The music comes first.

Playing is more than a hand movement.

A musical phrase can involve the fingers, hands, arms and body — but also timing, sound, expectation, touch, balance, attention, confidence, the instrument and musical intention.

Changing one part of that relationship can change the whole experience. WIDE is interested in those relationships.

The musical result matters.

There may be many physical ways of producing the same note, phrase or musical intention. That abundance is valuable.

Difficulty can arise when the available repertoire becomes narrower and a player becomes increasingly dependent upon one solution.

WIDE Music explores whether more of that repertoire can remain available while keeping the musical task meaningful.

Not a posture corrector.

WIDE does not have an ideal guitar posture waiting to impose on every player.

Nor does it assume that making a movement look more conventional will make somebody play better.

What helps this musician continue to make the music they intend to make?

Stay with or explore.

Sometimes the useful thing may be to stay closely with the musician's existing experience. At another moment it may be useful to explore something different.

The response matters more than the invitation.

If something helps, WIDE can stay with it. If it does not, WIDE does not need to insist.

Guitar is an important early development area.

Playing places unusually rich demands on the relationship between musician, instrument, sound and movement.

That makes it a useful environment in which to explore adaptability. But the underlying idea is broader than guitar.

Musical intention first. More ways to keep making the music.