Difficulty Playing Standing Up |
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Difficulty Playing Standing Up |
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Sep 10 2007, 04:32 AM |
If you keep your guitar on right leg when practicing sitting, than you will most likely have troubles playing standing because it totally changes the position of right hand when picking.
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Sep 10 2007, 07:09 AM |
I have my guitar on the right leg, but I have never ever(Well, except when I started) had any problems with playing guitar while standing. I say all this is just a matter of practice. The height of the guitar - how low/high you keep it is also important! When you practice sitting your hands are in one position and when you stand - in another position! So it DOES matter. It all depends on what you play and how much practice you had of both. When i practice at home i play both standing and sitting just to have a bit of both! -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Sep 10 2007, 07:48 AM |
i always do that. I dont think its the act of not warming up that gives me the aches, but the position of my wrist... i think... Yeah, probably. Because you stretch the left wrist too far to the left/outwards. This hurts me at least. But you don't need to stretch your wrist too much like that if you keep your guitar neck at 45° from the floor. My wrist really hurt for quite some time because I over used it in the wrong way. And now it's a lot better and doesn't give me any difficulties playing if I warm up. So, I do have to warm up. It's probably not that important if you're sure you're holding everything right (!) and you start playing slowly and if it doesn't hurt at all. But I still can't lean on my left hand's palm (with the wrist being bend, though not bend like when playing) because it starts to really hurt long before I put my weight on it. So now I lean on my left hand with a straight wrist - with just the fingers on the surface or lean on my fist. But when doing something like this which isn't really leaning straight on http://yoga.iloveindia.com/gifs/yoga-poses.jpg I've heard that then you do need to keep your whole palm on the floor (and finger extended ) otherwise that can hurt your wrist too. It doesn't hurt me if I do it either way (with whole palms on the floor or just on my fingers), but I'm going to take the advice. |
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Sep 20 2007, 08:25 PM |
Wrist pain - THAT I can understand but what about pain in the left shoulder while playing standing up?? 15 minutes of walking around with the guitar and it starts to hurt like hell Any ideas what to do about that?? I'd use as wide a guitar strap as you can find Skyla_lit. Mine is about 2- 2 1/2 inches wide - it helps spread the weight over a wider area of your shoulder and with a Gibson it really does help . Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 20 2007, 09:16 PM |
Just do like Steve Harris, nit your own gigantic and soft strap.
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