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1、FINGERSTYLEGUITARNEWDIMENSIONS&EXPLORATIONSVolumeTwobyMarkHumphrey“OnthebiggestdayinmyearlylifemymothertookmeintoKnoxville.ThereIsawablindmanplayingaguitaronthestreet.Icanstillseehim,withthatold,beat-upguitarandatincuptiedclosetothepegs.Icanevenhearthecoinsdropintothecup.Whenwegothom
2、e,ItoldMother,‘IwishIwasblindandhadaguitar.’That’showmuchIwantedtoplay.”-ChetAtkinswithBillNeely,fromCountryGentleman(1974,BallantineBooks,NewYork).“...sonorityanditsinfiniteshadingsarenottheresultofstubbornwillpowerbutspringfromtheinnateexcellenceofthespirit.”-AndresSegovia,prefacet
3、oDiatonicMajorandMinorScales(1953,ColumbiaMusicCo.,Washington,D.C.).“Ibelievethattheguitarhasaparticularcharacter:soft,harmonious,melancholy;sometimesitbordersonthemajestic...Ontheotherhanditoffersadelicatecharm,anditssoundsarecapableofbeingmodifiedandcombinedsoastogiveitaverymysteri
4、ouscharacter...Ofalltheinstrumentsinusetoday,itmaybethebestmeansofsuggestingtheillusionofanorchestrainminiature,withitsvariouseffects.”-DionisioAguado(1784-1849),pioneeringclassicalguitarist,inhisNuevometodoparaguitarra(Paris,c.1846)“Guitarandlutearetheonlyinstrumentsinwhichthefinger
5、tipsofbothhandsareinimmediatecontactwiththesoundingstringsandproducethetone—asopposedtotheviolin,forexample,whereabowdoeshalfthework,orapiano,whosehammersintervenebetweenplayerandstrings.”-FredericV.Grunfeld,TheArtandTimesoftheGuitar(1974,DaCapoPress,NewYork).Therearethousandsoffinge
6、rsaroundtheworldatthisverymomentplayingguitars.Themoversofthesemanydigitsarevari-ouslycelebratedandobscure,butallareengagedinanactwhich,inanageofincreasinglypassiveentertainment,maybeseenasslightlysubversive:theyareactivelyentertainingthemselves.Granted,afewareentertainingothers,too,
7、andmayevendoitwellenoughtoearnalivelihood.Theseexceptionalindividualsrepresentaneliteminor-ity.Mostofuswhoplayguitar2Ourmotivationsareasmultipleasourfingers.Perhapsitisthetactilityoftheinstrument,asGrunfeldsuggests,whichengagesmanyofus,whileforothersitmaybethechallengeofconductingwha
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