Definitions

Trance Guitar style is about exploring texture - no picks are used - only fingers and nails.

To start with - let's define how we'll be addressing the fingers:

This is the terminology I'll be using throughout this blog series -

Some other terms:

Le = left hand
Ri = right hand
Te = fingers
Na = nail
Nu = knuckle
Ru = rubbing
Ta = tapping

That's all for now as my little boy has just woken up and is climbing all over me - next post we'll start exploring techniques