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Links to Guitar Technique online resources.

Article describing the characteristics of well coordinated people.
The article uses as examples a famous neurosurgeon, Yo-Yo Ma the cellist and Waye Gretzky the hockey player. It talks about their mental strategies and approaches to learning.

"Practice changes the way a task is perceived."





MUSIC AND HEALTH Piano Teaching, Anatomy/Biomechanics and Musicians' Health
Richard Beauchamp, NZ pianist now based in Edinburgh, owns this site which presents " ideas about piano teaching, to foster an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of piano technique - especially through the study of anatomy, biomechanics and ergonomics - and to provide a resource for information about musicians' health."

Particularly Guitar-relevant articles:
Stress in Piano Playing - how much practice? - causes of stress - Prevention of injury - Practice technique - Categories of technique

Glenn Gould and Finger Tapping - "reproduce the movements by himself whilst remembering the relaxed and effortless feel. "

Curved Fingers — and Tension? - A change in balance from what feels like a flexor biased touch to one which feels more extensor biased can make all the difference between a stiff technique and one which feels loose and free.

Random ideas about piano playing and teaching - "Reliable technique is formed in response to a ‘need for sound’ "

" ... this process is the way to develop a brilliant technique."



www.perfdecastro.com - Right hand rhythmic tapping - simulating percussion instruments on your guitar. A downloadable video which gives a clear demonstration of rotation of the forearm - a technique which, as I explain in my book - "Guitar Playing and how it works" - drives many right hand techniques. .










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Renowned guitarist Philip Hii
www.delmar.edu/music/phii.html

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