El Kiko -> RE: Old School Tone (Mar. 22 2011 9:27:43)
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What I´ve been working the last couple of years is more right hand feel than sound. In the end, its the right hand feel that makes us, the players, sound Yes I agree, this is interesting to hear you talk about this, I am not a luthier ,but I have never been happy with the sound thing ,,, and recently I went right back to basics to try to get things into perspective and the sound was the main one. Which brings me to the right hand, and I have been experimenting with different sitting positions and the right arm further out , further in , flatter hand . more arched, as yet I havent really found a comfortable one,.. I just get fleeting moments of a flamenco sound....yes ... and then it's gone ...D'oh But I do like the old school tone kind of sound, its a very dry and almost rattley sound.... quote:
Sabicas also tuned down a half step and used a cejilla Yes I was just trying this out a short while ago, and it does have a big effect especially if you play something with a low D tuning , ( now almost a low C) big difference.... I also now prefer using Light strings (EJ43's) I think it helps. But the sound is a mixture of the guitar and guitarist and I think so much more the guitarrist,,,, I said before here that if Paco picked up my crappy guitar it would sound like him , and if I picked up his it would still , unfortunatly , sound like me . This comes back to the idea of the player generating the sound not the instrument , (at the risk of being beaten up by marauding luthiers )[:D] Of course in reallity its best to match the guitar to the player, I have met luthiers that do just this, I talked to Manuel Reyes about this a long time ago now.. Anyway , the point is getting the right hand right,,,this is difficult to get instruction and info on, and, of course, it's personal, what works for one may not be so good for another... I would be interested in seeing more opinions here on getting the right hand right ....
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