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Even Sharon Isbin has admitted to being guilty of this!
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Tradition or not, it is (imo) a very stupid thing to not have the dots and I don't play so well without them.
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I, on the other hand, don't understand why folks don't make it a point not to depend on the dots. Depending on markers means one can't play in the dark or near dark. My first classical guitar, given to me at age 10 had dots, my first guitar without markers, I acquired at age 23. I don't recall any difficulty in adapting to the unmarked fretboard but then I had, on occasion, played in the dark. Those few occasions were enough to free me from dependency on makers.
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I'm confident they don't care but that wasn't the point.
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so rather than beat myself up, i decided to mark the seventh fret. |
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Everyone should do what is best for them. My point is that it is preferable not to be dependent on fretboard markings and that it takes little effort to overcome that dependency. |
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Sarcasm, Bern.
Ok so seriously then ... classical guitar is steeped in tradition. From purists / traditionalists, the thought is that you should not be looking at the neck but rather feeling from the sound. Like it or not, that's the thought. Suffice to say, just the way you hold the classical makes dots on top of the fretboard itself useless anyway. At the end of the day, if you want to go with dots, use dots. Nothing will explode.
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Also, as for not looking at the fretboard while playing, I've seen videos of Segovia in which he stares at it constantly. -Bob |
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As Waddy has alluded to, permanent dots can be added in minutes. I normally use 2mm MOP gold dots from LMI, I have used the bases of worn drill bits.
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i really wanted to avoid the dot at the 7th, but recently i gave up. for this piece, a slide up or down a fret sounds just awful to my ears. |
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To prove a point ? Waste time for something unnecessary ? I'd rather put a little effort into other things. If guitar players need to look at the fretboard that doesn't bother me at all...it meaningless.
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It is my opinion that it isn't pointless to overcome dependency on fretboard markers and that the small effort and short time it takes to learn to play without them is not wasted. So we have opinions that are at odds but as I said earlier, ultimately, everyone should do what works best for them.
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