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paleto3 -> Exercise request (Nov. 19 2008 18:32:53)

Hi,

Do any of you have some favorite exercises you'd like to share?

Especially more advanced ones. Doesn't matter which techniques or concepts.

I will try to get a couple I have recently concocted tabbed/notated and share them.

I sometimes take 2 different exercises and combine them into one once I have learned each on its own. I've played the Villa-Lobos Etude #1 in E many, many different ways for example.

I look forward to hearing from you guys.

-Anthony



Pimientito -> RE: Exercise request (Nov. 23 2008 9:08:35)

quote:

I've played the Villa-Lobos Etude #1 in E many, many different ways for example.


Do you mean you use the same chord sequence with different arpeggios....or the same piece modulated into different keys? (which is pretty tough)



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request (Nov. 28 2008 19:34:05)

In my post, I meant many different right hand plucking/arpeggio patterns using the same chord progression.

Although, taking something played in one key, and transposing it to another key is a great little project, you can definitely learn things that way. I started to do that with a nice, fairly simple guajira falseta in D, transposing to A. I should finish it.

There are tons of possibilities, but I hoped people might have things they like to do that they would share.

I guess after I pay up for a transcription I requested, I can buy that new book of 200 exercises by Juan Lorenzo. I find them helpful, both in terms of the mechaniccs of technique, but also like generative little ideas for falsetas.

-Anthony



Stu -> RE: Exercise request (Nov. 30 2008 3:36:57)

something from gerardos encuentro, the first one is the complete sequence the 2nd and 3rd ive only drawn out the first couple of chords but should play the whole chord sequence.

if youve already got this or too easy, let me know and ill find somethin else.



rolly -> RE: Exercise request (Nov. 30 2008 11:02:04)

nice post ....waiting your replays



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request (Dec. 1 2008 14:16:57)

Thanks Stu.

Got that one too. I should probably let you know what I have, then that will rule out ones I know.

I've got:

1) Manuel Granados - Estudio Tecnico de Guitarra Flamenca, Vol. 1;
2) Aaron Shearer (classical) - Slur, Ornament and Reach Development Exercises (good for left hand);
3) Carlos Barbosa-Lima - Elements of Technique for Guitar (excellent for left hand, classical);
4) Ricardo Iznaola - Kithrologus (excellent, classical, but very good for the hands);
5) Robin Hill - The Guitar Gymnasium (classical, but has some good stuff for the hands);
6) Scott Tennant - Pumping Nylon, good technique studies;
7) John Duarte and Luis Zea - The Guitarists Hands (a couple things worthwhile in there, classical);
8) Ioannis Anastassakis - Tremolo (some good ideas in there for learning tremolo, an ongoing project);
9) Several of the Encuentro books including the Núñez one, which has the most technique studies of all the Encuentro books I have seen);
10) 3 Paco Peña books, all "piece" approach though;
11) Christopher Berg - Guitar Technique, Process & Essence (some good exercises in there too, but from classical);
12) The first 2 Oscar Herrero Estudio books, 21 Estudios and 24 Estudios;
13) Isaias Savio - Guitar Technique and Velocity Exercises from this Uruguayan guitarist (also classical, but there are some good exercises for trills, stretches and other things),
14) Plus a smattering of other ones.

I'm kind of interested in the simpler chromatic exercises most any flamenco guitarist would be taught from a Spaniard, things we all should probably know, the basic ones. There are quite a few in the Manuel Granados book, which is a good place to start.

Thanks again.

-Anthony



Florian -> RE: Exercise request (Dec. 2 2008 5:32:22)

A great idea...I will try to find my David Cereduela ones and others to share

heres a few simple ones i allready had uploaded, in case u didnt have them..they good for Left hand and Picado





And one from Alegrias


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Florian -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 2 2008 6:08:22)

I like this one...

is good for left hand and expecialy 4th finger...

I am still working on the perfect exercise..one that is the only one I will need to do and it will do everything, warm up every technique and work it all in one !!

one that goes from picado to rasqueado to alzapua to arpegio to triplets etc... most of the times the problems are the transitions between those techniques that slow u down not the actual technique



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Stu -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 2 2008 11:50:11)

quote:

