The articular stabilization is an action known too as ‘fixation’ and it is quite common in the multiple actions that we carry out in everyday life, usually instinctively and unconsciously. In the guitar technique, fixation is normally understood as a biomechanical resource that implies the firm, circumstantial and controlled stabilization of one or more corporal articulations, sometimes consciously and deliberately, particularly during the preparation phase of a musical work. The Uruguayan guitarist Abel Carlevaro has adopted this concept as a fundament in his instrumental technique. In this paper we set out to investigate, mainly, the origin of voluntary fixations used in the classical guitar technique and the hypothetic influence of the methods with scientific argumentation for piano teaching, published during the first half of the 20th century, such as those of Otto Ortmann and Arnold Schultz in its development. We also investigate the pedagogical work of guitarists Abel Carlevaro and Charles Duncan related to this topic, and the scope they have had, in relation to the adoption of this concept by the international guitarist community.
Barceló Abeijón, R. (2020). The articular stabilization in guitar technique. The role of Abel Carlevaro. Revista Musical Chilena, 74(234), 68–86. Retrieved from https://revistaidiem.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/51179
