Ricardo -> RE: rasgueado question (Apr. 13 2006 22:12:06)
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I read all replies and yeah there are many ways to do the same thing, and yeah the sound can be different depending on how you do it. I personally do something different than described thus far. I don't do either picture 1 nor picture 2 as described and shown. I never tuck the finger into the palm where the nails touch the skin of my palm. If I want the brushing sound the fingers just come out on there own and scratch strings. If I want loud separated machine gun strokes, I block the index finger only with the thumb, with the thumb either bent or straight depending on the bass note of the chord I want. Straight will skip the adjacent string, bent will shoot the finger directly into it. The other fingers (ch,a,m or just a, m, depending) are "blocked" by each other. I mean each finger to play is ever so slightly tucked behind the next one, so each finger shoots off the side. It is easy to gather the fingers back into that position to repeat continuously. The more snap I want, the more tightly tucked the fingers are. If you watch Tomatito's vid for example you dont' see him blocking all 3 fingers with the thumb, just the index. That is where I got the idea, though I have never seen anyone teach it. Ricardo EDIT: In regards to the old school vs. modern approach to the sound of rasgueados, brushing roll vs marked even machine gun attacks, I dont consider the latter to be specifically "modern". Listen to Paco on "Fantasia Flamenca", 1969. I consider that music traditional, but he does both kinds of rasgueado on Celosa. First time it is the "brushing" sound of 5 strokes, then the next compas, 8 even marked attacks that snap the bass strings. Very deliberate and "traditional" IMO. Notice how he makes use of the different style in that single piece. The fingering they have in the transcription book, which I believe to be accurate considering old Video I have seen, is c,a,m,i, i(up on second beat) c a m, ending with i down on the 3rd beat. It is clear and separate strokes, 4 notes per beat. Ricardo
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