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Unread post by i am sam2 » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:01 am

gumbomadness wrote:do you mean vibrato?
yeah can someone clear up for me which is what? i thought vibrato was the like jerkin your hand back and forth while keeping the finger on the fret, commonly used on fretless instruments....whats tremolo or whatever?
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:12 am

vibrato is bending the string back and forth.
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:24 am

filmdude100cms wrote:vibrato is bending the string back and forth.
then whats the jerkin the hand while keepin the finger pretty much in place, like they do with fretless instruments?
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:21 pm

kcw wrote:Its no different than learning another skill. It just takes practice. I'm sure its difficult but not as much as you guys are making it sound.

Again think of Violinist and Chelloist.
practice won't make your fingers perfectly smooth and straight
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Unread post by kcw » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:12 pm

i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:Its no different than learning another skill. It just takes practice. I'm sure its difficult but not as much as you guys are making it sound.

Again think of Violinist and Chelloist.
practice won't make your fingers perfectly smooth and straight

How will practicing not make you better at it?
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Unread post by kcw » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:13 pm

Hey tell me what you guys think of this one:

http://www.fretlessguitar.com/Merchant2 ... ry_Code=FG
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Unread post by mangold » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:21 pm

glass fingerboard?
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:59 pm

kcw wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:Its no different than learning another skill. It just takes practice. I'm sure its difficult but not as much as you guys are making it sound.

Again think of Violinist and Chelloist.
practice won't make your fingers perfectly smooth and straight

How will practicing not make you better at it?
look at your finger. tell me you can barre a chord perfectly with one finger and not have any of those notes go flat or sharp. then you can play a fretless guitar.
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Unread post by kcw » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:16 pm

i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:Its no different than learning another skill. It just takes practice. I'm sure its difficult but not as much as you guys are making it sound.

Again think of Violinist and Chelloist.
practice won't make your fingers perfectly smooth and straight

How will practicing not make you better at it?
look at your finger. tell me you can barre a chord perfectly with one finger and not have any of those notes go flat or sharp. then you can play a fretless guitar.
Thats why you practice!
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Unread post by Machtimus » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:56 pm

kcw wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:
i like tictacs wrote:
kcw wrote:Its no different than learning another skill. It just takes practice. I'm sure its difficult but not as much as you guys are making it sound.

Again think of Violinist and Chelloist.
practice won't make your fingers perfectly smooth and straight

How will practicing not make you better at it?
look at your finger. tell me you can barre a chord perfectly with one finger and not have any of those notes go flat or sharp. then you can play a fretless guitar.
Thats why you practice!
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:18 am

I can play a fretless guitar. You know why? Because I know I can.
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Unread post by mangold » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:42 pm

tahts a superb reason
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:46 pm

the guitarist from U2 is playing one on the grammy's
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Unread post by hmm69 » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:51 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:the guitarist from U2 is playing one on the grammy's
yupp i was just about to write that :D
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Unread post by Machtimus » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:04 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:the guitarist from U2 is playing one on the grammy's
k, noted
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