Fundamentals of Guitaring
Or
The art of percussive melody
The guitar and all its families
The most sublime of all instruments
The only instrument which can be played
Sitting or standing
Moving or staying still
While talking or not talking
In which limbs meet their desired purpose
And both percussion and melody fuse into one
For first
The hands made the guitar
And then
The hands played the guitar
And
The body danced
And
The voice sang
To
The tunes
The guitar made
–
Made
With wood
Borrowed from the tree
With metal
Borrowed from the earth
With oil
Borrowed from the soil
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Forged
To be held
Close to the body
–
To Feel
The Vibrations
Of the
Percussive hand
Striking the chords
Tempered
By the hand
Holding the melody
–
Six Levels
Many Flavors
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The hand which strikes the chords
Carries the steps which the performance takes
And
The size of each step
–
The hand which tempers the melody
Determines the direction of each step
And
Its length
–
Knowing this
One can go in any direction
As one holds the ability to
Choose
The step
The size of the step
The length of the step
And
The direction where to go
–
One can
Choose
To go from one point to the next
Almost instantaneously
Or
Hear an amazing story on the way
–
For while
The Artist narrates her own story
The Audience hears his own story
–
Knowing this
All compositions are understood
All patterns are discerned
–
Knowing this
The Artist knows
What to perform
–
Spontaneity is the key
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FURTHER NOTES TO THE MAIN BODY
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Percussive hand Tempering Hand
Choose
The steps The length
The size The direction
–
Anything is possible
When both work as one
–
The Artist
Chooses the instrument
Which sounds good to
The Artist
–
There is no other choice
–
The Artist
Performs that which
Sounds good to
The Artist
–
Any other method
Is burdened
With Expectations
–
In this,
Spontaneity is found