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| THE SITTING POSITION |
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| SITTING WITH YOUR GUITAR |
THE PROPER SITTING POSITION:
THE CURVE OF THE GUITAR RESTS OVER YOU LEG
YOUNGER OR SHORT PEOPLE NEED EITHER A SMALL CHAIR OR SOMETHING TO RAISE THEIR LEG SUPPORTING THE GUITAR.
YOU SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE IN THE CHAIR YOU ARE SITTING IN.
THERE SHOULD BE NO SPACE BETWEEN YOUR FOOT AND THE FLOOR
YOUR ARM SHOULD BE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE CURVE not in it!
THE FOREARM RESTS ON THE EDGE OF THE GUITAR JUST BELOW YOUR ELBOW
YOU SHOULD SCOOT BACK INTO THE CHAIR AND LEAN FORWARD SLIGHTLY |
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