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How to play single note lines with your fingers (by Tuck Andress)
Emphasize single notes and progress in your skill!
When you play single note lines, most of you must use picks.
But fingers can make nice sound too, and we have techniques exclusively for fingers.
Now we introduce how to play single note lines taught by Tuck Andress!
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The score above is extract of "Europe" played by Tuck Andress.
The beginning of the tune, he plays the melody of Concierto de Aranjuez with single note lines.
If you play it with regular technique, it must be like the right movie.
There is nothing wrong with this.
You definitely can choose this technique.
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And now, let's see how Tuck plays the same phrases.
Watch the right movie.
This finger movement is so unique and interesting!
The middle finger which is plucking the string only moves and the other fingers touch strings and mute them.
The muting prevents string noises and needless harmonics.
It makes the melody clearer and persuasive.
The guitars tend to make rough sound because of their structure.
If you get this muting technique, you can play much better!
So let's master it and enjoy playing!!
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What is the necessity of this technique?
We hear the great quality of sounds in concert halls, recordings and CD players now.
So we notice even tiny harmonics in music.
In old videos of Wes Montgomery or George Benson, you can find they play without taking care of right hand muting.
But we, as guitarists in the presence of high-quality sound world, have to consider how important the muting technique is.
Listen to your guitar sound by headphones with certain amount of volume level.
You will know the necessity!
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