Miguel de Maria -> RE: nino de pura (Oct. 13 2005 2:40:08)
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16th note 2 octaves at 240!? Okay, I give up! As far as Nino de Pura's picado, I studied with Tino van der Smaan in Sevilla for a short while, and Nino de Pura is Tino's teacher. Tino persuaded me to try Nino de Pura's technique, and you can imagine he knew it pretty well. Basically the main thing is that the thumb is not braced on the strings, but hangs loosely but in contact with them. The term he used is "to caress" the strings. Another student at this school also studied with Nino de Pura, and he claimed his technique was "perfect"--whatever that means... he also said that you use your shoulder muscles a lot to move up and down, and that Nino de Pura's shoulder was very strong. Apparently he is a bit of a fitness fanatic and is always running and working out. "Fartlet", one of his songs, is a workout technique...well you Europeans are more familiar with that I'm sure.
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