How to do guitar cebilla: technique and exercises
The cebilla isn't a matter of force but of location and arm weight. A step by step technique, mistakes that turn it off and Fa's four-string exercise to a complete cebilla.
To make a cebilla is to step on several strings at once with an index stretched, just after the cut, while the other fingers form the rest of the chord. The key isn't the force: it's where you put the index (turned a little to his face and glued to his fringe), where his thumb goes (behind the mast, but not above) and use arm weight Instead of squeezing as a clamp.
Almost nobody gets them to sound clear in the first week and that's normal. Here's the step-by-step technique, the mistakes that turn it off, an exercise progression that goes from Fa to four-string to complete crockery, and the two forms that open the mast: Fa's and Si's bemol's.
To sum up
- The cebilla is made with the side of the index, attached to the frast, and with the flat yolk.
- The pressure goes out of his arm's weight, and his thumb isn't tighten.
- The index only really needs to step on the strings that other fingers do not cover.
- Start with Fa with four strings and practice complete seedling at scares 5 to 7 before you get down to 1.
- With Fa's shape (fundamental at the 6th string) and Si bemol's (fundamental at the 5th) you can play any chord greater or minor.
What's the cebilla and why you need it
At complete seedlingThe index covers the 6 strings at the same level. half crockerycover only some, for instance from first to third or first to fifth. With open chords you can play a lot but as soon as a song changes its tone, chords appear that can only be made with cebilla.
| Tonality | Acordes of Tonality | What's with cebilla? |
|---|---|---|
| C major | Do, Rem, Mim, Fa, Sol, Lam | Fa |
| G major | Sun, Lam, Sim, Do, Ree, Mim | Sim |
| D major | Ree, Mim, Fa, Mem, Sun, La, Sim | Fa ňm and Sim |
| A major | The, Sim, Do Mere, Ree, Mi, Fa Mer | Sim, Do Reg and Fa Reg |
That's why the cebilla usually signifies the passage from "I know some chords" to "I can play about any song." If you have to hold up the open chords, start with [basic guitar chords]](/blog/acordes-basicos-de-guitarra-para-principiantes).
The technique, step by step
- Put your thumb down. Put them after the mast, about at the height of the midfinger and about half of the mast. At open chords you can come up above them and at cebilla, no.
- Stretch the index onto the ropesThat's right after the bar at the parrot, and that's about half the space.
- Turn it a little to his faceThat part's firmer and more bone than the yolks and doesn't sink between the ropes.
- Check the end. At the complete seedling, the tipple of the index reaches just at the 6th string or stands out just from the edge of the mast.
- Finger up other fingers from chord, well arched.
- Use his arm's weight. Let his arm hang and carry his elbow gently back as if you wanted to get his mast closer to his body. That traction does more work than his thumb.
- He plays string by string. That's how you figure out what doesn't sound and you just put up with what's necessary.
The index doesn't have to step on everything.
At Fa with cebilla, fingers 2, 3 and 4 cover the 3rd, 4th and 5th string, so the index only have to really sound the 6th, 2nd and 1st. At Si bemol, only the 5th and 1st. To know this allows you to concentrate the pressure where necessary and to relax the rest.
Beware with the folds
The folds of the joints of the index are small gaps. If one falls right onto a string, that string sounds more and more tipsy. It goes a lot with the second or third string. The solution is to slide the index 1 or 2 millimeter up or down until the string remains under a firm part of the finger.
Fa and Si bemol: the two forms that open the mast
| Acorde | 6th Mi | 5th La | 4th Reg | 3ª Sun | 2nd If | First Mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fa (F) | 1 (c) | 3 (d3) | 3 (d4) | 2 (d2) | 1 (c) | 1 (c) |
| Fan (Fm) | 1 (c) | 3 (d3) | 3 (d4) | 1 (c) | 1 (c) | 1 (c) |
| If) (B) | x | 1 (c) | 3 (d2) | 3 (d3) | 3 (d4) | 1 (c) |
| If .m (B .m) | x | 1 (c) | 3 (d3) | 3 (d4) | 2 (d2) | 1 (c) |
Look at the forms: The Fa is an Mas major moved an upward cut with an index as a cebula and the Fam as a Mim and the Si as a La and the Si as a Lham. At the Si as, if your fingers do not fit at 3, you can step up the 4th, the 3rd and the 2nd string with a small cebilla of finger 3 and leave the first string aside.
| Traste | Fa form (fundamental at 6th) | The form of If) (fundamental at the 5th) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fa | Si♭ |
| 2 | Fa♯ | Si |
| 3 | Sol | Do |
| 5 | La | Re |
| 7 | Si | Mi |
| 8 | Do | Fa |
The same goes for minor versions: the famous Sim That's how if's how m at 3 (x-2-4-3-2) and the Fa ∞ m That's Fam's shape at 3 (2-4-4-2-2).
