Neotriz -> Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 5:34:12)
I was wondering what are your drills when practicing piccado?
Lately, I been finding out that I'm not improving much when it comes piccado, so I may need some new ideas or suggestions
ToddK -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 10:37:25)
Any major, minor, or melodic minor scale will do really.
Check out Rafael Cortes in this picado demo video.
Great demonstration of great economy and efficiency. Practice speedbursts = Set your metronome at midrange, say 120bpm, and practice quarter notes, quarter note triplets, eighth notes, eighth notes triplets etc... Start out playing mostly quarter notes, and bursting up to a few eighth notes, then back, mix them all up, etc etc.. Make sure you're always getting a good tone, with plenty of punch on every note. Dont try to cheat, it wont work! hahah
Best of luck! TK
marduk -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 17:09:03)
wow i can really see the economy side of things working in that video, his movements are so small
jg7238 -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 17:34:43)
I hope this one can help you as well. I like the very last scale which is a b melodic minor scale.
Ron.M -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 17:47:52)
Impressive stuff thaar jg!
Perfecto tone AND speed IMO!
cheers,
Ron
mark indigo -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 12 2010 18:50:38)
quote:
I was wondering what are your drills when practicing piccado?
Lately, I been finding out that I'm not improving much when it comes piccado, so I may need some new ideas or suggestions
at_leo_87 -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 13 2010 15:54:19)
thanks for posting that vid, todd. great angle!
wow, jg, that's super impressive! so much punchiness! you can take out a heavy weight boxer with your picado!
Neotriz -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 13 2010 19:28:51)
Thanks for the tips everyone!
And great job jg!!
jg7238 -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 13 2010 20:36:45)
Thnx Ron. Thank you at_leo and gracias Neotriz. I hope it can be helpful.
jg7238 -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 13 2010 20:49:39)
Here is another run from PDL's Zyrab. I play it slow as well. Not really a difficult run to practice and fun too.
minordjango -> RE: Drills for Piccado? (Sep. 13 2010 23:00:59)
cool examples -- jg usual picado, brilliant.
and look at the repetoire your playing to and take examples - i.e if your playing panaderos flamencos , take out the scales and write them on another bit of paper (stops the temptation to play other sections ,
this way you are looking just at the scale runs , then practice with staccato, and various speeds with the metronome , make sure all examples are memorized.
