Ricardo -> RE: Picado (Sep. 24 2005 16:52:13)
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Not to start an arguement, cause we had that in the archives already. I don't feel like digging through to find it. Anyway my OPINION on the knuckle movement is to do what is comfortable. The speed will have more to do with economic motion (preparing your strokes) than which part of your finger moves. Anyway, I feel that the "middle knuckle movement" is an optical illusion based on video footage of guys like PDL. If you watch Rito y Geografia or even Concerto de Aranjuez, there are some side angle views that clearly show Paco moving i-m from the main big joint that connects the finger to the hand. The thing is he and others that uses this technique, bend the middle joint so the finger tips line up better length wise, making string crossing easier. From the front view, the economic motions makes it look like there is little or no movement, or it is all from the middle joint. But the power really comes from the big joint. There seems to be some confusion of terms in this thread too. I think of scale, arpeggio, tremolo as musical terms, whereas Picado, pulgar, tirando etc are technique terms. You can play a scale with picado, but also you can play an arpeggio with picado. A scale like in solea discussed is usually played with "tirando and ligado", but a SCALE is not a PICADO. Apoyando refers to restroke, but picado is a more forcefull, "driving" the finger into the string. I very rarely see tremolo done all apoyando (I want to say never). Usually it is apoyando bass notes (pulgar) and tirando fingers. Ricardo
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