Mark2 -> RE: The most difficult rasgueo? (Sep. 27 2010 22:51:51)
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Mariano Cordoba did the four finger all down continous better than anyone I ever heard. He could do it soft, loud, in compas, whatever. When he wanted to get maximum volume, he add the thump up first and have a continous five stroke. Both are very difficult to get sounding even. I could never equal his execution despite years of trying. It may be from the stone age, but I'd love to be able to do it as well as he did it. Many times he'd use it to close a piece and it got the crowd every time. Every bit as powerful as Marote's in his prime IMO. I don't see the harm in knowing many different ones, but think the execution of whichever one's you use is so much more important than which one you choose. With everyone doing the new ones today, it would be cool to see a guy do those old ones as well as the cavemen who did them 60 years ago. I have to add, that after watching the vid, can say that Mariano did that ras so much better than that example-really he had that down. He had the utmost respect for Sabicas-they were friends, and I know he didn't have the technique that Sabicas had, but on that ras, he far exceeded that example. James, the only thing I can tell you is that his fingers moved very little when doing it and as you watched his knuckles, they were moving as evenly as a machine. I think his pinky was retracting well before the index went down, making it ready to strike, and possible to do it evenly. Of course there's the old trick of counting to five while playing four strokes, which causes each stroke to be the "one" That helps a great deal to create an even sound.
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