Filip -> RE: Best exercises (Dec. 12 2019 19:25:57)
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The most effective exercises for me have been practicing very short phrases or rhythmic patterns with a metronome and slowly bumping up the speed. Boring? Very. But effective. Same with me, just that I would practice falsetas or maybe even whole pieces. I noticed that starting from lower tempo, and doing that for 20-30 minutes noticeably improves my control and precision when playing, which further motivates me to practice/play and makes me enjoy more. Regarding exercises, I rarely do any but when I do I usually do those from Oscar Herrero's Paso a Paso or DVD of Gerardo Nuñez. This also helps me gain more control when playing. There are a couple exercises that I think significantly improved my golpes and picado. For golpe, I used the following exercise to learn it in the first place because when I started playing I just could not hit golpe while strumming with I downstroke. It goes like this: I down, I up, (m)a golpe without strumming, I up; repeat. I am not sure exactly where I got it, most possibly it was on this foro some fifteen years ago, but it did miracle for me after only 10 minutes. The trick is that while doing golpe without strumming you are moving I down without concentrating on it, so later you can just naturally plug the strumming in. For picado, I found this recently from a player in Paris. It has several steps. First, I play with a metronome to get the rhythm right and learn the notes well until I play it comfortably. Then, I play it without metronome two-by-two notes with a small pause between pairs, and then three-by-three with a small pause between triples. Then I do the same, but starting by playing the first note of the picado alone (so, play the first note, and then do pairs/triples. Imagine a picado, four notes per beat, like this: ti ta ti ri ti ri ta ri...so you do: ti ta__ti ri__ti ri__ta ri...then ti__ta ti__ri ti__ri ta__ri...then ti ta ti__ri ti ri__ta ri...and finally ti__ta ti ri__ti ri ta__ri... I hope you get an idea, maybe I could make a video for you so let me know. Have anyone else worked the same exercise before? I really wonder what you think about this exercise? Cheers
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