Guitar Technique Rating - GTR

The GTR helps music therapists objectively monitor their guitar skills and navigate a path to the next level..

Guitar Technique

Guitar technique is chunked into modular techniques that can then be combined in various configurations to create a variety of effects on the guitar. These techniques are distilled into 7 key skills across the 2 hands.

Hands

The left and right hands have a very different relationship on the guitar compared to the piano. On the piano, these hands are typically divided across bass and treble. On the guitar, the dominant and non-dominant hand navigate a very different relationship.

Voicing Hand

The non-dominant hand os referred to as Voicing Hand as it determines which notes are played, and how the notes and chords are voiced. Note, the fingers use a different numbering system to the piano. The Thumb is referred to as T, Index as 1, tall finger as 2, ring finger as 3 and the pinky as 4.

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Expression Hand

The dominant hand is referred to as the Expression Hand as it determines when these notes are played, and also how they are played.