{"id":1539,"date":"2018-01-25T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2018-06-29T07:13:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T22:13:16","slug":"what-brings-beginners-through-practicing-with-only-one-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/archives\/1539","title":{"rendered":"What is the benefit of practicing with only one finger?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Qactus is not a cheating toy to make guitars easier to play<\/h2>\n

People who don\u2019t know about Qactus well misunderstand that it\u2019s a cheating toy but it\u2019s not.
\nThis blog mentions about practicing with only one finger on Qactus.
\nPlease take a look.<\/p>\n

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These are some common chords.
\nBeginners who are still in the early stages of learning how to play the guitar will not be able to play chords properly even though it\u2019s quite easy for skillful players.<\/p>\n

Trouble in pressing chords for beginners<\/h2>\n

Beginners try to put their fingers (following what is on the diagram) to make better sounds but it\u2019s so hard because they don\u2019t have enough skill yet.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why about 80 to 90% of beginners give up in the early stage.
\nWe need to do something about this problem.<\/p>\n

As an example, let’s simulate Qactus.<\/p>\n

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Those two chords are in a state that beginners are allowed to press with only one finger.
\nAnyone can do it like using a smartphone with only one finger. <\/p>\n

It seems like the beginner\u2019s problem has been solved but it doesn\u2019t mean that playing the guitar will become easier.
\nPlaying guitar will never be easy because players basically need to make the sound of music with just some steel wires and a chunk of wood, called GUITAR.<\/p>\n

Skillful players can make awesome sounds in music even if it is with only one string.
\nIt means, even Qactus can\u2019t make guitar easy to play, but some risks were just removed against giving up.<\/p>\n

Qactus is meant for all beginners to overcome challenges if we change the order of the practicing process.
\nBeginners can improve pressing chords little by little during the practice of strumming.<\/p>\n

We believe that playing the guitar is really fun even if it\u2019s not easy.
\nYou should get what it means if you are skillful player already.<\/p>\n

chord forms between general and Qactus<\/h2>\n

Some people will think that beginners need to relearn chord forms when they have graduated from Qactus.
\nMany people misunderstand because of too many inaccurate information especially found online.<\/p>\n

It’s not worth giving up your interest in playing the guitar if you confuse yourself with all that information and techniques.
\nLet\u2019s take a look. <\/p>\n

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This is a general form of G chord.
\nOn the other hand, Qactus form is…<\/p>\n

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Look at the picture above.
\nFocus on an important point here.
\nThe dot is just one of them, right?<\/p>\n

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\nThen, let\u2019s check another one named C chord.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Qactus form is…<\/p>\n

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You can see that the dot is also just one of them.<\/p>\n

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\nIt just shows that Qactus is a part of the way to improve chord forms.
\nBeginners don\u2019t need to relearn other forms when you graduated Qactus as you can see.
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Why Qactus clings to a view of only one finger?<\/h2>\n

There might be some people who think this doesn’t make sense.
\nWe are going to find out why Qactus holds on to the belief that using only one finger to play is possible.<\/p>\n

The developer of Qactus has been saving over thousands of people who were going to give up playing the guitar.
\nMany of them have been rescued because of special tips.<\/p>\n

Basically, beginners always try to press all points of each chord at the same time.
\nAnd then, they made the dissonances like that you know.<\/p>\n

Beginners can\u2019t make chord forms properly because they don’t know that they should focus on specific fingers.<\/p>\n

Almost all of them have overcome the difficulty after they have learned about it.
\nIt helps to construct chord forms as a prop like buildings.<\/p>\n

However, no one needs to think about the specific fingers as long as they are using Qactus.
\nThe helpful tip will reside in your fingers unconsciously if you play guitar on Qactus.<\/p>\n

If an early beginner tries these chords…<\/p>\n

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…dissonances can occur because those positions might not be pressed properly.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if another beginner who has the helpful tip(PROP FINGER) tries these chords…<\/p>\n

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He can just focus on constructing these chord forms because he got used to pressing the red dots through his training with Qactus.<\/p>\n

The great thing is that they overcame this difficulty without any teachers, but just with the use of Qactus.
\nThis has been properly validated on field tests.<\/p>\n

It goes to show that Qactus is the teaching method that can save beginners from giving up playing the guitar in the early stages of learning.<\/p>\n

If you still think that it\u2019s a cheating toy, maybe you still believe that the most difficult and important thing to playing the guitar is pressing the chords.<\/p>\n

Skilled guitar players already know that strumming is much more difficult and important.
\nNo one says that \u201cEric Clapton\u2019s technique to press the F chord is great\u201d, right?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s keep that in mind.
\nPlayers basically need to make the sound of music with just some steel wires and a chunk of wood, called a GUITAR.
\nSkillful players can make awesome sounds in music even if it is with only one string.<\/p>\n

We believe that playing guitar is really fun because it\u2019s not easy.
\nAnyone can play the guitar as long as you can find which method of learning suits you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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