seanm -> RE: Which technique do you find the hardest to play? (May 17 2006 16:51:47)
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fevictor, great question. I think that something like alzapua involves many little techniques found else where (i.e. pulgar downstroke, pulgar upstoke, planting, p-i-p-i technique (forget the name of that), etc) and that trying to learn all of those in one technique is less efficient than working on each individually since its harder to focus on all at once. So I work on pulgar upstoke in isolation, for instance, when I notice that my alzapua isn't as sharp as it could be. Then I go back to alzapua and listen for the result. That is why I don't find picado 'harder' since as a technique it is less complex (m-i alteration and right hand position shifts for string crossing). Of course, you can focus on i-m string crossing, m-i string crossing, i-i and m-m string crossing within picado as well. I view tremelo and argeggios as the same thing where tremelo is simply one type of argeggio and played on one string. I'm a big believer in figuring out what is 'breaking' in a technique and then isolating that and maybe making an exercise for it then apply those results. For instance, a lot of folks have the most speed issues in picado when crossing strings so isolating that can really help your speed over all without playing entire scales over and over. Sean
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