[Menvi-discuss] update on my guitar class

[Kaiti Shelton]

Chris,

I totally agree with you.  I think that all he meant was if you're
going to play classically or do anything substantial with the guitar
there are definite ways of doing things right and incorrectly.  My
professor would agree; he tells his private students and his studio
class that if you just want to play Jimmy Buffet tunes and that's it
you can play any way you want, but if you want the option of going
beyond that and working towards learning classical pieces or something
of that nature then technique isn't unimportant.  The choice is up to
the student, and I know someone who plays the guitar overhanded as
opposed to underhanded and still can play beautifully, but the tambour
isn't the same and he's got very interesting and somewhat awkward ways
of technique.  (He taught himself to bar chords with his pinky).  Bear
in mind though that depending on what you're choosing to not do the
traditional way that there may also be physical risks involved too.

On 1/29/13, Timothy Clark Music <timothyclarkmusic at me.com> wrote:
> chris, i agree your fingues can't be placed on the frets themselves
> odviously but the thing i'm saying though is people need to find their own
> way. for example, when i do slide guitar i hold my guitar flat on my lap and
> the neck is proped up. it's not wrong but it's usually not done that way
> either
> Timothy
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> On Jan 29, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>
>> Timothy, there is definitely a right way to position the hands and
>> fingers, and definite do's and don't's when it comes to positioning the
>> guitar. not to mention placing the fingers immediately behind the frets,
>> not lifting them too far off when changing strings, using a finger as a
>> guide or pivot etc.
>>
>> But hey, free is free, right?
>>
>>
>>
>> At 01:56 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
>>> i don't do them in a university setting. i do them from my home. and,
>>> when i give lessons the only thing i'll do is show you some cords, some
>>> picking stragities if you wish and let you go. i believe your teacher
>>> shouldn't be a teacher as much as a director.
>>> let me explain what i mean. i don't believe there's a write or  a wrong
>>> way to play guitar. now, people would argue with me on that but
>>> seriously, there's no write or wrong way to do it. remember, it's all
>>> theory and theory can be bent and even changed. you should hold your
>>> guitar so as it feels write to you. after all, you are the one playing
>>> it.
>>> i have a friend up in Charlotte NC who holds the neck of his guitar
>>> against his ear and he makes beautiful music and that's my point. the
>>> guitar should work with you as you work with it. now, i hold my guitar
>>> regularly but i do taps and harmonics and chicken picking all in 1 so
>>> that's again, my point. every instrument should be manipulated to get the
>>> sound you want out of it. sure, there's people who might say that my
>>> ideas are wrong and that's fine but what makes them wrong? how about
>>> conventional thinking.
>>> my personal thoughts on this is there's no write way or wrong way to do
>>> something. actually, the only wrong thing is not experimenting in my
>>> humble opinion.
>>> so, what i do for students interested in guitar, i show them the
>>> conventional means should they wish to do them but i also tell them to
>>> experiment and to find their own way to make their own sounds. basically,
>>> everything i show is because the person want's to be shown it. if you
>>> just want to bounce questions and ideas, that's fine as well. i do this
>>> stuff for free because i believe information should be shared freely.
>>> Timothy
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>>> On Jan 29, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Kelsey Nicolay wrote:
>>>
>>>> I actually was taking a studio class with a private lesson.  It just
>>>> wasn't the right time to take lessons in a university setting.
>>>>
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