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Ricardo
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RE: 3 finger picado (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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ORIGINAL: Andy Culpepper It's definitely not cheating, and I think the "hard to coordinate" part is probably just because you didn't start that way in the beginning. Typically you're playing 3 notes on a string more often than 2 so it actually makes more sense in a way. I guess the problem is just getting the A finger strong enough to match the other two in tone. I've been experimenting with AI picado because I decided my M finger is just too long to cooperate. The AI can play great picado but it doesn't have much aire. Look, I hear different opinions about what is or is not cheating or difficult to coordinate, but it's pretty much black and white. I have students that I allow to "scratch the dog" type strum to produce a specific rhythm. That would be medium fast up and down controlled strumming with the entire hand or index finger, to produce a rhythm that I am trying to get them to do with amii, or whatever. The reason is because it is simply easier to do up down up down with the hand or a single finger, than to coordinate the same exact rhythm with a complex 3 or more finger pattern. Once the sound is heard and internalized, then getting the fingers to reproduce the same rhythm is a little easier to understand for some students. The sound in the end becomes what it's about, which is why it's not a substitute for making a certain rhythm. We don't let a student bypass doing rasgueados because they are "hard to coordinate", when down up strum is making the same rhythms. On the flip side, there is a time and place for a very strong, loud and fast up and down entire hand strum that most of us confront speed limitation on. Needing THAT sound and energy and substituting it with fingers or abanico (p a I , or other) say, because we just can't make it happen at tempo, is no good. It's kind of weak or at least not the right energy or sound needed, though the speed is no problem. It would be "cheating" on the true intention. We confront the exact same issues here dealing with two or three finger alternation (picados). Similar things arrive dealing with when "to ligado or not to ligado".
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Date Jun. 13 2016 2:42:14
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Pimientito
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Joined: Jul. 30 2007
From: Marbella
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RE: 3 finger picado (in reply to Pimientito)
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So how can we use this technique in a practical context? Here is a short falseta I wrote por Bulerias using 3 finger picado. Its two compas long, Bulerias in A (medio). First half compas Dmin, Second half compas C, Third half compas Bb, Final half compas A Play Dm on beat 12 and triplets for 1,2,3,4,5. Use 3 finger picado starting on (a) Next C major on beat 6 and triplets for 7,8,9,10,11 again starting a,m,i. Same for next compas. Play Bb followed by 5 triplet groups. The last note is the A which falls on beat 6. From there just do normal compas on A. Play the pattern twice. Its a very effective virtuoso variation. --1---------0--1---3--5--3--1--0-------0------------------------0------------0--1--3--1--0------------------------------------------------------------------------- --3-----3-----------------------------3-------3--1--0--1--3------1----1--3--------------------3--1------------------------------------------------------------------ --2------------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------------3--2--0------------------------------------------------------ --0------------------------------------------------------------------2---------------------------------------------------3--2--0----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------- ----3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2--2--2---------------------------------------------------------------- ----0-----------------0--2--3--5--3--2--0--------------------------------------------------3--3--3---------------------------------------------------------------- ----3-----0--2--3-----------------------------3--2--0--3--2--0----------------------------2--2--2----------------------------------------------------------------- ----1-----------------------------------------------------------------4--1---0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMPAS---------------------------------------------------------------
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Date Jul. 6 2016 10:17:07
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