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getsemani

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Joined: Sep. 11 2010
From: USA california

Technique training

I'm a beginner. For technique, I warm up with the escala cromatica, then i do arpeggio i/m/i/m/a, 4 and 5 finger tremolo, some alzapua, rasgueos, and ligado.

I want to be sure I am doing the correct exercises that will help me advance as quickly as possible. What some of you guys would recommend for improving technique?

Thanks.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 7 2011 14:08:21

gaash

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Joined: Jul. 29 2011

RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

I've found what works for me is to focus on the techniques that give you difficulty and not fall into the trap of repeating over and over the exercises that are easy. Try a few of the standard things like you are doing and then isolate which exercises give you the most difficulty.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 7 2011 15:18:18

gounaro

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From: Athens, Hellas

RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

Start with pulgar and leave tremolo for later...

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Ricardo

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RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

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ORIGINAL: getsemani

I'm a beginner. For technique, I warm up with the escala cromatica, then i do arpeggio i/m/i/m/a, 4 and 5 finger tremolo, some alzapua, rasgueos, and ligado.

I want to be sure I am doing the correct exercises that will help me advance as quickly as possible. What some of you guys would recommend for improving technique?

Thanks.

None of the technique practice really matters unless you are focusing on Compas. And I don't mean counting beats or playing rhythm guitar, I mean ALL your techniques need to be expressing clear and even rhythms in some form.

Ricardo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 7 2011 22:01:25

getsemani

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Joined: Sep. 11 2010
From: USA california

RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

¿Alguién podría ayudarme más?

¿Cómo practican ustedes la técnica?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2011 16:12:22

odinz

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Joined: May 26 2010
From: Sarpsborg,Norway

RE: Technique training (in reply to Ricardo)

I practice technique by playing in different forms, I dont really do it separately for one technique anymore, i found this to work better for me, because then you start applying the technique right away while you practice together with others.

Before I started this type of thing i would mess up compas alot because changing between techniques was a problem for me.

From a classical background this wouldnt matter as much as in flamenco, where compas is king, I wonder why flamenco has to be so hard

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 8 2011 16:32:34

Ricardo

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RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

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ORIGINAL: getsemani

¿Alguién podría ayudarme más?

¿Cómo practican ustedes la técnica?

como asi:

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2011 0:31:49

getsemani

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From: USA california

RE: Technique training (in reply to getsemani)

gracias por sus respuestas

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 9 2011 15:50:27

Pablito

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From: Long Island NY

RE: Technique training (in reply to Ricardo)

Ricardo, you use this method for virtually all falsettas you learn?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 10 2011 2:33:37

rogeliocan

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Ricardo

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RE: Technique training (in reply to Pablito)

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Ricardo, you use this method for virtually all falsettas you learn?

All or any music really

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 11 2011 13:37:51

getsemani

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From: USA california

RE: Technique training (in reply to rogeliocan)

This was extremely helpful. Thank you. My teacher is taking a break and here in Rio de Janeiro there isn't a huge flamenco community, but I'm going to try to work with videos in the mean time. By the way, do you have any of your own videos posted online?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 11 2011 17:36:53

FredSanford

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RE: Technique training (in reply to Ricardo)

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Ricardo, you use this method for virtually all falsettas you learn?

All or any music really

You mean you don't just keep playing the entire falseta over and over with mistakes and wait for it to get better after 3000 times?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 12 2011 2:46:43

Ricardo

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RE: Technique training (in reply to FredSanford)

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ORIGINAL: FredSanford

quote:

Ricardo, you use this method for virtually all falsettas you learn?

All or any music really

You mean you don't just keep playing the entire falseta over and over with mistakes and wait for it to get better after 3000 times?

Look, with my method you should just practice 8 minutes a day, 1 falseta a day. In 5 days you will have an entire piece. Imagine all the free time you will to surf the net, go to the store, maybe go to the POST OFFICE, buy some strings, go to home depot to get glue for a busted headstock, etc etc....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 13 2011 20:19:26