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Holding the guitar
Labeling the hands
Position and use of the right hand
Pitch and tempo in 3/4 time
Quarter and half notes
Sitting Comfortably with your Guitar
The left fingernails should be kept as short as possible. When the nails are short, fingers can correctlypush straight into the fingerboard at a 90 degree angle. This helps with intonation (being in tune)because strings don’t stretch or relax varying the pitch (how high or low the note sounds).
Pitch is the measure of vibrations per second created by the guitar. The faster the string vibrates thehigher the note sounds. Pitch is often confused with timber (the difference in sound when the woodof the guitar or the type of string used will change the sound). We tune a guitar to pitch, but choose aguitar for timbre. The right fingernails influence quality and variety of timbre (tone). Nails should protrude slightlybeyond the tip of the finger. Nail length will be slightly different for each finger. Adjust the length sothat each finger strikes with equal ease. Shape your nails with a fine file to follow the curve of your finger (avoid creating flat spots). Whenyou finish polish the tips of your nails with an extremely fine file. The timbre will change according to roughness or smoothness of the nail. Polished nails scratch less against the string, and initiate a pure tone. [caption id="attachment_179" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Rest Stroke"]Posted at 12:00 AM in First Sight Music Book | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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