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- What is the free stroke and rest stroke on the classical guitar?
- What string is playing when a rest stroke the finger lands on?
What is the free stroke and rest stroke on the classical guitar?
Playing the guitar with the right hand involves two types of strokes: the free stroke and the rest stroke. In free stroke the finger plays the string and then flies free. In rest stroke the finger plays a string and lands on the string behind it coming to rest on that string.
What string is playing when a rest stroke the finger lands on?
To play rest stroke, push your finger through the string and fall gently on the adjacent string. For instance, to play rest stroke on the first string, you would push through the first string then fall onto the second string after you push through the 1st.
