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We’ve all heard two conflicting viewpoints. The first is that a engineer is only as good as his/her tools allow. The second would be that the tools do not in any way dictate the results. The short answer is obviously: It depends. In this short post, I will answer that question first with respect to [...]
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This is the second part of “Guitar Harmonics – A Short Introduction“. In the post about Natural Harmonics, I mentioned that a harmonic is basically a sounding of the natural overtones of the string in the OPEN position. That is where we can subject our own modifications to the string and effectively change the position [...]
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This is the first section of “Guitar Harmonics – A Short Introduction” Natural Harmonics are called ‘natural’ mainly because they utilize the natural nodes of an open string. This means that you can do natural harmonics just by picking and touching the string at certain areas on the string with the fretting hand (usually the [...]
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Guitar Harmonics are cool and can add that sudden zing! to your playing just when people least expect it. Harmonics can be recognized by the sudden jumps in the pitch of a note. However, when you look at the guitarists hand, he/she may be fretting a 7 fret, but yet it sounds like a 19th [...]
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The Decision to play the guitar seated or standing will depend on various factors. Firstly, Refer to the pictures. The first is of a flamenco guitar player. That would be the typical stance for a classical guitar player. It is also customary for one to play in that position during performances, etc. The second picture [...]
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