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Guitar is one of the very popular musical instruments from abroad that made its enchanting way to the Indian heart. Spain (Europe) is the land of its birth. Played there in the carnivals, it is essentially an instrument to convey the playerA's ecstatic delight. It is mainly an instrument of accompaniment, though its electric versionA's virtuosity has won the hearts of many connoisseurs of Indian classical music.

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Publié par	Diamond Books
Date de parution	06 avril 2020
Nombre de lectures	10
EAN13	9789352784844
Langue	English

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HOW TO PLAY GUITAR

eISBN: 978-93-5278-484-4
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Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
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Edition: 2014
How To Play Guitar
By - Mamta Chaturvedi
Introduction
Guitar is a very popular musical instrument. Though foreigner by birth, it has adapted itself, especially the electric version, very well to the climates of Indian music. Despite the limitation of its original version to play full tunes, its lilting sound took it to universal fame, specially in a part, song or picnic soirees, all over the world. Guitar is as dear a companion of its player as his sweetheart. Spellbound by the mellifluous tonal qualities, the musicians went on with their experiments on the instrument and emerged sonorously with its electric version, encompassing all the nuance-playing capabilities of the intricate system. In Indian classical music-whether it is Van Shipley playing the Western or filmi tunes or Braj Bhushan Kabra regaling the audience in the national programme of music - Guitar commanded equal respect and popularity. Easier to play than many classical Indian music-playing instruments and more melodious than its many Western brethren, this instrument forms a tuneful confluence of both the streams of music: Western and Indian.
But surprisingly, in spite of or its universal acceptance, there are almost no good books available, especially in India, to make the learner know anything about the instrument. The author is specially grateful to Mr. Narendra Kumar of Diamond Pocket Books who has willingly agreed to bring out this book. I also express my indebtedness to Pt. Ram Sevak of Kanpur and my warm blessing to my niece Mrs. Manjula Chaturvedi whose useful guidance and practical demonstration helped tremendously in preparing the material for this book.
May this book be an inseparable addition to the long list of sweethearts of our young guitar players!
Mamta Chaturvedi
CONTENTS Guitar: The Instrument Parts of Spanish Guitar How to Hold Spanish Guitar Position of Hands and Fingers Tuning of the Spanish Guitar Chords How to Play on Spanish Guitar Playing of Songs Electric Guitar How to Hold the Electric Guitar Indian Music Notation System Steel Rod, Fingers and Thumb Picks Rules of Guitar Playing Other Famous String Instruments
GUITAR: THE INSTRUMENT
Guitar is one of the very popular musical instruments from abroad that made its enchanting way to the Indian heart. Spain (Europe) is the land of its birth. Played there in the carnivals, it is essentially an instrument to convey the player’s ecstatic delight. It is mainly an instrument of accompaniment, though its electric version’s virtuosity has won the hearts of many connoisseurs of Indian classical music. Although the original instrument is Spanish Guitar, its modified form is also available in two different forms: (I) Hawaiian Guitar, (ii) Electric Guitar.
(i) Hawaiian Guitar: As the name suggests this is the Hawaiian version of the Guitar, and came in vogue in the latter part of eighteenth century. Hawaii is a small island in Pacific Ocean. It is quite possible that some Spanish settlers must have taken this instrument to the island and brought about the desired change in the Spanish Guitar and named it Hawaiian Guitar. The basic difference between the two versions of the Guitar is of the metal of the string of playing. The steel strings replace the goth or silk strings fitted in the instrument’s this version. To effect this change the nut at the top of finger board was slightly raised in order to prevent the strings touching the frets when pressure of the steel rod was applied to it. The nut was also somewhat protected to enable the running of the first string along the edge of the finger board upto the bridge. This way the bridge also got additional strength to bear the tension and the pressure of the steel rod sliding on the string.
(ii) Electric Guitar: This version of the guitar is made of solid wood. An electric pick is set near the bridge. It is played like Hawaiian Guitar. The basic difference between this version of the guitar and Spanish Guitar is the hollowness of the sound-box or the body. The Spanish Guitar can also be converted into Electric Guitar if its hollow body is packed with the pieces of cotton to eliminate the buzzing sound of the body. The fret and string arrangement in it makes it quite versatile to express the entire nuances of Indian classical and light music. It is so, because the Electric Guitar’s fret arrangement makes it look like a miniature version of the ancient Indian instrument, Vichitra Veena , or in other words it is Indian Vichitra Veena made easy. All the subtle meends (taking note in continuity with the other note without breaking the sound) and Kana notes (grace notes) can be played easily upon this version of the guitar.

Ordinary Guitar

Electric Guitar

PARTS OF SPANISH GUITAR

Parts of Spanish Guitar Belly: It is the hollow portion of guitar which covers most of its body. Joined with the finger board by the neck, it is meant to resound the sound of the note produced by striking the string with the striker. Neck: The narrow wooden piece used for joining the belly and the finger board is called neck. Some players reckon the joint of the head and finger board as the neck which is held in the grip of the left hand of the player. Finger Boards: The wooden piece provided with the brass strip (frets) to ascertain the positioning of notes is called the finger board. Frets: The brass strips provided at the top of finger board for showing the points of the notes are called the frets. Tuning Keys: They are 6 in number and formed like the pegs- 3 on the right and 3 on the left of the head- to tighten the strings or to keep them taut. Head: The top portion of the guitar having 6 tuning keys. Nut: Nut is a strip in the lowest portion of the head to hold the crossing over of the strings for the adjustment in the peg. The nut forms the basic point of the notes of playing. Bridge: The raised small elongated pyramid-like piece to pass the strings over with a nut attached for tightening the strings. Bridge Pins: The 6 pins that are provided for tightening the strings on the back of the bridge. Sound Hole: It is the round hole to reverberate or resound the sound that comes from the sounding board. Side Frame: To join the top and bottom of the instrument a plywood strip is provided: This is known as the side frame. Sounding Board : The belly’s top portion with a hole. Strings: They are six in number, of a variety of gauges provided for playing on with the striker. Binding Edge: The edge which binds the side frame with the bottom part of the instrument. End Pins: The pins provided on the back edge for tightening the tail piece. String Adjuster: Also known as the tail piece, provided for tying the strings, as this part bears the maximum tension on the strings.

HOW TO HOLD SPANISH GUITAR
There are three styles of playing the guitar:
(i) Ground position: It is popular with people playing guitar while going on picnic or excursion. The player sits on the ground with his left leg forming the base of sitting, as shown in the adjoining illustration. The guitar is normally kept between the right arm and the right side of the body.

Ground Position
(ii) Sitting on armless chair: This style is popular with the people playing guitar as a piece of an orchestra or in solo performance. It has two varities:
(a) Normal style: In it the player rests the instrument on the right leg against the body.

Sitting on Armless Chair
(b) Sitting with legs crossed: The same style as (a), the only difference being that the player sits with his legs crossed.
(iii) Standing position: This style is popular with the players playing their instrument in camp fires or singing soirees. It, too, has two varieties: (a) Standing with one foot somewhat raised and kept on a stool.

One Foot Raised
The instrument’s belly gets the support of the thigh forming right angle with the body.