Ruphus -> RE: Picado attack, do you really need to choose only ONE? (Jan. 4 2011 19:48:54)
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ORIGINAL: jg7238 Ruphus, the only way you are going to play well, have nice picado technique, etc... is by permitting your hand to go completely relaxed. Just let the right hand fall into place, attack the strings with the fingertips, but with your fingers totally relaxed, That is quite what is behind my plea for knowledge of ergonomics. I hope you didn´t think ergonomical playing had to do with tensening engagement, as it actually works the opposite way. quote:
ORIGINAL: jg7238 ... the hand, wrist, shoulder, elbow and the whole body. If you don't feel relaxed, you will never achieve good technique. T You are saying something there. The guitar ( after Torres ) to me appears like a supernatural gift to men. So simple, yet musically amost almighty that it is. Despite its shape that looks as if it was primarily designed for esthetics and symmetry, this instrument on top of all its beauty in sound and appearance can even be surprisingly smooth to the human body, optimal / near to optimal playing posture and technique provided. Yet, it seems to come with one nasty little birthmark. ... You relax the shoulder? Please let me know how you do that. I´d love to learn about it. From what I can see so far, unfortunately that´s exactly what you can´t do. Not when sitting while playing, and lesser yet when playing upright standing ( which I consider the optimal position, even for classical players ). For, relaxing the shoulder will be releasing the arms weight. Such will then effect the lower arms rest on the lower bout of the guitar and consequently lever the hand away from the top, as your ellbow is going downwards. One can, it seems, find the optimum between least pull-up of the shoulder and least leverage of lower arm in the same time; but hardly an actually relaxed shoulder. ... But if you can show me otherwise, I´d be the first to embrace the news. Ruphus
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