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Ricardo -> RE: A MI JUANA (Jul. 11 2025 17:05:31)
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Generally you are on the right track. Only issues I have are in the details, one was mentioned. The up strokes need to come out more when you are keeping time...I see your finger moving but the top string is not driving the contra feeling because I can't really hear it ringing. Your thumb work is too close to the sound hole, you need to move it back towards the bridge and find the sweet spot where the notes don't snap so much because the strings are tighter and resist more back there. This also will make you want to play a little "harder", but I don't mean by force, but getting a firmer grip on the string with the right hand fingers before plucking the note...and this makes the notes dynamically louder. At the same time you do have some nice natural dynamics that you want to preserve so this is only going to be certain notes that need to be expressed with more conviction/confidence/strength. But again it might be you need to move the hand back toward the bridge more.
The rasgueados also tend to be "snapping" into the bass strings too much, you need to be brushing across to make a more brilliant treble sound and rounder tone out of the chords. NOT all the time, but most of the time. There are times you want that snapping sound on the low notes. So it is a lot of little details that you will likely fix on your own, the more you record yourself. And the last thing that WILL make a difference has nothing to do with YOU.....it is that you need a proper instrument. At some point.
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