Rhythmic Accuracy

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St33

Posts: 24
Joined: Oct. 7 2016

Rhythmic Accuracy

Hi everyone. When i play falsetas, i notice a small discrepancies with the metronome. You can advise me any exercises for rhythmic accuracy? I play 4 years

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 6 2016 8:52:03

sim999

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Joined: Aug. 18 2011

RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

Try practising simple 8th offbeats notes :

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 :

metronome on 1,2,3,4 with your foot on the beat to help and you're playing the "&".

Next 16th offbeats notes, the one juste after the beat and the one just before the beat :

1 ' & ' 2 ' & ' 3 ' & ' 4

metronome on 1,2,3,4 with your foot on the beat to help and you're playing the simple quote " ' ".

A great video from victor wooten to help you with these :

Basically once you have the "feel" for it is not so difficult.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 6 2016 9:48:28

Piwin

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RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

Take whatever passage you're having trouble with and play it slow.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 6 2016 12:14:35

johnnefastis

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RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

A video is 10000 words. Can you upload something ?
Maybe there is something confusing with the phrasing.
If there is going super slow will definitely highlight it.

Cheers

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 6 2016 18:15:31

Ricardo

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From: Washington DC

RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

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ORIGINAL: St33

Hi everyone. When i play falsetas, i notice a small discrepancies with the metronome. You can advise me any exercises for rhythmic accuracy? I play 4 years

Best way to tighten things up is loop small phrases perhaps no more than 2 or 3 clicks in length, over and over focus on grooving with it until you iron out the wrinkles, AT TEMPO. Maybe a little bit slower if there is a technical challenge, but you want the thing to feel right and slow tempos are simply different feeling. Perhaps add on another phrase to that one you have working....but when ever you notice something off, don't keep repeating the longer phrase, just isolate and loop it as before. Often when doing this I discover one or two notes are simply the problem, making them feel right and natural is the key. Our brains will assign notes to specific timings and sometimes they are on the wrong "track" so to speak, so you need to drill them back on track in your mind.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 7 2016 12:44:07

St33

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RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

Thanks, friends!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 8 2016 9:22:42

eugensedko

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Joined: Jun. 28 2012

RE: Rhythmic Accuracy (in reply to St33)

I can recommend one of my videos with some flamenco rhythmical schemes.
If you learn how to pronounce them (similar to indian konnakol) with clapping and play it with a suitable type of rasgueado, after some time you will understand better how to avoid destroying rhythmical pulse.