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Many guitar players run into serious problems when they discover that they have picked up an injury from doing what they love, injuries will generally repair over time but this can mean an extended period of not playing guitar. Many GMC members have found it necessary to take a few weeks off guitar playing or in some more extreme cases several months or years.
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Slide guitar is a guitar fretting technique. Instead of using your fingers to fret the strings, an object (with the form of a bottleneck) is held softly against the strings. The slide guitar technique has a very own sound because of the way it forms the pitch. It can be used to get very exact pitches, also false ones. Slide guitarists often prefer a steel guitar, or a guitar made for sliding...
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Guitar players should always warm up their hands and arms with slower guitar pieces or exercises before diving straight into the more advanced, fast and complicated material, this will give the muscles a period of time to stretch and get used to the motions of playing...
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Revision as of 15:41, 30 January 2009

Guitar and Injury Many guitar players run into serious problems when they discover that they have picked up an injury from doing what they love, injuries will generally repair over time but this can mean an extended period of not playing guitar. Many GMC members have found it necessary to take a few weeks off guitar playing or in some more extreme cases several months or years.

Guitar players should always warm up their hands and arms with slower guitar pieces or exercises before diving straight into the more advanced, fast and complicated material, this will give the muscles a period of time to stretch and get used to the motions of playing... (more)