Extended Techniques for the Classical Guitar - Robert Lunn Composer

performer to use the finger pads and not use nails. The resulting sound will have less of
an attack.
Example 3.16 Tapping the body of the guitar in Sonata by Alberto Ginastera. 2 nd
Movement, “Scherzo,” measure 86.
Alberto Ginastera also uses tapping on the body of the guitar in his Sonata.
Ginastera states in the performance notes that the performer should “tap, on the sound
box with the knuckles.” 9
Example 3.17 Hitting various parts of the guitar in Royal Winter Music by Hans
Werner Henze. Movement 1, “Gloucester,” Measure 99.
Hans Werner Henze uses body percussion throughout his Royal Winter Music.
Henze notates the percussion on a different staff and labels three areas on the guitar that
should be used for the percussion. He uses A, B and C to label the spots. In the
9 Alberto Ginastera, Sonata for Guitar (London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1978), Unnumbered Performance
Notes.
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