Guitar fight. Let's explore together

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Often, beginners dream of learning how to play a few favorite songs to amuse themselves and friends. Someone decides to learn how to play seriously, but does not always know where to start. To masterfully play the guitar, of course, you need to study notes, solfeggio and other useful things. But if you don’t have enough stars from the sky, then for a start it will be enough to learn a dozen chords and practice.

Guitar fighting is a way of extracting sound from a guitar by sweeping blows of the playing hand on the strings. More often this is the right hand, and the left musician sorts out the chords, thereby obtaining a melody. Professionals do not use this term, in these circles the fights for the guitar are called rhythmic patterns, or "rasgueado".

To play the fight correctly, a musician must have a developed sense of rhythm, but it does not come immediately. Inexperienced players are constantly speeding up and slowing down the pace, which, as you understand, does not sound quite right. Therefore, beginners are advised to tap the beat with their feet or use a metronome. This simple device can be purchased at a music store.

Basically, the fight for the guitar is applicable for acoustic devices when accompanied by singing or other solotool. In development, it is not so difficult. The main thing is to remember the scheme of the sequence of strikes on the strings and their alternation with pauses. Along the way, the second hand changes chords.

You can play songs of any direction with a guitar fight, it all depends on your preferences and your level of skill. They can be different - from the simplest, which we will consider below, to the unthinkably complex in terms of the scheme and speed of the game. In principle, every guitarist can boast of at least one fight he invented or mastered on his own.

Now let's look at the basic simple ways to play. When a guitar fight is depicted in diagrams and tablature (hereinafter referred to as tabs), the direction of strikes on the strings is indicated by such arrows or checkmarks:

• ↑ - denotes a blow up the strings - from the first (thinnest) to the sixth, but only in amateur schemes;

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  ↓ - respectively denotes a blow in the opposite direction;

• x - this sign is placed in addition to the above, which means the execution of a strike on the strings with their sound muffled either with the edge or the inside of the palm. If you saw this symbol in professional tabs opposite a specific string, then this means that its sound should be muffled, or the sound from it is not extracted at all when struck;
• + - this sign, like the previous one, means muffling the sound, but not with the edge of the palm, but with the thumb.

I also want to note that, unlike amateur game schemes, in professional tabs there is a reverse designationthe direction of the strike on the strings, i.e. an arrow pointing up indicates the direction of the strike from the sixth to the first string, and, accordingly, vice versa. Further, we will refer to guitar fighting as professionals. So let's get started.

The first kind of guitar fight looks like this: ↑↑↑ ↓ ↑. This is one of the simplest options. Three hits down, one up and down again. The distance between the arrows also matters: the larger it is, the longer the time interval between shots.

The next guitar fight shouldn't be difficult for anyone: ↑↓↑↓↑. It is played simply, but sounds somehow uncomplicated. Here we can already turn on the fantasy and embellish this guitar fight by muting the strings. It turns out the following: ↑↓↑x↑↓↑x↑↓↑x or ↑↓↑+↑↓↑+↑↓↑+. That is, every third beat we muffle. How? It's up to you to decide.

And last, let's describe the battle more difficult: ↑↑↑↓↓↑↑. It should be mastered after the first two.

Finally, I would like to say a few words about the technique of extracting sound. You can strike the strings with all fingers, while tearing your palm away from the body of the instrument, or with one or several fingers. When hitting, you should not strain the brush too much, but it should not be soft either. At first, it is better to play without taking your hand off the body of the guitar, because the fingers will cling to the strings, and some of them will sound louder, which is notalways good.

Master the guitar fight! It will get easier!