Dystonia Instrument
Guitar
This class has been designed by Dr. Farias to help guitar players affected by Musicians’ focal hand dystonia to recover their ability to play their instruments.
This program of exercises includes the exercises for right and left hand. No matter if your diagnosis has been right hand or left hand dystonia, we recommend that you practice the exercises suggested for both hands in order to obtain the best results and avoid mirroring of your tension.
This class includes exercises to recover different technical skills to play different styles such as Classical, Flamenco, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Bluegrass, Folk, Celtic and different techniques such as finger picking, picking, rasgeado, etc.
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Guitar
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Foundations. Posture
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Foundations. Chords
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Foundations. Chords II
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Foundations. Arpeggios I
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Foundations. Arpeggios II
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Foundations. Alternations
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Playing with a pick I
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Thumb control
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Arpeggios III and left hand exercises
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Arpeggios IV
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Pick control
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Tremolo
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Pick control II
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Master exercise for the left hand
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Rasgueados
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Masterclass on guitar and dystonia with Fernando Perez: Knuckles explained and “the dystonic finger”
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Infinite patience, immediate results
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Fingers reactions
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The underestimated importance of finger relaxation
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The necessity of breaking down any given exercise
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Independence of thumb and fingers
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Full daily practice routine layout
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Examples of applying the training in different guitars and music styles
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Bared fingers vs using fingerpicks
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Organisation of an efficient training routine
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Keeping Positiveness. Visualising your better self
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Developing arpegios
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Developing picado
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From exercise to music
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