Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart
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Andres Segovia
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Airmont
This week the students in the SPOTLIGHT (for last week's achievements) are: • Arthur
Some students should profit more from their practice time. I suggest that they embrace what enables progress. REPETITION. I must add that the right attitude about difficult music and remaining focused (yes, it's a choice) rather than being distracted by every idle thought will go a long way in attaining the technique and progress you desire. Remember, excellence doesn't come easily or everyone would be a great guitarist.
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The Question of the week is:
I find it humorously ironic that last week's question was about a guitar that was exhibiting dehydration symptoms and this week we're at the opposite end of the spectrum. Here, in the NY Metro area, we are super-saturated. We've had floods all over and many of my students have had no power for several days. The ones who escaped the floods are having trouble keeping their guitars in tune because of the excessive humidity in the air. Don't forget, strings get tighter/higher, when the atmosphere is moisture-laden. I don't mean when it's a little damp. I mean that the humidity is over 90%. I don't recommend using a dehumidifier to dry the air out unless you are in a geographic area that is constantly and extremely humid. Just tough it out until we dry out over the next couple days. We always opt for a slightly over humidified instrument than a dry one. I hope you all have power restored soon and that the school age students won't lose spring break because of the closings this week.
~ Student Newsletter
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