Fight "Six" with jamming on the guitar

Any guitar fight is a certain rhythm and pattern that is created by striking the right hand. At the same time, the use of percussion playing techniques improves and complements any rhythm. In this case, striking the strings is interspersed with striking the body of the guitar. This technique both sounds and looks pretty impressive.

In this article we will talk about such a common guitar pattern as the "Six" rhythm.

Fight "Six" is used quite often, and any advanced guitarist should have a similar technique in his arsenal.

Complicated version of "Six" - combat using jamming techniques. It should be noted that the “Six” rhythm on the guitar is a complicated version of the “Four”.

"Six" with jamming on the guitar is considered a variety show, as it is often used by musicians on stage. In general, as mentioned above, the battle is played with muffled sound and cleanly. Let's take a look at the basic notation used when playing such a fight, so:

• ↑ (up arrow) - this is how the blow from the bottom up is indicated;

• ↓ (down arrow) - this is how a blow from top to bottom is indicated;

• P - thumb blow;

• i - forefinger strike.

It should be emphasized that the "Six" guitar battle is very often used in the songs of Russian rock bands such as "Spleen", "Mumiy Troll" and many others.

Fighting is the most common way to accompany singing. The "Six" fighting technique is strikes with a pick or fingertips. The left hand plays this or that chord at this moment.

To begin with, let's talk about a simpler type of battle, without muffling the sound.In this case, instead of muffling the chord, it is played by hitting it from top to bottom.

In this case, the sequence, which is depicted schematically by arrows, looks like this: ↓↓ ↑↑ ↓↓.

In general, the fight "Six" is played rhythmically and quickly. It must be said that when studying the "Six" battle, at first it is better to master the option well without a stub, and then to introduce this element.

Let's discuss the fighting technique and movement required to make it sound right. To begin with, let's show on the diagram how exactly the battle "Six" with jamming is played: ↓ × ↑↑ × ↑.

The first movement is to hit the guitar strings with your thumb from top to bottom. In this case, we do not touch the 6th string. Then we make a plug - the second movement. The strings are muffled with the edge of the palm, immediately after they begin to sound. It is rather difficult to describe this in words, it is better to learn it in practice.

Correct hand placement and seating position is an important aspect to learn from the beginning when playing guitar. There are several ways to hold the guitar, let's take a look at each of them.

The first is sitting cross-legged. This simulates a footrest due to this arrangement. The second is the usual posture with the guitar on the thigh of the right leg (if you are right-handed, respectively).

And finally, this is the classic position when the guitar is between your legs and its notch in the deck rests on your left leg (if you are right-handed). And also the classic position is possible with a support for the left leg.

To hold your guitar correctly while playing, you need to sit in a comfortable chair and not slouch. And also the location of the guitar should be such that its neck is always above the level of the deck.

To properly learn how to play a muting combat pattern, frequent training is required. If at first it does not work out correctly, try to divide the sequence into 2 parts, study them separately, and then combine them entirely. When setting up a fight, it is important that the extracted sound is without rattling. And also, at first, it is faster to learn how to play this fight without jamming, and when the main points are learned, you can attach sound jamming.

As mentioned earlier, muting strings is a dull blow with your fingers or the edge of your hand on the strings. The technique allows you to make the drawing more vivid and expressive. Let's describe one of the options for creating a muffled sound. To do this, you need to hit the strings with your nails. In this case, the thumb, along with the blow with the nails, muffles all the strings at the same moment.

Watch the video about the game "Six" with jamming.