Piwin -> RE: advice on arpeggio (Mar. 16 2016 6:19:50)
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@aloysius. I play a 2008 Hermanos Borja. The technical indication on the stamp indicates "El Viejin". My understanding is that it was one of a series of a dozen or so made with specs "provided by" him, i.e., based on a guitar he had commissioned. I don't know nearly as much about guitars as most of the people on the foro, but the feel I get from it is very similar to certain Condes, light and thin. In fact, I'm wondering if the lack of "width" might be part of the problem, as it may have contributed to me shifting my hand lower down the guitar. But no I doubt it's the guitar distorting the sound (I wish it were [8D] so I wouldn't have to rework my hand position!). Yesterday I figured out what I think may be the problem (not sure yet...still have to practice): I think it's in the motion of my fingers, I tend to "curl" them too much, i.e. if I exaggerate the motion and follow through all the way up to the palm, my finger tips end up in the middle of the palm instead of the lower end (in other words, I think I must have slipped into getting power from the middle joints instead of the knuckles). Don't know if that makes sense but I'm looking into it. That was somewhat the sense of my question to Grisha about keeping his fingers "straight", which would suggest getting the power directly from the knuckles. @Grisha. A million times thank you! That really helps. I can tell there is more movement from the knuckle then when I play so this confirms what I've been thinking about me having slipped into playing with the middle joints only. So it may not be the angle of attack after all. Yesterday a friend of mine told me to just focus on playing from the knuckle, since if I do that the movement of the middle joints should just naturally follow. Would you agree? I remember tearing it up (at least we thought we we're tearing it up![8D]) in the Paris metro with friends on a rumba version of "highway to hell" (autopista hasta el infierno lol). Fortunately it was before the time everyone had video on their smartphones coz if that video ever got out there my career prospects would be over![:D]
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