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at_leo_87
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RE: recovering hands (in reply to at_leo_87)
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hey guys, thanks for the help! i took a day off yesterday and feels much better already but im playing it safe and plan to take it easy for the rest of the week. i'll have to find something else to work on it in the meantime. lately, i've been practicing everything without a capo. i may be using more force than necessary to play cleanly. i'll have to watch out for this. thanks for reminding me. my individual practice time is four hours long then i have group practices, performances, etc. i wasn't feeling any pain until i started playing for dance classes again, which is now larger and im still playing unamplified. my right index only really bothers me when i do the flicking motion of a rasgueao. do you guys think it's excessive force as mark suggested? does my finger just need to get stronger? should i get an amp? as for sitting position, i'll try to look for tension but the only time i feel uncomfortable is when my leg or ass goes numb. i do strength training and stretching as akatune suggested and it really helps, i feel. i dont think strength training makes you slow either. i'm going to keep away from the guitar, try some of the heating methods suggested, eat some healthy food, and hopefully in a few days, i'll be able to "just play the damn guitar"
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Date Aug. 10 2010 14:57:46
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at_leo_87
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RE: recovering hands (in reply to mark indigo)
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from what little i know of it, flamenco history is littered with cases of guitarists straining fingers and being unable to play, or unable to play all techniques (a common one seems to have been straining the a finger and unable to play arpegios) the cause being overly forcing rasgeo playing for dance/tablao cuadro unamplified i read that PDL's dad wouldn't let him play in tablao's when he was young 'cos he didn't want him straining his hands playing unamplified ****! im not risking it. time to invest in some good amplification. thanks for the warning. you could have saved me a finger. quote:
one of the problems with "tension" is that it is almost imposible to "find" because it becomes habitual and familiar, it stops registering as a feeling, and we don't realise we are doing it, even to the extent that we don't feel "right" without it so how can i spot it? with a teacher? quote:
I don't want to be silly to offer you too much advise, because I know your playing is more advanced than mine. However, you should practice all your stuff without a capo. Every song I do I practice mostly without one, and sometimes with one. I throw on a capo more when I'mplaying for others. Playing without a capo strengthens the hands. hey man, everyone can learn something from somebody. i'll take every bit of info i can get. but i think you read me wrong. i practice WITHOUT a capo. when i play for others, i put it on, but i like practicing without because i don't want to become dependent on it which actually did happen at some point.
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