TGerman -> Introduction and a question (Jan. 10 2006 11:53:09)
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Hi Everyone, I've been lurking around for a little while now and as I am a newbie to flamenco I didn't feel that I could contribute or that I have enough knowledge to ask questions, until now! First I'll give a little history; I am an elite cyclist (ya know, like 'Lance' but not even in the same world) who has had a knee problem for a while, this problem led me to Spain (Valencia) for 4 months to seek treatment for it, while there I could not ride my bike but I discovered flamenco and fell in love with it. I had to come home due to a family illness in June with the intention of going back in October. During this time I decided to try and find a flamenco guitar teacher, which I did and I have been studying for ~4 months (the first few months were learning to read music and learning some technique, I have now learned a Sevillanas, a Farruca and I am working on a Petenera now). Back in september I was out riding my bike and I was hit by a truck, since then I've had knee surgery and at the end of this month I have to get shoulder surgery (Grade III left separated AC joint), this will require my left arm to be immobilized for 6 weeks with no movement at all. Now for my question, my teacher says that I am doing really well and picking it up fast and it's a shame that I have to stop now, I want to keep progressing but what, if anything, can I do to limit my loss? Are there any kinds of exercises that I can do with the right hand on open strings? I know I can practice rasqueados, tremolo and picado but I am sure that this will get tiresome real fast doing it on open strings and I feel that I will need some structure. If I can figure out how to record maybe I will try and upload something to get everyones critique, remember I am an extreme newbie. Thanks everyboby, Todd To ToddK - sorry about the username, I registered without first looking to see if there was already another Todd, I will change my username if I can figure out how
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