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One coordinated gesture

Mistakes when playing a musical instrument are usually due to making contradictory gestures simultaneously. One goal of practice should be to eliminate contradictory gestures
One espanding gesture - an essential part of an instrumentalist's technique - Image © Peter Inglis - The Whole Guitarist - www.thewholeguitarist.com.


Contracting use consists of
shortening and contradictory
gestures.

Expanding use consists of one continuous expanding gesture.



This is an excerpt from "Scales and Arpeggios and How to Play Them - 1998"

This book was superceded in August 2003 by the publication of "Guitar Playing and how it works".

I will leave these pages on-line as they still contain useful information.
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