John O. -> RE: Help with picado (Grisha?) (Jan. 9 2008 18:55:00)
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I would like to hear you play the run John. I think its almost more important how it sounds. If there isnt enough staccato, it will never really sound right, even up to tempo. Regarding speed, and aside from purely physical advice, since my technique doesnt apply to you. I can tell you something that might be helpful mentally. I used to tend to group notes in 4 and 3's, IE= in my head as i play a long run, i was accenting every 4 notes (or 3 depending) I believe it was Grisha who spoke about grouping in 7's for speed burst practice. Shortly thereafter, i began half'ing the metronome so im playing 32'nds, and now thinking in 8 note groups. I switch back and forth between 16'ths and 32nds. i dont know the physiological voodoo of why this helps, but it definately does. You may already be doing this sort of thing, i dont know, i just figured i'd throw it out there. I love that Farruca!! Someday i will upload it. Thanks for the advice Todd [:)] I'll try the different settings on the metronome like you said, up to now I've only been thinking in 4's. Yeah, even if I could get that picado up to the same speed as Sabicas it would probably be the only thing I could play since I'll have been doing nothing else for weeks and like you said even then it could not sound right. Sabicas doesn't play it clean on the recording, but it still has that staccato sound you're talking about so it doesn't bother at all. I've never actively listened to my picado to be honest, I've always kept away from it if necessary because I always associate it with pain [:D] Time to get going on it, I guess... I'll upload it tonight, let me know what you think!
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