Ricardo -> RE: Advice needed for beginner guitarist (Jan. 8 2022 18:14:14)
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I think just like you probably know picking technique is important but there are many ways to do it (Paul Gilbert vs Vinnie Moore vs Marty Friedman etc), you might see some of the same stuff going on with flamenco guitar. I am an advocate for Paul Gilbert techniques over all others…his looks like the “right way”. Sadly I encountered his method late in the game as a kid, and had already developed “elbow picking syndrome” which gave me problems I had to work around. So if you care at all about that stuff, then I recommend you get on track correctly with flamenco for the same reasons. Paco de Lucia is like the “Paul Gilbert” equivalent of techniques you should copy. He follows a school of Nino Ricardo along with other great players such as Manolo Sanlucar. Ragueados are the first priority like learning to play with a drummer those Metallica tunes the first time and you realize how to do down picking and be tight with the drums. I recommend mastering one main one: index up, ring down, middle down, index down. It should sound like a triplet that lands on the next beat. I am not sure why many people outside of Spain don’t learn this as it sets you up to master continuous rolls and other important techniques. The other thing to get early is the anchor of the thumb as Jason mentioned. Actually it is about learning to play with apoyando or rest stroke with the thumb. Getting that early will save you headache along the way as you get into arpegios and other techniques. Last is the index middle picado used for fast scale runs. Here you can actually apply those Paul Gilbert licks that get you between strings using patterns, but think of index as a down pick and middle finger as the up pick stroke and you see how patterns work. As mentioned Ben Woods has an unorthodox technque, but as a musician he is very advanced and astute. I recommend checking out his arrangements of metal classics for solo guitar, since you should be already familiar with the original tunes.
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