learningbygitternSecond lessonWe played around with singing while playing gittern today, and that revealed some quite interesting things…1d ago1d ago
learningbygitternBack to square onePracticing tonight felt like I was unlearning most of what I’d already picked up, or most of what had felt like it naturalized into my…2d ago2d ago
learningbygitternReluctance to playNiccolo and I continued with lessons until July 2022, and then dropped off. I need to go back and organize and listen to all those early…2d ago2d ago
learningbygitternLesson 7 (April 28)An interesting speculation: Charlie and I were talking about how to improve right hand technique by choking up on the plectrum tip. He…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
learningbygitternThe gestural scoreSian and Tracy and I were drinking cocktails over Zoom, a long overdue and much needed reconnection. We were talking about instrumental…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
learningbygitternWhat gets lostThe aim of this site was to record everything: all the observations, the bodily education, the instrumental fraternization, the sensorial…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
learningbygitternLesson 5 (Mar 24)Our first virtual lesson under quarantine. The technology worked rather well! Charlie invited me to record a video of my playing through…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
learningbygitternAn inventory of failed plucksThere is the thudding pluck, when the meat of the finger eats up the sound, a dull clod of a sound, because the fingertip isn’t depressing…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
learningbygitternGroovesI’m still figuring out how to hold my left hand. How to release it into a neutral posture, relaxed, unflexed. My thumb squeezes too…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
