molinee -> RE: Newbie Question on Rasgueado (Feb. 13 2006 20:06:08)
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Seeing a few wanted to know the book..... It is called Total Guitar by Terry Burrows, copyright 2000. It is a really nice hardcover with 256 pages and lots of color photos, etc. It tries to cover most everything about guitar, hardware, styles, acoustic, electric, chords, recording, etc. So it is not dedicated to Flamenco. I bought it at Barnes and Noble for about $12 or so. On page 143 it covers the Rasqudado technique with four big colored pictures. The first picture shows, and has text stating, to make a loose fist and hold all of your fingers above and behind the sixth string (bass E). The second picture says to Bring the first finger (shows index) down from bass E to treble E with the tip of the fingernail. The third picture shows and says To bring the second finger (index) down the same way. And the final picture says to Bring the third finger down the same way. So it appears that at least one player strums this way .. LOL. As a beginner to Flamenco it appears that "my fingers" want to naturally strum down (bass E to treble E using (imae) and that the opposite way seems strange. From what I am hearing, it appears that the vast majority (if not all) serious players Do Not Use imae, so my question is Why?. Does the eami strum allow for an easier transition into something else or is it used because "That's the way it was always done". -Thanks to All for helping out a newcomer.... Much Appreciated.
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