Funky Fingerstyle Guitar
Performing fingerstyle guitar on stage can be nerve-racking.
Something you have played perfectly at home suddenly “falls apart” when you try to get on stage and do it in front of people.
For my first few years touring, my hands would shake on stage too, so don’t worry – it’s normal.
I’m going to show you how to solve this problem.
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I have a tip you will thank me for later, and it’s all about right hand fingerstyle guitar technique.
Don’t wash your face before you play a gig.
Huh?
Yes that’s right. Don’t wash your face.
It’s a great tip that my classical teacher showed me when I was 15 years old, and somehow my memory served it up the other night as I was going on stage.
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Last month I was at a guitar festival and a student came in for a lesson.
I tried to play her guitar and find that it was very hard to play. I told her…
“You Need a Guitar Setup!”
Students often think that they need to become “stronger” and push “harder” when in fact – the guitar should become “easier” to play.
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Often when we hear a soulful musical performance we can’t imagine that the “wonderful music” had to be practiced technically.
Even though we are “feeling it” as listeners, much more than “feelings” had to go in to it.
Master musicians look at music from all angles, musical and technical.
Master musicians love it all…music and technique. They go together.
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