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RE: RELAX ! (in reply to Thomas Whiteley)
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Yea I'm 6'1" and it took me a while to figure out how to play with my arm on the guitar with no footstools and in regular flamenco position. I had my arm raised before that and it can cause tension and can be exhasuting. What I did was try to play more in the claw position with my palm closer to the strings. This way I can rest my arm on the guitar and for the most part my wrist is pretty much straight. This is the feeling that I think many flamencos have as well and you can get a lot of power and accuacy out of that position. Good luck!
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Date Nov. 13 2005 7:24:41
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gerundino63
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RE: RELAX ! (in reply to Skai)
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Hi Koella, A frend of mine, Otto, who studied at the concervatory in Rotterdam, maybe you know him. He have a "hight"problem too. He solved it with a little cusion under his right arm. Here you can see him use the cusion, scroll down.. http://plasencia.web-log.nl/categorie/173604 If you want I can contact you with him, he lives is Holland. The cusion he made himself, it is not for sale, but i am sure he will help yo making it. P.S. The site Otto Have is interesting to flamenco afficionados too, so take a look, and http://plasencia.web-log.nl/ listen
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Date Nov. 13 2005 10:05:51
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: RELAX ! (in reply to koella)
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My take is that you need to listen to everyone and try everything. For a long time, I tried to play like Paco because I thought it looked cool (I still do), but it doesn't work too well for me. I switched to the classical position recently, and it seems to help me a lot. ONe thing I don't understand is how the footstool on the right leg would help someone with long arms? It seems to me that the classical position, with the guitar lower, would give you more space. After all, the guitar is further away from the shoulder in this position. Also keep in mind that your arm can act as a class I or II lever while resting (at least that's what Iznaola said). If you rest the arm near the elbow, the hand will tend to fall toward the strings. If you rest it closer to the hand, then it will tend to fly up. In the latter position, you will need to expend more energy, some of that from the shoulder probably, to keep it in position. In classical guitar circles, Aaron Shearer has preached that you should keep the wrists generally straight when playing. This is supposed to help avoid carpal tunnell syndrome. So it is trendy to do this right now, and it happens that I more or less play this way. But in the history of the guitar, probably 99% of the great players have played with a pretty bent wrist, so I don't think it should be considered more than one of many options. I think you should let the sound guide you, because you are a musician after all, and then try to get your body to do this in as comfortable way as possible.
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Date Nov. 13 2005 16:28:45
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: RELAX ! (in reply to koella)
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ORIGINAL: koella So how am I to hold my guitar still then? This is one of the essential difficulties that must be explored and mastered--movement vs. stability. You need the freedom to quickly and sensitively raise and lower the position of your hand, but you also need to keep the guitar from flying. Personally, since I play in the classical position, I always keep the forearm touching the soundboard for stability, even in fast scales. You can play very quickly this way, I don't think it puts any sort of ceiling on your speed. On the other hand, a good practice technique is to hold the guitar upright by holding on with the LH, and disassociating the right arm from the soundboard, and going up and down. You get a bit of the feeling you will need to move freely. In fact, I think it is always a good idea to isolate the different parts and try them out, only bringing them together when the individual movement is mastered.
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Date Nov. 18 2005 19:39:09
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