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Billy Lockerby of beautiful Madison, Wisconsin writes...

"Dear Jason - thanks for all the awesome images of guitar faces. It has really inspired me to work on my own guitar face. Do you have any tips on what to practice"


Thanks for the question Billy! I'll let Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap answer that one.
You may remember Nigel as the man who proved irrefutably that 11 is, in fact, louder than 10 on your amplifier.

Here is a snip of an article from Guitar World, as found at the Spinal Tap Fan website, where Nigel demonstrates his awesome Guitar Face technique...
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GW: What about intonation and rhythmic synchronization?
TUFNEL: Well, I suppose you could practice it, but I don't. It just developed naturally — sort of like a rash. If you wake up in the morning and you feel, "Oh hell, this is itching!" You lower your trousers, you look down and you say, "Oh hell, it's a rash, isn't it?!" You don't practice a rash, you just let it evolve and grow and spread. This is really very much like that.
GW: Could you demonstrate the most important elements of the idea?
TUFNEL: Sure. First, we'll show hand, then mouth, then both together. For example, this would be the first note [Photo A] and this would be my mouth's first note [Photo B]. Together they are.. .[Photo C]. See? This is the hand and mouth position for the third note [Photos D and E]. Next, the combination [Photo F]. The tough one, of course, is the high E. The kids probably shouldn't try to do this one without some sort of warmup. I recommend a bowl of hot porridge or a tankard of steaming Ovaltine.

A	B	C
D	E	F
G	H

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