JasonM -> RE: Oh...that PDL! (Dec. 14 2005 20:09:41)
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I very much doubt that the extremely fast picado we see at gerardo is cause he practiced staccato. You might be right about that. I don't believe Vicente Amigo does it, and he's got fast picado, but I also might be wrong about that. Pre-planted fingers = speed. But, Gerardo does it, so does PDL, and so does Duende. My teacher's picado is, in my opinion, just as good or almost as good Nunez. I would give it a further try, Sorin. It has helped me a lot, and I used to think the same as you. My fingers no longer "flap wildly" around when trying to play fast picado, and it is giving me a clean, even, and solid contact for tremelo. Nail woes are no longer an issue when doing staccato, unless they are super long and get caught. Going back to tremelo, I noticed last week that when doing tremelo on the g or b string, I wasn't getting solid contact with the string. For example, my anular finger was only hitting the string with the nail (no flesh) making for an un even and unpredictable tone. I started practicing tremelo on the g string with staccato and I found I was able to really "dig in" and get a consistent, even tone, at a very slow tempo though. A lot of peaople say that they don't like the sound. I can agree with that to some respect, but only when playing really slow. When you speed up, you can't even notice anymore. And, staccato saved my life! Thank you staccato! Jason
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