Ricardo -> RE: Independence/strength of RH ring finger (Aug. 30 2012 17:00:21)
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ORIGINAL: jeff_hatcher Greetings to everybody. I'm new to the forum, new to Flamenco. Trying to get my bearings and soak up some information for the time being. I've been working to try to get clean, separated rasgueado's. The I and M fingers are relatively easy to control, but the A finger feels weak. I don't seem to have as much power and range of motion with finger as the I and M. I can feel between the A and the M when I try to extend the A. This causes me to drag the M along when I extend the A finger, and maked the 3 and four finger ragueados sound sloppy and indistinct. Does anybody have any particular advice on how to free my A finger from my M finger? Extend the range of motion and increase strength of the A finger? Trapping the I and M when releasing the a gives me separation, but the limited range of motion makes the stroke with the A finger sound weaker by comparison. Thank you in advance Tuck it slightly behind the M finger and shoot it off of the side so to speak. Later on you can try this standard "gallop" pattern that drives many basic compas patterns in flamenco : i up, a down, i down.....i up a down i down.....i a i....iai.....iai....etc....that starts to develop the "strength" because the a finger must free float in the air waiting its turn to make that middle sound of the gallop. Don't worry about hitting all the strings with the finger, it's ok to only hit a few. IN the end you feel the momentum drive the stroke, not muscular strength. Ricardo
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