ZaidRockso -> Help with Alzapua (Mar. 6 2015 22:11:18)
Need some advice with Alzapua , What am i doing right, what am i doing wrong, how do i progress ( Learned this from reading and watching people )
bernd -> RE: Help with Alzapua (Mar. 6 2015 23:52:08)
To me it looks quite ok. Important is not to "saw" down all strings. Just 2 or 3 on the downstroke and the upstroke as well but mostly on the upstroke the thumb starts a string lower. That´s my way. So there´s no need to worry on how you do it.
NenadK -> RE: Help with Alzapua (Mar. 7 2015 8:43:44)
Looks quite OK to me.
One thing I would recommend is to instead of just doing drills like this, find some interesting falsetas. Even though alzapua is technically strum down, strum up, bass note, in a musical context it's not always played that way. There will be pauses at what will seem at first very awkward beats, some strokes might be skipped, you might have consecutive bass notes etc. Some of these things can be an issue at full speed. Also, alzapua falsetas often have things going on on the off-beat which can be an issue for some players.
I guess what I'm getting at is that the technique seems fine but try working on some falsetas to see how you handle playing it in a musical context.
Try this one for example:
The first time you play it you can end on C, then play the C chord, then repeat and end on the A like the guy in the video. Note that it starts on the off beat after the 1.
Good luck.
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ZaidRockso -> RE: Help with Alzapua (Mar. 7 2015 15:02:14)
Thanks! That's beautiful btw Nenand! I do have a very small falseta i practice with alzapua but it's pretty simple, this looks more fun and challenging, will give it a shot, thanks!
NenadK -> RE: Help with Alzapua (Mar. 7 2015 23:57:10)
Hey. I should just mention it's not me in the video. I know this falseta as well and it's pretty common so I searched for it on youtube. :)
