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I agree. Having suffered from tendinitis in music school, I learned in the years after that to avoid massaging people- it hurts! I will help a friend out occasionally and use my elbow to massage between the spine and shoulder blade. That doesnt cause me any strain.
I learned in the years after that to avoid massaging people- it hurts! I will help a friend out occasionally and use my elbow to massage between the spine and shoulder blade. That doesnt cause me any strain.
i no longer give out massages either. but im still good at back scratches! nothing gets an itch like a hard rasgueao or speedy picado!
Have you ever head that a guitarist should not massage the back of the forearms because it could affect the tendons?
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I learned in the years after that to avoid massaging people
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i no longer give out massages either
could we clarify what we're talking about?
are we talking about:
a) a guitarist massaging their own forearm with their other hand;
b) a guitarist having their forearm massaged by someone else, or;
c) a guitarist giving massage to someone else
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Physiologically massage cannot be considered a negative input to either your tendons or muscles.
Anyone who says this has a very limited understandng of human anatomy and basic physiology ...
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when the advice comes from a classical guitarist who earned higher degrees in one of the regions best schools of music and studied alongside some of the worlds most well known classical guitarists, I tend to give it some credence.
just someone is a good guitar player, and/or has studied with good guitar players, doesn't necessarily mean they know anything about anatomy. They might do, but you haven't said if they have a "higher degree" in anatomy and physiology.
I have been told by a guitarist with "many degrees" that masturbating builds muscles in the forearm which reduces your movement speed on picados and rasgueados. This is also why Popeye gave up guitar.
In fact trying playing the xylophone part of popeye's theme song as a picado exercise!
That piece is called the Sailors hornpipe and its a good example of an English folk tune. I've made a quick tab of it this afternoon for anyone wanting a new exercise. You can either learn it as a straight picado exercise or add the bass notes as I've indicated to play as a solo...much easier to learn than Czardas. Thats all folks!!
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