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You could add some trills for variety on repeated sections. Not too much, just enough to break the monotony and give the song some variation and build anticipation. A slowing of the tempo to draw attention to key points can also make pieces like this come alive.
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You could vary how you break the sections into phrases. The limiting cases would be to play the entire phrase staccato and then play it legato, but you could also make similar variations in the interior of the section.
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I honestly didn't know the answer to this question (for myself) until I was much more experienced with the guitar. If you are a young teenager for example you probably won't notice the difference too much, because you're just so happy to be making cool sounds with a cool instrument. But an adult beginner can get quickly frustrated if the instrument is just ...
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On a purely practical level, I would suggest having another guitar player play the guitar - preferably someone with some experience playing nylon string guitar, but any acoustic guitar player will do. If you have a friend who plays guitar fairly well that's perfect - have your friend check the guitar out for you.
Failing that, you could take a guitar ...
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Proper adjustments over time will never hurt an instrument, and may indeed make them play better and last longer. Each instrument needs to be set up from time to time, and someone who really knows what their doing and can "read" what the wood does or may do over a course of a year will provide a great instrument no matter what original condition or price ...
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My first move would be take it back to the supplier.There are many reasons for your problem,as explained above, with the addition of a split in the woodwork. For $200 it should be pretty good, but some Chinese stuff is below par. You need to be more specific about the noise : does it happen ALL the time, is it on ...
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The noise could be coming from almost anything: a loose pickguard, a loose strap button, something in one of the tuners, etc. Most likely though, you are hearing string buzz which is caused by the string vibrating against a fret somewhere along the neck. There are many ways to fix the buzz. Usually having the action set properly will fix it. In extreme ...
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