Beginner Question about Mirrors

[dnf777]

Im with Frizzell, Haggard, and Whitley... I never go around mirrors...

[donlyn]

Funny - I have tried it several times, but I don't seem to get much feedback . . . - Dracula

Originally Posted by rmp

ha! I see what ya did there!!

No you didn't.

Neither did he.

Don
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[bufflehead]

Originally Posted by Silurian

Only when I'm playing a Les Paul pretending to be Slash.

A mirror works just as well with an air guitar.

[CarolD]

Originally Posted by blindboyjimi

I play mostly blues, occasionally fingerstyle and dabble in Slack Key and Classical. I have my entire lumbar spine fused to my pelvis and it’s unstable. I found that playing my smaller 0/00 guitars that I was completely hunched over and super uncomfortable. I came across Eric Skye here on AGF and his amazing YouTube channel and found the NeckUp support.



It instantly saved me. Now I am buying back my older smaller guitars and playing much more relaxed, for longer time in almost (for me) no pain. I play now just like Eric with 1/100th of his talent but at least 90% of his posture with the NeckUp on my right leg. For classical, I use a Sagework support and I’m a big fan of this site:

https://www.thisisclassicalguitar.co...sition-guitar/

This is great information! Thank you so much!

[gfspencer]

I've been playing since 1964. I've never played in front of a mirror.

[3notes]

There is just one way to hold a guitar and that is in the position that feels most comfortable to ..….. You.

[SpruceTop]

Yikes!!!!!!! I'm afraid to play with mirrors to view myself while playng because what if I can't see myself?

[SpruceTop]

Originally Posted by donlyn

No you didn't.

Neither did he.

Don
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You guys beat me to it but I'm serious!

[jschmitz54]

Originally Posted by Rixtoy

Funny - I have tried it several times, but I don't seem to get much feedback . . . - Dracula

You’ll get feedback eventually but you may have to play until a little past sunrise.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by CarolD

Does anyone else use a mirror?

Only when I shave,

[CarolD]

Wow, didn’t take long at all for this to go very far into the rabbit hole

[Bob from Brooklyn]

Originally Posted by Silurian

Only when I'm playing a Les Paul pretending to be Slash.

I've tried. Impossible to pull off without the hat.

[keith.rogers]

Recording with a smartphone and watching it back is less distracting and can be more revealing. And, it tells you how you sound, so when you fix how you look, you'll be able to tell if that's making you sound better or worse . (Changing how I sound does not make me look any different, unfortunately, though on a good [sounding] day there are less pained looks )

[MartinGibsonFan]

I think using a television may be more useful.

In a mirror, everything is backwards, I think too, it would be a distraction.

A television would help you not look at your hands and provide a distraction that is good, get your instincts working.

Works for me.

MGF