Phil -> RE: Back to basics, again (Dec. 14 2003 23:52:17)
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Still have a problem with the Granados p up- x down - i down - p up. I keep putting an extra p down before p up. He uses it for the Tangos, whilst Herrero uses a more trad. ras. Phil has encouraged me to stick with it to sound for Jerez. Pinkie is good! Simon, You must have me confused with someone else. I might have mentioned that, in his video, Merengue de Cordoba uses a p(up)-x(down)-p(down). Maybe that's where saw me mention something about the pinky. In Jerez the most common triplet that I've seen is p(up)- m(down) - p(down). It can be used anyplace, once you've developed it. I'm finally getting mine to where I'm happy with it. My teacher's son also uses a p(up)-m(down)-i(down), which is extremely awkward to me, but you might give it a try. My teacher seems to use only the p-m-p and a,m,i,i and he uses them interchangeably. Although, it's hard to tell by watching someone play exactly which fingers they're using unless they show you. If you develop those 2 rasgeados really well you may never need any others. If you have a problem with your pinky being weak from an injury, don't worry about it. A lot of guitarists don't even use their right pinky. It doesn't appear to me that Moraito uses it, for example. I've noticed from watching a variety of guitarists that they seem to use just 2 or 3 rasgeados patterns. They may be 100's of permutations, but you only need 2 or 3 well developed ones. Phil
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