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Welcome to the forum, I hope your medical issues resolve 100% and you have many many years to play classical guitar.
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Thank you. It was caught early, but stomach cancer can get tricky, hence the heavy guns. PET scan shows it is localized. I am doing everything the doctor tells me, and drastically readjusting my diet (less meat, better choices in meat, huge boost in good veggies, and almost total cutting of carbs). I plan on sticking around a bit- just bought a new guitar
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Lots of folks on this forum have had various chemo and radiation treatments. Side effects and severity are related the medications and dosages. There are some threads on this forum concerning some of the side effects. Here is one: Drug induced neuropathy https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=619234 There are lots of potential side effects. Talk to your oncologist and read about the side effects of the specific meds you are being given. That way you ( and your significant other)can be on the look out for them and start addressing them earlier rather than later. Again, I hope the best for you and your treatment. -Tom |
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Welcome and best wishes. Classical guitar is strong medicine. Look up Rob MacKillop on YouTube. He is a genius multi-instrumentalist and plays without nails. He has a video on why and how - the technique is a bit different and comes from lute playing, which is done without nails.
He can also lead you into Celtic music which is lovely and easier than full on classical to get you playing beautiful music quicker. I also suggest using tabs, tabulation notation rather than full notation. Again, much easier to get going promptly. Kindly let us know how it goes. - Stevo |
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Generally speaking that is the proper way to hold it. But if you are more comfortable at 35deg then go for it. It makes it easier on the wrist and frankly the whole body really. You don't have to reach out as far which would promote bad posture.
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The same doesn't apply to steel strings, you need some nails with steel. Google "guitar modern times pdf" and download that series. A lot of nice one-pagers in there for the impatient. |