|
greeny -> RE: Picado Technique questions (May 20 2010 0:08:33)
|
Rombsix,
First off apologies for not replying anytime sooner but my internet connection was down a couple of days.
The information I got was retrieved not from Oscar H. himself but via two books published within the context of the Escuela Oscar Herrero and are written one by Jorge Cardoso and the other by Juan Lorenzo.
In a nutshell: These two teachers demonstrate techniques by which one (the student) can expand one's right hand picado-chops. Here follows a very condensed description of some of the things you can investigate.
1- Choose a right hand (3 note) fingering pattern, say : i m a
2- Design an open strings-combination which you are going to attack with i m a . Start off using two strings;
these could be (strings) 2 2 1 ( B B E ) or 2 1 2 or 1 2 2 ... 1 1 2 ...1 2 1, etc, etc, etc .... play these string combinations with i m a adhering to this right hand formula, do not alter it.
3- We started with i m a , now 'shift' (move over) the order to m a i ; the direction remains the same only the starting finger changes. Go over the various string combinations as above; "shift" again to obtain a i m . The direction of the fingering remains identical, only the accented first note moves over.
4- Expand on the string groupings doubling the length for instance: 2 2 1. 2 2 3. ( B B E B B G ).
Others may include: 2 1 2. 2 3 2 . Lengthened once more and one could get : 2 2 2. 2 2 1. 2 2 2. 2 2 3. or even 2 2 2. 1 2 2. 2 2 2. 3 2 2, .... whatever.
4 bis - Another "strings-groupings expansion" to round things off: 3 2 1 ( of course! ) G B E and... 2 1 3 and 1 3 2 and 1 2 3 ... enough!
5- Notice these are all ternary groupings ; so now regroup them via accentuation into a binary-form and obtain: i m a i. m a i m. a i m a. . Here, it is interesting to delve a bit on this transformation into binary because when one applies the "shift" (the moving over of the starting finger - see the third point) things start to make sense; all of a sudden things start grooving!
6- Another transformation which will warp everything some more. Take the initial i m a , repeat it: i m a. i m a and in the second grouping exchange the order of the first two notes ( i m becomes m i ) so one obtains : i m a. m i a. Now, loop that over open string combinations.
7- Apply this " new" formula ( i m a. m i a ) to the various string combinations, shift (move over) the starting finger, accentuate into binary-feel and last but not least change the initial "direction" of i. m. a. into a. m. i.
Rombsix, are you dizzy yet??
Well, I found that for me - and I'm certainly NOT a flamenco-adept or expert - just fooling around with some of these picado-techniques has greatly enhanced my fluidity and considerably forced me to want to slow down quite a bit and see, feel and smell more of the music I'm playing.
Cheers!
|
|
|
|
