Members raggety Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 so this guy came round to buy my acoustic and i let him have a go on my classical guitar. & he says to me "Its got no markers!" I've got so used to playing without them that I don't even notice this anymore, but why don't they have markers?
Members Stackabones Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 Good question. I've got nothing, but I can't wait to find out!
Members riffmeister Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 bowed stringed instruments have no markers, and NO FRETS!!! .
Members riffmeister Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 P.S. For performances, I cheat! .
Members fist Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 cos theyre for noobs. but i still like 'em. I have to put little stickers on my on top of the neck to mark the frets.
Members raggety Posted September 21, 2007 Author Members Posted September 21, 2007 bowed stringed instruments have no markers, and NO FRETS!!! . that must be even harder to learn finger placement?
Members Stackabones Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 P.S. For performances, I cheat! . How does the mouse help you cheat?
Members riffmeister Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 The mouse squeaks up at me "Get ready for that upcoming F sharp!!" .
Members phil_harmonic Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 I assume it's traditional. I suspect the earliest guitars/lutes didn't have fret markers and thus classicals don't have them. I have the 7th fret marked on my Pavan with a dot of paint on top of the neck. I intend to add more dots too as it's just easier for me to not get lost on the classical neck. I don't play that guitar as often as my others and given it's scale and wide neck, I just tend not to end up on the right fret sometimes. Yep, I'm a noob.
Members guitarist21 Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 that must be even harder to learn finger placement? Its really not that bad. I started upright bass in fourth grade and if you really immerse yourself in it for a couple months, it becomes second nature. You use tapes to begin with and then take them off a little later and its all just muscle memory. Same with cello and viola and violin. Probably a little easier if you start young, but still not terribly difficult - I took up cello my senior year of high school. Ellen
Members T.B. Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 How does the mouse help you cheat? Riff, don't you have a cat, or cats? Is this wise? Trina
Members SpaceCowboy409 Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 It's tradition, that's all. I had white dot edge markers put on mine for $35.
Members Dave W. Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 I can't tell wether the little guy has his dukes up, or wether he is scratching his back on the heel.
Members LaurentB Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 But they do! At least my Hopf has got them on the side of the fretboard:
Members riffmeister Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 Riff, don't you have a cat, or cats? Is this wise? Trina Little mousey has to watch his backside under the ever watchful eye of Sasha the cat!
Members AugTPD Posted September 21, 2007 Members Posted September 21, 2007 Riff, that cat looks intense! As far as fret markers go, I've had to learn to not look at them. When I first started playing I looked at them all the time. But when I started singing as well it made it difficult to look and keep my big mouth pointed at the mic, so I adapted.
Members Tony Burns Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 Real classical guitarists are not sopose to look at the guitar when they play it - they know the fret board and are taught to know where everything is - If you played you steel string like that it would make you a better player -- but in all honesty I cut a black circle out of Electrical tape with a paper punch and marked where my 7th fret is - quite honestly because im not a professional Classical guitarist -- but i sure do love the thing !
Members Clif Schlicher Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 I found the answer in "Fiddler On the Roof", ...........TRADITIONNN!!.......
Members Simon76 Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 Sasha looks like she just saw my 18lb male cat.
Members riffmeister Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 Mr. Sasha stays alert and watches his backside when an 18 lb male cat is around!
Members Sparkytfl Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 You're supposed to look at the sheet music, not the neck.
Members LaurentB Posted September 22, 2007 Members Posted September 22, 2007 I've noticed that while I don't look knowingly at those markers, that when they're not there I make mistakes every now and then when making big position changes.
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