Ricardo -> RE: Golpe tips please (Sep. 18 2007 15:19:14)
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Can you just do a golpe by itself and make the sound you want? If so, this exercise usually helps my students get the hang of it. Pick a chord sequence, like Solea escobilla say, so F-C-F-E. And you strum 16th notes, semi's or whatever you guys call em, 4 notes per beat. Taka taka, taka taka, taka taka etc. OK? So the way you strum is actually GOLPE by itself, then UP with index, then DOWN with index, then UP with index, then Golpe, iup idown iup, etc and keep reapeating changing chords every three beats. If you are strumming real even, so you have Gople, i i i all in one beat, (the beat would be quarter note equalls 70bpm or something slow like that so the golpe is on every tick), then you notice how the index moves up and down constantly. Watch in the mirror your right hand as you do this. In order for your INDEX to get into the position to play UP stroke AFTER the golpe, it had to swing DOWN while you do the golpe. So you are DOING IT already, you just need to let it touch the strings on the way down. So that is the idea, but first makes sure you get that GOLPE, iup, idown, iup, going nice and smooth and even. I count it like this 1,e,&,ah, 2,e,&,ah, etc 1=golpe e=i up &=i down ah=i up repeat. Hope that makes sense. Ricardo
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