mark indigo -> RE: Picado and hand size. (Jan. 31 2014 14:12:20)
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I'm so frustrated with my damn hands. I do staccato and it looks good. But I try and do picado normal and it looks like crap. Just wondering what the hands of people who can do picado well, look like, here is mine. Look how long my friken middle finger is, is this part of the problem or am I crazy. yes you are crazy! no one in their right mind would spend the amount of time you do on this never ending and probably never achievable quest for flamenco guitar playing perfection.... I recognise the symptoms coz I am EXACTLY THE FRIKKIN SAME!!![:D][:D] .....and in these periods of most frustration we wonder if we will ever improve, ever get to where we want to be, and inevitably wonder if there is something wrong with our hands.... there's a quote, I don't know where from, I think someone on here used to have it as their post sign-off signature thing, it's something like:- "ask not what you would do with Paco's hands, ask what Paco would do with your hands." It's a good one to keep in mind. In the absence of injury or disease it's most likely there is absolutely nothing wrong with your hands, you just have to learn to use them in the right way. I'm not saying this from the point of view of someone who has achieved that, but from someone who has learned to remind myself of this when I'm in one of those frustrating plateau's when progress seems so slow it's almost running backwards (sound familiar?). Funny thing is, the more I keep this in mind the more progress I seem to make.... (it's still pretty slow though, but I have learned to stop worrying about getting to the "destination" and to just enjoy the "journey") Watch some vids of Paco and just watch his right hand. Minimal movements, complete relaxation of all the muscles except the exact ones required for each movement, etc. etc. it's beautiful to watch! Or watch some old vids or the Encuentro's of Rafael Riqueni, or Enrique de Melchor, or Gerardo Nuñez.... actually there are so many great players to watch, take your pick! [:)] Actually having lessons from someone who has really gotten that down, or sitting in with them watching them play, is really good, you can kind of pick up that relaxed but alert quality in the hands almost by osmosis.... it's actually much better in person than on vid.... good luck with your upcoming lesson/s![:)]
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