[Menvi-discuss] update on my guitar class

Timothy Clark Music timothyclarkmusic at me.com
Wed Jan 30 17:27:42 EST 2013 

agreed. thanks
Timothy 
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 12:31 AM, Chela Robles wrote:

> Wow nice job. I always think it is the quality of the sound and the quality of the performances and arrangements are key and it is nice to associate a voice with your emails Timothy.
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> On 1/29/2013 3:07 PM, Timothy Clark Music wrote:
>> here's a file i just made. hopefully we can clear this up. 
>>  :)
>> 
>> 
>> Timothy 
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>> On Jan 29, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Chela Robles wrote:
>> 
>>> He has a youtube channel I believe I don't know about any albums but that might be on his web site.
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>>> On 1/29/2013 2:44 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>>> Do you have some playing online we can hear?
>>>> and, can I ask why you don't charge for lessons? Do you have a day job?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> At 05:41 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
>>>>> they only become bad habits for the teacher. what might be a bad habit for someone might be a new style and it might feel write to the person doing it.
>>>>> Timothy
>>>>> Your friend in the music industry
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com>http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com 
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>>>>> On Jan 29, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Timothy, I didn't mean to suggest that people shouldn't come up with their own unique style. For every guy who says there is one way to pick, I can name a few professionals who do it other ways and get great results.
>>>>>> But there are things that, if practiced, become bad habbits. Practice makes perfect, but it can also make permanent. *grin*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> At 04:02 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:
>>>>>>> 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 <<mailto:timothyclarkmusic at me.com>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
>>>>>>>>>> Your friend in the music industry
>>>>>>>>>> <<http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com>http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com>http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>>>>>>>>>> 
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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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