Ricardo -> RE: Question from Canada (Apr. 24 2005 7:00:45)
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The specific answer to your question regarding young PDL's Guajiras arpeggio/picado craziness, is revealed clearly in the video series "Rito y Geografia del Toque", which you can get on DVD. He plays it as a duet w/ Ricardo Modrego, but the camera man knows exactly what the guitar student wants to see and focuses the lens on Paco's technique, you just have to pay attention. It is in the program called "Poem of the guitar" or something like that, after Nino Ricardo plays. The trick is to maintain your hand postion and the way the finger attacks the strings so you don't have to move or change angle much to shift from rest stroke to free stroke. I find this unique to flamenco technique and hard to learn if you come from playing classical guitar, where apoyando and tirando are different worlds. But if you start off learning this, it is pretty natural and logical. Watch the video. Ricardo
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