HolyEvil -> RE: i finger problem (Mar. 21 2013 12:05:30)
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update to add on to elie's thread on finger problems. hope this would help it's Feb 2013, about 1 year after I have discovered my problem. I still have problems doing a fast pimami arppegio. imagine if it's quarter notes. 1 2 3 4, 2 2 3 4 @ about 110 bpm P i m a m i I feel it's not moving smoothly from the last m to the last i. but it is ALOT better than what it was. I can play music slowly now.. I use to be unable to do eg Pamiami, now I can do it.. my problem is only with pimami and alternating i and m in free strokes arppegios. I spent about the whole last year just practicing arppegios slowly.. I found that when I plucked i and m together and try to return the fingers to the strings, only m would move and i would be stuck there.. So I did it VERY slowly, pluck and release, pluck and release. I did alot of exercise on P i m a. Play P, then plant i, play i, plant m, relax i, play m, plant a. With my pami, I rested my i on the 3rd string while I practice the arppegios. I did alot of i, a, i, a with m resting on the 2nd string, then i, a, i, a with m not resting on hte 2nd string. I did alot of resting i on 1st string for thumb passages and on the 3rd string while playing thumb passages which leads to arppegios. Practice alternating i, m, a, m, ion 1 string (1st - 3rd), playing i, relaxing it to original position, then playing m. and doing the same with i and a. Doing it with all the combos ima, iam, mai, mia, ami, aim. and with alternation without relaxing it to original position prior to the next finger strike eg ia. strike with i, while i is bent, strike with a while returning i to original position But I still have problems alternatin i,m this way but hopefully it'll be solved in a few months time. Another practice is when playing eg i, m or i, a, when m or a is striking, i would uncurl the 2nd joint by pushing on the string it just struck, kinda like a reverse arppegio striking with the finger nails. I practice with i floating and also with i resting on the string after the reverse arppegio thing with the nail. A funny thing is that I have problems with continous ami, ami, ami until a few days ago where I did something different. I practiced alot of play a, plant m, play m, plant i, play i, plant a etc etc. BUT i've discovered when going fast, when I have finished playing amia, when I plant my m, my i finger stop the movement to it's original position. SO that means when my m stops moving, my i stops too. To get over this, I play amiamiami rolls this way. either planting on a, or no planting at all, or planting a and i only (this is the hardest among the 3). I prefer planting only a or no plant at all. feel free to ask any questions.
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