1) Manuel Granados - Estudio Tecnico de Guitarra Flamenca, Vol. 1;
2) Aaron Shearer (classical) - Slur, Ornament and Reach Development Exercises (good for left hand);
3) Carlos Barbosa-Lima - Elements of Technique for Guitar (excellent for left hand, classical);
4) Ricardo Iznaola - Kithrologus (excellent, classical, but very good for the hands);
5) Robin Hill - The Guitar Gymnasium (classical, but has some good stuff for the hands);
6) Scott Tennant - Pumping Nylon, good technique studies;
7) John Duarte and Luis Zea - The Guitarists Hands (a couple things worthwhile in there, classical);
8) Ioannis Anastassakis - Tremolo (some good ideas in there for learning tremolo, an ongoing project);
9) Several of the Encuentro books including the Núñez one, which has the most technique studies of all the Encuentro books I have seen);
10) 3 Paco Peña books, all "piece" approach though;
11) Christopher Berg - Guitar Technique, Process & Essence (some good exercises in there too, but from classical);
12) The first 2 Oscar Herrero Estudio books, 21 Estudios and 24 Estudios;
13) Isaias Savio - Guitar Technique and Velocity Exercises from this Uruguayan guitarist (also classical, but there are some good exercises for trills, stretches and other things),
14) Plus a smattering of other ones.


you could probably post a few for me in that case!![:D][:D][:D]

I must have/know some stuff you havent mentioned, ill have another look later.

and good ones flo cheers man



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 3 2008 12:23:30)

OK,

Here's one from Pepe Romero. This book is long out of print, but this exercise is challenging for the left hand especially.

I no longer have a scanner, but do have a few things I can post.

I also don't have any software for tabbing/notating my own exercises, so can someone make a suggestion for some freeware I can download for Mac?

Things to do with this exercise:
1) Do it on all adjacent strings - 1+2, 2+3, 3+4, 4+5, 5+6.
2) Do it with one string between the two strings on which your fingers are on, so do it with strings 1+3, 2+4, 3+5, 4+6.
3) Do it with 2 strings between, 1+4, 2+5, 3+6.
4) With 3 strings between.
5) With 4 strings between, meaning with your fingers on only the 1st and 6th strings - a fairly sizable stretch.
6) Pluck with P+I, P+M, P+A.
7) Try plucking with I+M, as a kind of picado exercise when doing it on adjacent strings.
8) Do it horizontally up and down sets of strings.
9) Do it vertically in one position, say with your index finger on the 5th fret, or the 9th fret.



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 3 2008 13:15:19)

Here is another from John Duarte and Luis Zea's book called "The Guitarists Hands", also out of print.

Start with your left hand index finger on the 9th fret of the 4th string, middle finger on the 10th fret of the 3rd string, ring finger on 11th fret of the 2nd string and your pinky on the 12th fret of the first string.

Move down the fretboard by first moving your left hand index finger to the 8th fret (keeping other fingers in place), 4th string. Do a quick arpeggio to check that all fingers are fretting/stopping the string so the note sounds. Each time you move a finger, there will be a fret between the finger moving and the next finger. It gets harder and harder as you move down the fretboard.

Then move your left hand middle finger to the 9th fret, keeping all other fingers in place. Do another arpeggio to make sure all notes are still clear. I arpeggiate pimami, pamima with each left hand finger movement. So I warm up both hands at once.

Then move the left hand ring finger down one fret, all other fingers stay put. Do another arpeggio.

Then move the pinky down a fret. Work your way the rest of the way down the fretboard the same way.

Be sure to use the minimal left hand finger pressure necessary to properly fret the strings, but be sure to get the sound of the note(s) and work your way down as far as you can go. Over time, you will be able to work your way to the 1st fret.

I do this often to stretch my fingers when I start to practice.



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 3 2008 21:57:16)

Here's a page from Carlos Barbosa-Lima's book "Elements of Technique for Guitar". You can purchase and download the book here - http://downloads.melbay.com/product.asp?ProductID=95369D It's only $7.50. There are many more exercises as well as some classical arrangements of tunes you can use for weddings if you do them. I really like a bunch of the exercises in this book, I suggest you buy it if you like to work on exercises that train your hands well.

These left hand articulation studies should be done all over the neck of the guitar, including all adjacent strings as well as strings separated by one, two or three or even 4 strings. For example on the 1st and 3rd strings, 2nd and 5th strings or even 1st and 6th strings, any combination you care to do.

These will get your fingers moving more independently and it will also strengthen them.

You can do them with a barré or without. They have helped my fingers articulate some things better, namely in some Núñez sevillanas and some Vicente Amigo tangos.



paleto3 -> RE: Exercise request...Jeronimo Maya (Dec. 3 2008 22:02:30)

Thanks Florian!

I would love to see all the exercises you learned from David Cereduela. All you have time to notate/tab would be fantastic. If they are posted elsewhere here, let me know where.

I have more I can share here, but I need to download a decent free tab/notation program for Mac. Which is a good one?

-Anthony



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