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RE: Alternating picado problems??? (in reply to britguy)
To answer your second question first, You should do what's called the staccatto exercise for RH. For example, you start with I then you immediately stop the note with M. Play with the M finger then stop with I, etc..... This helps you to always alternate with IM and maintaining small strokes. You should always altenate when playing picado. There are cases where you can drag the M finger but 99.9 percent of the time you want to alternate with IM. I hope this helps a bit.
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RE: Alternating picado problems??? (in reply to jg7238)
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ORIGINAL: jg7238
To answer your second question first, You should do what's called the staccatto exercise for RH. For example, you start with I then you immediately stop the note with M. Play with the M finger then stop with I, etc..... This helps you to always alternate with IM and maintaining small strokes. You should always altenate when playing picado. There are cases where you can drag the M finger but 99.9 percent of the time you want to alternate with IM. I hope this helps a bit.
RE: Alternating picado problems??? (in reply to britguy)
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A- is it really absolutely necessary to strictly alternate?
and B - how can I improve my long-time sloppy habit?
if you put "picado" in the search box you will get "300+ records returned" You will find enough hints, tips, exercises and explanations to keep you busy for a long time!
But while following the advice from JG and Ricardo you might also want to bear in mind that your fingers do what your brain tells them to do. So called "habits" are the same instructions repeated over and over again. If you want to change what your fingers do, tell them to do something different!
Sorry, that sounds a bit blunt.... And it overlooks the fact that that set of instructions you have created over time feels normal and right to you, so changing that set of instructions will feel different and wrong, and you will likely keep reverting back to the old way of doing it that feels right. So although I believe it really is as simple as what I wrote above, I also acknowledge that it takes a lot of mental work to keep practising in a new and different way.
RE: Alternating picado problems??? (in reply to mark indigo)
What Ive been doing recently is an exaggerated staccato exercise. When I mute the string I make sure it lands exactly in between the nail and flesh. Or is this what everyone has been doing?
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