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Rasguedo: which technique to use?
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Ricardo
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RE: Rasguedo: which technique to use? (in reply to krichards)
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Work with a metronome, not too fast at first. Start easy, ami first. takadum, takadum, etc. Then try ami-i up. Digidydum, digidydum, etc. Then do the same rhythm, but with pinky: eam-i, eam-i. Then 4 notes to the beat. eami-i up. takatakdum, takatakadum, etc. Don't try to do a continuous rasgueado right off the bat. If you don't feel the rhythm you wont control the sound. Work with little pieces of rhythm. remember the second "i" in a sequence is up stroke: amiiam-i. amiiam-i. &ah1e&ah2, &ah3e&ah4, etc. amiiamii-i. amiiamii-i. 1e&ah2e&ah-3, 1e&ah2e&ah-3. Etc. Then same rhythm with pinky: eamiieam-i. eamiieam-i. again it's 1e&ah2e&ah-3. 1e&ah2e&ah-3. Notice the i "upstroke" happens on beat 2 of this pattern. don't worry about a weaker sounding "e" finger or whatever, just concentrate on producing that rhythm. Eventually you build a uniform sound. Anyway, I think of these as simple rudimentary rhythm excercises, and the rhythm helps train your fingers. You can keep doing different combinations are adding repetitions to your rhythm practice, until you cover most of the basic patterns you encounter in actual flamenco context. Hope it helps. Ricardo
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