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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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Posts: 8,328
11/23/2022 12:07 pm
#1 Originally Posted by: Mathew Bulldog Jones

Hello eveyone


 I am new to guitar playing and have an issue holding imy guitar in my lap properly. When I play, my guitar wants to slides backwards in my lap and I wind up strumming over the fret board instead of over the sound hole, Any advice to prevent this?

manXcat & john of MT are exactly right:  use a strap.  That's what it's for.  The other option is to play classica style with a foot rest.


https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/14819


Hope that helps!


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