Notes to Students #2
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Notes to the Students:
The tone and dynamics of the sounds made by the hands, coming thru your guitar, are a step beyond the correct note pitches and rhythms. You may be playing the same notes in the same order as another guitarist- but it doesn’t sound the same. If it sounds somehow better to you, the chances are that artist has more control of the dynamics- sometimes very subtle.
If you can hear the difference- congratulations! You are then closer to controlling those dynamics.
When you’re playing in the groove it feels effortless. It’s a river that’s flowing, and you just jump in, floating on the current, and standing on the bank. Playing the music- being totally into it, while also standing back and listening to yourself.
You need to work your hands- get them strong enough on the technique to go beyond the physical and into musical expression.
Don’t add information-(at the cost of deepening your understanding of these very basic music making ingredients.)
Disclaimer:There are a lot of valid (and not so valid)exceptions to just about everything I teach.
(c)2007 Stan Hirsch