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Topic: Left foot movement from AB to only A pedal: How? |
John Botofte
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Posted 23 Sep 2014 9:47 pm |
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Thanks. It says which psg at the bottom of my messages. Anyway, all works well since adjusting the height of the A pedal.
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Ned Guild
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Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2014 1:57 pm
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I'm an 'older' beginner and a lot of my joints don't work like they used to. I had trouble with the AB to A 'roll', too.
My final solution was to raise the A pedal some since I could tilt my foot to the right - and engage both the A & B, but then could go back to the left and roll off the B to the A.
Now, there may be good reasons for NOT doing this. It was my own idea, so let's hear from the experienced players as to whether this is a reasonable solution.
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 28 Sep 2014 6:11 pm
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Ned... That's a pretty standard practice. Since it has been stated already, your ankle will most likely rotate to the right better than the left. A lot of players have the 1st pedal higher than the second. I play "Day" style, and my 1st pedal, which is my C pedal is higher than the 2nd pedal, which is the B pedal, which is higher than my 3rd pedal, which is my A pedal. This would be how I would set up my pedals if they were set up "Emmons" setup.
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John Scanlon
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2014 7:54 pm
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Guess I have odd ankles. It was more difficult for me starting out to roll from AB to only B. Since the B-to-AB move is so common, rolling left onto A came quickly.
I'm glad pedal height adjustment was addressed here, as I'm sure that could help the OP.
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2014 8:32 am
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Clearly different people have different ankles. And since every ankle roll possibility, as listed by Lane in the first reply, needs to be equally doable, it seems meaningless to me to generalize that "rolling to [one side] is easier than to [the other side]".
Pedal heights relative to each other have to be set to allow one's own foot to do all the moves. This is well worth experimenting with till you get it right. Practice may be needed to develop ankle flexibility that is unaccustomed elsewhere in life.
Rereading the thread, of course others have already said the above. But I'd just add one thing:
I have also found that the overall height of the pedals above the floor may affect the ankle's degree of flexibility (of course, this interacts with the height of the heel of one's footwear). |
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Dan Klotz
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Houston, Texas
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Posted 30 Sep 2014 9:15 pm
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Hot dangit!! I feel like I hit the lottery!!!
I'm a beginner and have been struggling with this ever since I bought my guitar. The A pedal was already a little higher and I kept trying to raise it to no avail. It finally dawned on me tonight ....LOWER the A pedal!!
It's not actually lower than the B pedal but it is lower than it was when I bought it. Having it lower allows more outward tilt and now my foot clears the B pedal.
Why didn't I think of that before?????  |
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John Peay
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Cumming, Georgia USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2014 5:45 am
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| I have also found that the overall height of the pedals above the floor may affect the ankle's degree of flexibility (of course, this interacts with the height of the heel of one's footwear). |
Ankle flexibility is also affected by your seat height. The lower my seat, the more my ankles feel "in a bind", less flexible and less comfortable. I sit generally "pretty high in the saddle", but have long legs and short torso, relatively, even tho I'm nearly 6-2. We're all unique and gotta figure out what works for each of us. |
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