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Old July 22nd, 2007
osian osian is offline
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Playing guitar for over 5 years.
 
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Anyone tried this?

Hello.
If like me you practice a piece of music and are put off by 'bum' notes buzzes etc. then this may interest you;
I read this in a magazine a month or two back it was an article by a lady guitarist...can't remember her name sorry,what she recommended was to take a sheet of kitchen towel (the soft paper) fold it and place it under the strings near the sound hole...now when you practice that piece you're not going to hear any music from your guitar just a soft plucking sound,her theory was it allows you to concentrate on the fingering without the distraction of the 'bum' notes.
I know it's said you should carry on through the piece regardless but I found I was distracted by the bad notes and invariably started the piece over again from begining,this method allows me to get right through and as the lady said allows me to get the 'muscle memory' into my fingers.
I'm new here so if this is an 'old' trick or if it was covered recently;apologies.

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