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at_leo_87 -> RE: left hand fingers distance from fretboard (Feb. 15 2009 3:31:05)
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About the 1-2-4 slur.. watch Nunez' Encuentro. His pinky flies there too.
i dont have that video but his videos on youtube clearly shows how his pinky and other fingers fly around a lot, definitely more than an inch away from the fretboard. watching other pros, their hands move around a lot too.
it actually feels awkward to keep the fingers so close. when playing certain chords, some fingers just seem to WANT to move out of the way. but i dont know if it's the way i conditioned my fingers to move or because it's just what the hand naturally wants to do.
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and no, it is an anatomical thing and a mechanical thing. organic mechanisms wear out, all mechanisms do, the way to maximize efficiency and speed with minimal wear is the least amout of travel and the least possible effort.
to counter that, i could say that the extra movements provide momentum which makes things easier and requires less effort/force and therefore less strain/tension/wear. you can create a lot of power with little effort. think of using momentum to lift heavy weights. or winding up to swing a bat or to punch.
BUT, what you say makes sense too.
so what i'm trying to figure out is, which way is right? [&:]
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