turnermoran -> RE: Picado: Grisha's tips (Nov. 5 2012 19:53:43)
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virtually everyone agrees that Slow is best, both in the beginning, and some say forever. So I don't see what bad can come of including slow picado practice for total beginners. Like "spider exercise" or other basic technical exercises that deal with individual left hand fingers moving w/ corresponding RH picado. Otherwise, nothing but rasgueado practice means that the left hand focuses almost entirely on "chord grips". In the end, while it may be frustrating due to amount of precision, picado is a super fine-motor activity and if done slowly and with relaxed technique, only aids in creating good neural connections, fine motor skill and muscle memory. Sure, you may not need (or shouldn't need) and picado passages in your playing if you're a beginner, but the nuance of playing any technique is a matter of details, and why not incorporate details from the beginning? IMO, everyone benefits from having a balanced practice regime from beginners to advanced; rasgeuado, pulgar, picado, arpeggio, etc If nothing else, it rests certains muscles/tendons, etc as you move your arm/hands through the various positions
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