Progressive exercises, from four to six
Don't start with the complete cebilla at 1 Stretch: it's the place where it costs most. It puts up the difficulty from time to time and dedicates only about five minutes per session to these exercises and the rest of the practice goes with your songs.
- Fa with four strings. 4th string trast 3 (d3), 3d trast 2 (d2), and the index by passing second and 1st onto trast 1. It's a small half crockery and already teaches you how to support the finger's face.
- Fa with five strings. The same, but with finger 3 on fifth string 3 and finger 4 on 4th strand 3. Sounds more full and the index keeps passing only two strings.
- Index only at 3. Stretch the index onto the 6 strings and get them one by one. Fits them up till they all sound. Higher at the mast usually costs less than at 1.
- Reaping and releasing. With an index at Stretch 5, press just to sound for four times and loosen up another four, without pounding his finger from his strings. Ten repetitions. Training minimum pressure, and not force.
- Full form at Stretch 5. Do the Fa shape there: It's a The Major with an ebb (5-7-7-6 -5-5). When it sounds clear, put a cut down every few days until you get to Fa at 1.
- Changes with a methonome. Do a Fa and Lam a Fa with four hits by chord and the [metronomic]](/herramientas/metronomo) a 60. Then, the progression re - La - Sim - Sol, that uses the other form.
Why doesn't that sound bad to you: common mistakes
| Symptoms | probable cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The second or third string sounds off | Fell into an index fold | Slide the index a little and turn to his side |
| Fingering in several strings | The index's far from fringe. | Put him closer to the bar of the parrot. |
| The 6th string doesn't sound | The tiptoe of the index doesn't come or's loose | Expand the index till the tip reaches 6th |
| It hurts the thumb's base | Stretch as clamp | Relax your thumb and use your arm weight |
| The chord sounds out of tune | Overtighten or push the strings to one end | Search for minimum pressure with tipping and tipping exercise |
| The wrist's quite bent. | Fingerwork with a low body or guitar | Just put his elbow up and put his mast up. |
Patience: how to avoid giving up with the cebilla
The cebilla takes a while to get out, and doesn't advance straight up: there are days at which it sounds and some at which it doesn't. It's normal. how long it takes to learn guitar We count on what stage they usually appear at.
- A little and after: five minutes of cebilla daily give up more than half an hour a single day.
- Keep playing songs with the Fa's simplified version while the complete cebilla matures.
- At an electrical guitar, the cebilla costs less for thin ropes and at a classical level, the mast is bigger but nylon strings are more soft.
- If a cebilla chord holds you back with a song, use the poop to change your tone and continue to play and the cebilla works with you.
- If you feel pain in your wrist or forearm, stop. That pain isn't part of the process.
A [acoustic guitar] teacher](/clases/guitarra-acustica) or [electrical guitar]](/clases/guitarra-electrica) See if the problem is his index, thumb, elbow or guitar, something that can be found out by itself for weeks.
Frequently asked questions
Can Fa be touched with no cebbling?
Yeah. The four-string version (index at first and second string, cut 1, finger 2 at third, cut 2, finger 3 at 4th, cut 3) works in about any song. Also you can put a poop at first and make the form of My Major: it sounds as Fa.
What's half an eyebrow?
That's when the index pits only some strings at the same cut, but not 6. The Fa in four strings is a small example and another common one is to peter from the first to the fifth string at the concurrently with the form of Si bemol. It's a good intermediate step before the complete seedling.
Do we have to have a great deal of finger strength for his eyebrow?
What's more bad about the index's position, that the thumb doesn't tighten and that you wear the arm's weight. With the well-placed technique, the pressure that's necessary is quite lower than that that a beginner uses as his or her gut tightens.
Is it normal for me to have an index finger pain while I have an eyebrow?
A nuisance at the index's side at first is common. Pain at the wrist, forearm or thumb base isn't: it usually indicates that you tighten as a clamp. Rest, check the technique with your teacher and, if pain persists, consult a health care professional.