Ramon Amira -> RE: how to do picados (Oct. 14 2010 18:04:52)
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Todd – I think it's a linguistic question here. Naturally you should be able to start any picado run with either finger, and naturally you should be able to play any run equally well starting with either finger. I wasn't suggesting that you always start each and every picado run that you ever play with M, or that you always start each and every run with I, etc. I was referring not to general picado practice, or to improvising, but rather to working on a specific run for performance. What I meant was that you take any specific run that you intend to play in performance, and try that specific run various ways, and then decide which way you want to play it in performance. As you say, obviously its up to the individual player to make that decision. That's precisely my point. But having decided which way he feels is the best way for him to play it, then obviously he should always practice and play that run the same way he has decided upon, starting with the same finger every time – whichever finger that is - and then continuing the run with the same right and left hand fingering throughout. It makes no sense to practice the same run for performance two different ways, with different fingering. The whole purpose and method of practicing any particular run is repetition. When you practice a specific run for performance you have to always practice it the same way. Surely you're not suggesting spending a lot of time practicing the same specific run two different ways for a run that you intend to include in performance. That's perfectly fine and I recommend it for general picado practice, but not for performance. With respect to "leaving things to chance" it's exactly the opposite. When you know exactly how you are going to perform any specific run, that's when you are not leaving things to chance.
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