Online Flamenco Guitar Lessons for Beginners: Left-hand Positions
Establish a good foundation for your left-hand technique by remembering these basic points:
1. Keep your fingertips perpendicular to the guitar strings: Put your fingers on the strings, near the frets, but not near enough to muffle the sound. There should be no buzzing sound coming from the frets. Place your fingers down on the string, at right angles to the flat surface of the fingerboard. Let your thumb balance the pressure from your fingertips.
2. Keep your thumb straight, still, opposite your fingers, touching the neck as close as you can to an imaginary line down the middle of the guitar