WEEK2 WAY OF PLAYING

This week, I write about way of playing of the guitar . The guitar can be played in many ways, so let us know what way there are in playing the guitar .

・Chord stroke

Chord stroke is basic way of playing the guitar. Only by mastering Chord stroke you can roughly accompany almost songs.

Chord stroke is holding the strings of the guitar on fret in the chord and picking the strings of the guitar by pick. Chord is combination of sounds step. Guitar can sound chord by 6 strings, so by sound many chords you can play many songs.

・Arpeggio

Arpeggio is a technique to make each sound steps. Detailed expression can be played by this technique.

When you want to do arpeggio, you only have to pick a string one by one on holding chord which you want to play.

・Bridge mute

Bridge mute is a technique to make dull sound. When you do bridge mute with electric guitar, you can play strong heavy sound.

When you want to do Bridge mute, you only have to pick the strings on touching the guitar`s bridge by your right hand.

・Cutting

Cutting is a percussive technique which needs real sound and brushing sound of mute. Tough Cutting is basis of rhythm play and backing, Cutting is difficult technique to play well.

When you want to play Cutting, you only have to stop the vibration of the strings by your left hand`s finger. Cutting`s difficulty is in stroking and how to make atmosphere of rhythm and groove.

・Hammering

Hammering is hitting a string on fret. By Hammering, you can more spread your expression. But in fact I do not often do Hammering. I want to play a song which needs Hammering.

When you want to do Hammering, you only have to hit the string which is picked and sounding on high fret.

・Pulling

Pulling is a technique which is reverse of Hammering. This technique also I do not often do.

When you want to do Pulling, in contrast to Hammering, you only have to release your finger from string as your finger scratch the string, and then the lower sound will sound.

・Trill

By Trill, you can play PIROPIRO sound.

When you want to do Trill, you only have to alternately repeat Hammering and Pulling.

・Slide

By Slide, you can change the sound`s step smoothly so that you can make refreshing atmosphere.

When you want to do slide, you only have to shift your finger holding string from the fret to another fret. The sound will change height smoothly.

・Bending(Choking)

Bending(Choking) is a technique that produce symbol of  the electric guitar. And how the guitarist control Bending(Choking) exaggerate the guitarist`s character, range of expression and emotion of guitarist.

When you want to do Bending(Choking), you only have to raise or lower the string you holding on fret. As you raise or lower the string, the sound become higher.

This week I wrote about way of playing the guitar. If you have any question or advise, please give me a comment.

Thanks for reading.

WEEK1 MECHANISM

・About acoustic guitar

A fundamental structure of a guitar can be divided roughly into four portions of a head part, a neck assembly, a bridge part, and a body part.

The part called the peg which twists a string is attached to the head part.

In order to stretch a string by turning a peg and to unite a pitch, it is also called a tuner machine and a machine head.

There is angle to the neck and a head changes the tension of a bowstring at the angle.

The part called a nut is attached between the head and the neck, and the role which fixes the position and height of a string is carried out.

The board with which a neck assembly is called a fingerboard is stretched, and the stick of a thin metal called a fret is embedded at the fingerboard.

A fret is a pause of sound.

A number goes up a fret from the head side toward　the bridge side.

As the number increases, the sound becomes higher.

If the fret on one is pressed down, sound will go up only a semitone

For example, if "C" is pressed down and it moves on 1 fret, it will become "C#" and on 2 fret, it will become "D".

The position mark usually called the inlay of various forms to 3-5-7-9-12-15-17 fret is embedded at the fingerboard, and it has become an element important also as an ornament of the whole guitar.

The stick which controls the curvature of the neck called a truss rod is contained in the inside of a neck, and it can adjust the neck which curved by turning to right and left.

A body part is divided and called for three portions of top Said Buck.

At the top, the hole called a sound hole is vacant, and the pick guard is stuck so that a top board may not be shaved with a pick.

In order to control the resonance beyond the necessity for a body inside a body, reinforcement called bracing is stretched.

A bridge part has a bridge, a bridge saddle, and a bridge pin, puts a string into the hole vacant to the bridge, and stops a string for a bridge pin very in a hole.

A bridge saddle carries out the duty which considers adjustment of a pitch as the height of a string.

. The string is 1 string (E) 2 string (B) 3 string (G) 4 string (D) 5 string (A) 6 string (E) from the thinner one.

The above becomes a fundamental structure of an acoustic guitar.

・About electric guitar

A "magnetic pickup" is used for many electric guitars.

The coil is wound around the magnet as a structure.

The phenomenon of "electromagnetic induction" is mentioned as a principle.

If a magnet is moved near a coil, current will occur in a coil.

Although magnetism is working in magnetic surrounding space, if the string of iron with the character which is tinged with magnetism there vibrates, current will flow into a coil in proportion to the motion.

This serves as an audio signal and plays a role like a microphone.

Since it is very weak as current, eventually this signal is amplified with amplifier, from a speaker, becomes sound and is outputted.

The above becomes a fundamental structure of an electric guitar.