Positioning Questions for Guitar

Positioning Questions for Guitar

Positioning Questions for Guitar

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Positioning Questions for Guitar

Q: I bought the Guitar physiology course and I am working through the videos. I do have a couple of questions (I’m only about half way through so I apologize if you answer these later in the course). I am playing an acoustic nylon string guitar. As far as I can tell it is really meant to be played sitting down so, does most of what you say in the course about the advantages of playing a guitar standing up not apply? Palm of left hand: Does the toilet-paper-taped-in-the-palm trick still work (given how much wider the neck is)? Would you tape the fingers together (to stop spreading) and tape the toilet paper into the palm at the same time or is this too much? Do the taping tricks apply to learning chords at all? If not, what would you do first, learn chords or scales?

Thanks for your help. I definitely do want to do this right the first time around.

A: You can play the nylon acoustic sitting down or standing up which ever you prefer. If you are sitting down then I would use the classical position that you see classical guitarist use by putting the guitar over you left leg and have your foot up on an adjustable stool. A guitar case will work good too you just need to raise your leg up. If you sit in the classical position you will do the least harm to your body and it’s a lot less likely you will injure yourself. You can still use the toilet-paper taped to the palm to get your left hand working correctly the size of the neck doesn’t matter and you can tape your hand and the toilet paper at the same time but make sure you don’t tape your finger too tight you just want to prevent them from flying all over the place. Once you have worked on that for a week or so send me a video of you play a “C” major scale starting on a low “F” on the “E” string up to a “B” on the high “E” string and let me see how you are doing.

Best Regards,

Bruce

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