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ToddK -> RE: Video review - "GuitaRest Trio" (Custom size) Guitar Support (May 13 2015 5:05:25)
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Hey Todd,
I'm glad you're enjoying the support.
I agree with you about the sound of the guitar improving. It's amazing how much dampening the body can produce and suck out of the sound. That's one reason why I can get away with playing crappy guitars.
I agree about the classical position on the left leg being great for picado. In fact, the Professor has advocated for that along with other people, and I had to agree it really is more comfortable. When I try that position though, I find the right hand/arm becomes relatively lower and further away from the sweet spot on the strings (between sound hole and bridge), which produces the comfortable position for picado that you mention. However, it also makes it a bit less comfortable for me while playing most other techniques (pulgar, arpeggio, rasgueado, etc.). Do you feel the same way? I've seen people practice ONLY PICADO in that position, but then they switch to the across the lap position when going back to practicing other techniques or playing all-round material in general. What are your thoughts?
One last thing - can you post a short video showing what you look like with the left-leg classical position and show us what your right hand/wrist look like for picado, and then perhaps (if that is what you're doing), show us other techniques & shifting between techniques also in the left-leg classical position?
Cheers!
Yes to your question about practicing picado in the classical position and then moving
back to traditional position for other techniques. It is easier on the right shoulder.
In addition though, I think that you learn some things about your right hand when playing in classical position that you can take with you when returning to traditional position.
For instance, playing with the support in classical position actually precipitated a big
breakthrough for me regarding how i address the strings in picado, and that is i realized that i my hand/fingers were turning in (left) and think this came from mixing classical and flamenco, because for classical, i need that inward turn to create the tone i need for classical. This was bleeding into my picado, and i didnt even realize it. This was causing major friction when trying to do fast powerful picado. My fingers would get hung up. Remember that i just dropped the pick and started playing conventional technique around 5 years ago. So i am still very much in development stages.
Anyway, so i leveled my hand out and immediately things were faster and more powerful. Then i took a step further, and now i am turning my hand slightly outward (right) and playing more off the far side (right) of the nail. Then things really took off. That side of the nail does not hang up at all, at least for me. Its a bit ironic because when i file, i hardly touch that side at all, and only for length, i dont attempt to shape it at all. Its very square, unlike the left side of my nail, which is ramped. Well, it used to be more ramped, but i am now playing exclusively flamenco, so they are getting more flat and square now. We've heard Ricardo speak about that quite a bit here. As usual he is right on the money.
Now when i do picado, it feels like my fingers move totally freely through the string, no hang ups at all. I can dig in much harder now too. So my problem was not accuracy, which is what i thought it was, it was actually friction from using the wrong angle.
Anyway, i will see if i can make a quick video this week.
Thanks again Romb, if it were not for your review, i would probably not have
gotten a support and would not have made all the improvements in my playing, so
i owe you bigtime! Thanks!
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