July 14, 201510 yr Hello, I'm writing a piece for two electric guitars and have encountered some things that I'm not sure have a standard way to notate them, so I thought I would get people's thoughts on what would be best. 1. The piece is played primarily with picks, but occasionally I want to specify that a certain chord is played with fingers, or with pick and fingers together - should I just write "with fingers" each time and then "with pick" when it goes back to using a pick? 2. Palm mute - I was thinking of just writing "p.m." followed by "ord." when it gets back to normal (and having a performance note at the beginning saying "p.m. = palm mute"). How does that sound? Are there any 'standard' ways to notate those things?
July 16, 201510 yr There are some examples of palm mute notation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_mute And here's a good chart of all sorts of guitar notation that you might find helpful: http://www.frankgambale.com/guitar_notation_legend.pdf (I play clawhammer banjo, so no picks for me. Can't answer that one for you.) (:
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