where should I put my right Arm?

aoi

Im playing a few month gypsy guitar,,but I can get nice form,,if someone know about right arm position,please let me know.
Arm put on side guitar? or arm should put on from end pin side??
sorry my poor english.

MichaelHorowitz

Hi Aoi,

Your arm should rest on the lower bout of the guitar. You should make contact close to your elbow.

They Gypsy Picking book has photos of arm and hand positions:

Gypsy
Picking

makabey

Michael Horowitz wrote:

Hi Aoi,

Your arm should rest on the lower bout of the guitar. You should make contact close to your elbow.

So, you are not resting your upper arm on the side of the corpus, Michael? As far as I've watched gypsy players, I thought they would often rest their upper arm on the body of their guitar.

MichaelHorowitz

makabey wrote:

So, you are not resting your upper arm on the side of the corpus, Michael? As far as I've watched gypsy players, I thought they would often rest their upper arm on the body of their guitar.

Yes, I am resting my arm on the lower bout.