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Strains, picks and capers, OK, so the strains that I recommend using are a fairly light gauge set

of strings.

If you use a heavy set of strings, you know, you can get a bigger sound, more volume.

But generally speaking, it makes the guitar more difficult to play.

So I recommend a fairly large set of strings.

If you're playing a steel string guitar instead of elevons to 49 roughly would be a good starting place.

I think the strings I like to use are Ernie Ball paradigm strings.

They lost a long time.

There are some strings, especially, you know, the the cheaper strings, which, you know, would

go dead after a few days.

And, you know, practically speaking, I think having a set that lasts a long time is a is a is a good

way to go.

So that would be my recommendation with regard to strings with picks, I use a thumb pick and in this

course we're going to be approaching fingerstyle.

You know, using a thumb pick like this, you can, of course, use a thumbnail if if you prefer.

And some people, you know, do like to play that way.

But I think playing with a thump, it gives you a really nice articulation of the bass notes.

And it's a it's a way of playing that that I really encourage you to explore.

I use a Dunlop medium thumb, which is a little plastic thumping.

If you have a bigger thumb, you might try Dunlop large and if you have a smaller thumb, you might

try the Dunlop's small, although they're really quite small.

I think the medium is a is a good choice for most people and these are very inexpensive.

They come in packs of five and in my experience I've been able to find them all over the world.

So pretty easy to come across.

I use this Shub Kaper and the purpose of a caper is to transpose.

The guitar so tight, the knot which is down here, which would be.

If you put the kaper up here, it would be e f f sharp g.

So we've just transposed the guitar up three semitones so Capo's can be really handy if we're playing

a song and for example, if we're trying to sing it and we want to raise the the key of the song, Kaper

is a great way to do that.

They can also make your guitar easier to play, because if you keep up with the fifth fret, for example,

you will find that the strings are just easier to play that closer to the fingerboard.

So if you're just starting out, you know, practicing the little chord progressions, we're going to

go over here with a KEPA can be a really good practice.

And and I think a guitar really sounds beautiful with it.

With a kaper.

I'll just demonstrate it quickly without a bow yet this kind of sound.

And we had a paper to the forth for it and we get this going to sound.

Tricky thing about putting a cap in, sometimes the guitar goes out of tune, so you always want to.

We check in tune with your electronic tuner, so let's move on and talk about finger nails next.