Ricardo -> RE: Practicing right hand arpeggios (Jan. 6 2010 8:36:38)
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The thing you talk about is planting of the finger before the actual stroke. It is real important, I call it "grip". You can preplant the fingers also called a full plant, or in order of strokes a split second before you play, that is called "sequential plant". In general, flamencos will do full plants for p ima, and sequential for pami, but some players, like Nuñez, always do sequential plants. Don't feel like because you play with control and clean that you are doing something more classical. To get more "bite", examine your hand position and thumb position when you do arps. Is your thumb out to the side close to sound hole or under your hand? are your fingers curled or straight? One classical guitarist talked about "clawing" at the string with bent fingers is a bad sound, but in flamenco we do that sometimes for a bright, metallic attack. Also how close to the bridge are you vs over the sound hole? When doing your second arp exercise, NO BOUNCING I think is better. Keep the hand still and stable by resting the thumb. Ricardo
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