Root Notes
Please refer to Principles of Correct Practise for Guitar by Jamie Andreas "http://www.guitarprinciples.com/". It instructs on how to learn guitar and avoid the bad habits which stop you from becoming a great guitar player.
These are some of the notes on My Experiments with Guitar.
+ If the guitar is vertical it is more balanced. The weight of the guitar goes towards the ground i.e the vertical component of vector is maximised. This makes the guitar feels weightless and light as a feather,which minimises muscle tension and allows for effortless playing.
+ Adjust the Spread of the legs enough (esp. the right leg) to make a firm nesting place for the butt of the guitar.
+ Lay the feet flat against the ground for firm support
+ Sit on as flat a surface as you can find (the Flat edge of a bed, the Flat edge of a chair, avoid slope of the chair or bed). A sloping surace causes weight to be transferred behind your backbone. You end up holding on to the guitar as if clinging to a pole.
+ To avoid back strain don't lean forward too much. Keep the back straight.
+The head weighs 3 kg. Balance changes drastically as the head moves forward. If you move it too far from in between the shoulders the balance transfers to in between the knees.
+ Longer nails interfere with string pressing and you may get a buzzing sound as strings will be incompletely pressed. Only tips apply pressure and the meat of the finger doesn't come into play.
+ Let the fingers latch-on and dangle from the on to the fret-board with the rest of arm hanging free in space between guitar neck and your ribs.
+ Try to straighten the non fretting fingers, if they curl tension is creeping in.
+ Keep the strumming fingers straight, avoiding sympathetic tension.
+ Correct any twist of guitar (a few degrees) due to right elbow jutting ahead of guitar. The twist has to be countered by the playing fingers.
+ To find the positions of chord on individual string a) Take the thumb off the neck and use only fingers to find the chord positions b)Caress each finger on each string, trying to keep the finger as straight as possible and try to form as solid a finger formation as possible (unity is strength) c)Once all the fingers are in position, rest them some more on the strings. d) Then only wave the thumb around in air under the neck until it falls into the most natural position. e)When shifting from one chord to another do the thumb waving exercise to find the best thumb position for the new chord. (moving from chord to chord becomes very easy with this exercise)
+Finding right amount of pressure strength from High to Optimum or Low to Optimum
I)High pressure Exercise:
a)Close your eyes
(focus on touch and feel of strings and the sound)
b)Press a chord with a bit of force
(focus on the tension in the fingers)
c)Strum
(feel the tension of the strings with the strumming hand)
d)Start releasing the pressure bit-by-bit with fretting fingers
(Note how the strings are curved in between the 2 frets)
e)Note that sound becomes flatter due to reduced tension in the string.
(This is more apparent in the thin strings than the thick ones).
f) Soon the strings start buzzing.
This is due to the empty space between the string and the fret.
(Pressure becomes too low to anchor string to fret properly).
g)Now try to increase pressure bit-by-bit until note sounds true again.
h)Go back and forth with this exercise reducing pressure to arrive at the least amount of pressure.
i)Base strings require more pressure and produce different feel than the Treble strings. Find the least pressure for all the chords.
II)Low pressure Exercise:
a)Lightly Rest the finger in chord position
b)Strum
c)The note sounds flat
d) Increase the pressure until chord sound true.
e) Keep trying to find the least pressure for true chord sound.
+ Strumming position
upper part of sound hole - base sound
sound hole - resonant sound
below sound hole - treble sound
+ Left shoulder and side of chest may get lifted in the process of applying more pressure. In effect you're trying to get on top of the strings and force them down on to the fret board.
+ The elbow may jut out from the side. This is a sign of excess pressure on strings as you try to "get on top of the strings and force them on to the fret-board"
+ The elbow squeezing in on to the ribs is a sign that the guitar is being twisted. The guitar neck towards shoulders and guitar butt away from the stomach.
These are some of the notes on My Experiments with Guitar.
+ If the guitar is vertical it is more balanced. The weight of the guitar goes towards the ground i.e the vertical component of vector is maximised. This makes the guitar feels weightless and light as a feather,which minimises muscle tension and allows for effortless playing.
+ Adjust the Spread of the legs enough (esp. the right leg) to make a firm nesting place for the butt of the guitar.
+ Lay the feet flat against the ground for firm support
+ Sit on as flat a surface as you can find (the Flat edge of a bed, the Flat edge of a chair, avoid slope of the chair or bed). A sloping surace causes weight to be transferred behind your backbone. You end up holding on to the guitar as if clinging to a pole.
+ To avoid back strain don't lean forward too much. Keep the back straight.
+The head weighs 3 kg. Balance changes drastically as the head moves forward. If you move it too far from in between the shoulders the balance transfers to in between the knees.
+ Longer nails interfere with string pressing and you may get a buzzing sound as strings will be incompletely pressed. Only tips apply pressure and the meat of the finger doesn't come into play.
+ Let the fingers latch-on and dangle from the on to the fret-board with the rest of arm hanging free in space between guitar neck and your ribs.
+ Try to straighten the non fretting fingers, if they curl tension is creeping in.
+ Keep the strumming fingers straight, avoiding sympathetic tension.
+ Correct any twist of guitar (a few degrees) due to right elbow jutting ahead of guitar. The twist has to be countered by the playing fingers.
+ To find the positions of chord on individual string a) Take the thumb off the neck and use only fingers to find the chord positions b)Caress each finger on each string, trying to keep the finger as straight as possible and try to form as solid a finger formation as possible (unity is strength) c)Once all the fingers are in position, rest them some more on the strings. d) Then only wave the thumb around in air under the neck until it falls into the most natural position. e)When shifting from one chord to another do the thumb waving exercise to find the best thumb position for the new chord. (moving from chord to chord becomes very easy with this exercise)
+Finding right amount of pressure strength from High to Optimum or Low to Optimum
I)High pressure Exercise:
a)Close your eyes
(focus on touch and feel of strings and the sound)
b)Press a chord with a bit of force
(focus on the tension in the fingers)
c)Strum
(feel the tension of the strings with the strumming hand)
d)Start releasing the pressure bit-by-bit with fretting fingers
(Note how the strings are curved in between the 2 frets)
e)Note that sound becomes flatter due to reduced tension in the string.
(This is more apparent in the thin strings than the thick ones).
f) Soon the strings start buzzing.
This is due to the empty space between the string and the fret.
(Pressure becomes too low to anchor string to fret properly).
g)Now try to increase pressure bit-by-bit until note sounds true again.
h)Go back and forth with this exercise reducing pressure to arrive at the least amount of pressure.
i)Base strings require more pressure and produce different feel than the Treble strings. Find the least pressure for all the chords.
II)Low pressure Exercise:
a)Lightly Rest the finger in chord position
b)Strum
c)The note sounds flat
d) Increase the pressure until chord sound true.
e) Keep trying to find the least pressure for true chord sound.
+ Strumming position
upper part of sound hole - base sound
sound hole - resonant sound
below sound hole - treble sound
+ Left shoulder and side of chest may get lifted in the process of applying more pressure. In effect you're trying to get on top of the strings and force them down on to the fret board.
+ The elbow may jut out from the side. This is a sign of excess pressure on strings as you try to "get on top of the strings and force them on to the fret-board"
+ The elbow squeezing in on to the ribs is a sign that the guitar is being twisted. The guitar neck towards shoulders and guitar butt away from the stomach.
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