Francisco -> RE: Holding the guitar (Mar. 10 2006 0:37:26)
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Wow, just three replies, and it's pretty much covered everything I was going to say. quote:
Gerundino63 The best thing to do for me is to use all different positions. Yup, me too. quote:
Duende I play mainly paco style but i change between a footrest under the left foot and trad flamenco style as well. it works fairly well. Same here. quote:
rick if there is a strenght imbalance in one muscle group it might be felt in the other muscle group that is called on to take over Opposing muscle groups. Ex. Tricep v. Bicep. If one is overdeveloped, there may be a problem if the opposing muscle group does not provide adequate support. For example, people w/ big bellies (usually little abdominal muscle) usually end up with some sort of lower back pain due to the lack of support from opposing muscle group. This may not apply, but something to think about. One more thing to think about is diet. This may not apply to you, Miguel, because I know you adhere to a fairly healthy diet. However, people consume things that get converted into toxins in the body. Aspartame for example, gets converted to methanol (which is horrible for your), then later converted to formaldehyde (this is bad too). It has also been linked to autoimmune diseases as well as fibromyalgia which has been known to result in nonspecific muscle pain usually related to fatigue. I don't know that you're ingesting aspartame, but there are things in our diet that produce symptoms, and we never consider them as potential causes. You probably already know all this, but something to also consider besides posture. Anyway, the position that seems to work for me is the one Oscar Herrero uses. It is sort of between the classical and flamenco positions. Left foot up on foot rest, but the recessed part of the guitar that normally rests on the left knee (classical position) is actually resting between the knees. This position is good for my left wrist (recent injury to my left wrist), and still allows my right hand technique for flamenco.
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