guitarristamadrid -> Excellent picado speed exercise (Apr. 16 2010 4:41:47)
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Hi guys, a lot of people have been asking me for picado speed stuff. Here it is, the classic picado speed exercise that Entri gives to people who need to speed up their picado, or play fast scales in tighter compas. I've seen a lot of people speed up their picado with this, and it has worked wonders for me. I took the inital concept that Entri created (he does it on one string) and made variations of it using multiple strings, ascending as well as descending, etc. I didn't list all the variations here, you can probably think of a lot yourself. As always, the keys with picado are this: ALWAYS ALTERNATE your fingers, never repeat. Also, this is just as important: For any scale that you play starting with one finger, PRACTICE STARTING IT WITH THE OTHER FINGER. This is incredibly essential and Entri stresses it constantly. That's why these exercises use odd numbers of notes, to force the finger alternation. For the ones where alternation wouldn't naturally occur, you must practice the exercise both ways, starting with both your picado fingers. Don't worry about your tone here, or volume. This exercise is about control of speed. Usually, to get picado faster, the answer is to RELAX and temporarily accept a lighter, weaker tone. As you get used to the relaxation and get more accurate, you can maintain it and add back in a stronger tone. This exercise: it is essential that you get the rhythm of it right. Notice that the notes come in 12 note groups: the second one is exactly 2x as fast as the first. Then back to the slow notes again, now with a different left hand finger combo. Make sure you start at a slow enough speed that you can double it and keep the time. I actually tend to go TOO FAST on the second set of notes, so watch out for that problem too. This exercise might be hard to get without hearing it - I will play it, along with all the other stuff, on the vid that I am going to make (soon!!!). In the meantime, email me and I will send you the gp5 file, you can listen to that. Picado speed is NOT GENETIC. It CAN be speeded up, for anyone willing to do the work.
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