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I've been playing for awhile and I'm working on getting more fluent with picado.
An issue I'm having is that especially on the bass strings, when I play picado fast I get unwanted noise. I don't have this problem with descents, which I can play much faster with a clean sound.
I'm working on playing slow and noiselessly but also experimenting with flattening the fingers on my left hand to damp the noise... a thing electric guitarists do. I don't want to go down this road if this finger flattening is going to become a bad habit though.
Any insights on the most fruitful approach to working this out?
I've been playing for awhile and I'm working on getting more fluent with picado.
An issue I'm having is that especially on the bass strings, when I play picado fast I get unwanted noise. I don't have this problem with descents, which I can play much faster with a clean sound.
I'm working on playing slow and noiselessly but also experimenting with flattening the fingers on my left hand to damp the noise... a thing electric guitarists do. I don't want to go down this road if this finger flattening is going to become a bad habit though.
Any insights on the most fruitful approach to working this out?
but not when you play slow? In that case you need to slow down and work on accuracy. Otherwise, it could be your anlge of attack. I hear some classical players that play with a straight wrist get a "zip" sound on the basses. That can be avoided by attacking the strings more straight on with the nails, by bending the wrist to the side a little.
but not when you play slow? In that case you need to slow down and work on accuracy. Otherwise, it could be your anlge of attack. I hear some classical players that play with a straight wrist get a "zip" sound on the basses. That can be avoided by attacking the strings more straight on with the nails, by bending the wrist to the side a little.
I am glad you wrote that; recently, more than ever, I feel the need to adjust my nails angle whenever shifting from Trebles to Basses, and I was afraid I was doing something completely unorthodox and counterproductive.
It seems that the shape of nails that works for Trebles is not what works for Basses. Changing the angle by twisting the wrist is better than stopping to file one's nails between runs
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