{"id":479,"date":"2018-01-15T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T04:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2018-01-10T15:59:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T06:59:53","slug":"drone-strings-effect-for-frustrated-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/archives\/479","title":{"rendered":"Drone strings effect for frustrated beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"outline__1\">Relation between player\u2019s skills and length of notes<\/h2>\n<p>We sometimes realize some player\u2019s musical skills through some data on <strong>computer recording systems<\/strong> unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>Related it to a guitar, <strong>skilled players would make longer notes<\/strong> than beginners do even if they are playing the same notes.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, <strong>longer notes would sound like being played by skilled players<\/strong>\u00a0generally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/protools.jpeg\" alt=\"\u201cHD\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"outline__2\">\u00a0Sustaining function<\/h2>\n<p>Guitars can\u2019t keep sounding when players are changing chords as a <strong>structural problem of guitars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <strong>inevitable even professionals<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course they are able to deal with it as skilled players but frustrated beginners make choppy sound frequently.<\/p>\n<p>It would make them depressed when they practice hard.<\/p>\n<p>And then, <strong>they end up giving up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most important is to <strong>keep playing as much as they can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Actually Qactus has a special function to encourage beginners with longer sustain like skilled players do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/14fbdf59d8ec8665cd2882ed19844352-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Qactus \u30ab\u30af\u30bf\u30b9 \u30ae\u30bf\u30fc \u632b\u6298 \u521d\u5fc3\u8005 \u52b9\u679c\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"outline__3\">Qactus uses Drone Strings Effect for beginners<\/h2>\n<p>You know the instrument from India, called <strong>Sitar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-311\" src=\"http:\/\/qactus.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sitar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has many <strong>drone strings that players never touch while playing<\/strong> aside from regular strings.<\/p>\n<p>Why Sitar sounds sustaining so long and it\u2019s like never stop even when players push and leave strings to play?<\/p>\n<p>Because of <strong>drone strings effect<\/strong>. It keeps sounding with some notes which harmonize with the song.<\/p>\n<p>The guitar with Qactus would <strong>never stop sounding<\/strong> as long as you keep strumming because at least the 1st and 2nd strings will not be touched by players <strong>like drone strings of Sitar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like that <strong>being played by skilled player<\/strong> even if it was played by person without any previous experience on any musical instruments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"outline__4\">Sustainable practicing\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>It will not be good as a training tool <strong>if the function helps beginners too much<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However Qactus is a tool to <strong>save frustrated beginners as a last resort<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable practicing is the most important for them at least <strong>during the early training stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To keep playing for a long time unconsciously would be good and it would be great if it became <strong>their habit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If it comes true, then you will <strong>never give up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relation between player\u2019s skills and length of notes We sometimes realize some player\u2019s musical skills through some data on computer recording systems unexpectedly. 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