))

I might be pressing too hard, like you said. how hard should i be pressing, just enough to get a clean sound?
Maybe its my timing, I REALLY need to get a metronome..








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its most probably a technique issue, im quite a newbie to guitar (5months so far/(only 2 months on electric))

I might be pressing too hard, like you said. how hard should i be pressing, just enough to get a clean sound?
Maybe its my timing, I REALLY need to get a metronome..

you need to press just enough ....too hard is a waste of energy.

press down till you get a good clear note.

thats all you need.








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One way to know if your pressing to hard is if your fret hand thumb hurts after a while. If thats the case try to play a little with out your thumb. By that move it off the back of the neck but leave it like you would playing just off. That should help give the feel of using the weight of your arm which is all you really need.

Highly unlikey that this is caused by sticky fingers. Its probably a fretting hand technique problem.

Usually its caused by not raising the relevant finger directly off of the current string in an upward movement, but it could also be a 'string handling' issue

Check that the following aspects of techniqe are in place:

1) the knife hand edge of your right hand just above the wrist bone is placed on all strings above the one you are fretting. If you pick this string by raking through the idle bass strings above, you should only here the intended strings

2) The underside of your fretting hand fingers are draping over the idle treble strings below the one you are currently fretting. If you pick the current string and continue the stroke through the remaining strings, they should therefore be muted.

3) The tips of your fretting fingers should stub out the string immediately above. Check that you are not fretting using the tip of your finger (unless of course you are playing classical!) Instead use the finger print area of the finger. This will ensure the the finger frets the current string and nudges up against the inside of the string immediately above.

If the above is in place, try an exercise which focuses on the problem in question: ie 12 14 15 on b-string and 12 on e-string, then 15 14 on b-string an rpt.
don't worry about speed, play it slowly and watch the action of the first finger as it travels to the e-string (this should start to happen as the little of third finger plays the 15 on b-string).

Practice with distortion as this will highligh any open string problems much more easily.








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Practice with distortion as this will highligh any open string problems much more easily.

but if you do this to much, it teaches you how to cover up your mistakes with the distortion and make them not known. this ruins your clean playing because everything is heard clean

Farrr out, you can actually do those things you suggested?

Number 3 isnt too unbelievable, but 1 and 2, sheeeeesh...

I use distortion alot...Distortion rocks. Its easy to sound good when you use lots of distortion








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I use distortion alot...Distortion rocks. Its easy to sound good when you use lots of distortion

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Farrr out, you can actually do those things you suggested?

Number 3 isnt too unbelievable, but 1 and 2, sheeeeesh...

I use distortion alot...Distortion rocks. Its easy to sound good when you use lots of distortion

I play this way as well....mainly with certain chord voicing during metal or punk rock, or even a good jazz vamp. Scales would be a different story as all the "lazy" hand stuff would impede the fluidity of fast runs.








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Don't get discouraged if you can't snap out of this problem immediately either, I'm sure you're not the first or last person this has happened to. The more practiced you are, the softer your touch. It comes with time.

You should try Elixir strings. But ultimately you would still need to practice correct technique to fix the issue.

ewwwww, elixer