Grisha -> RE: Grisha new Video... (Sep. 19 2012 18:28:46)
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Tank you so much for all your comments, my friends! It brings me a sense of relief to read the positive reactions to this performance. I changed the way I practice a couple of years ago. I decided to do almost no technique and concentrate on expressiveness, simply trying to pinpoint what do I want to say with each composition I play. It's all about story telling, and character and expression rises above the beauty the voice and clarity of diction. I also found that practicing technique excessively, especially scales, takes away from the freedom of expression, making everything you play sound one-dimensional. gj, I am very glad that you changed your mind about my playing! I have always loved playing this music, but I have to agree that my inherent perfectionism when it comes to guitar playing took away some of the human element, the drama and struggle that make people relate to flamenco. mrMagenta, I am sitting with both feet on the floor, usually raising my right foot a little. I use a guitar support now because my back was killing me a couple of years ago. Now I have no problems with my back and it feels very comfortable to sit straight with the support. One added benefit is that guitar sounds louder because there is less contact with your body that potentially dumpens the resonance of the guitar. On a side note... I just tried to sit in a classical position a couple of days ago. It never worked for me without the support, never felt comfortable... but boy, does the support make a DIFFERENCE! All my tension disappeared, just gone. The guitar needs no clinging, no holding, it just sits there neutral relieving both arms from the duty of holding it in place. And it's stable, too! Amazing stuff! One critique, however, is I can't be as musical with the classical position, because the guitar feels a bit isolated from my body, so I cannot use the same range of nuances in vibrato. It just feels disconnected from me, objective rather than personal. Strange...
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