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One example of a flamenco piece where you need to be able to place A and M two frets apart is PdL's "Reflejo de Luna", in the tremolo section (around 1:23):
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I play duets with my prof. We can play simultaneous notes that are miles apart on the fret board
Seriously a beginner like me needs to be careful. I tried a stretched chord (Fmaj7/A with fingers on 3rd, 5th and 7th frets) yesterday. It didn't seem extreme or uncomfortable but suddenly something gave. Took several hours for the pain to go.
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"Anything you do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen or a page with nothing on it—because there’s nothing there to fix."
One example of a flamenco piece where you need to be able to place A and M two frets apart is PdL's "Reflejo de Luna", in the tremolo section (around 1:23):
I have worked through that piece quite a few times but have set it aside for now but hope when I take it up again it will be less difficult. The tremolo section is a bit of a hurdle but like most pieces in flamenco the fingerings seem unusual to me.
"Anything you do can be fixed. What you cannot fix is the perfection of a blank page. What you cannot fix is that pristine, unsullied whiteness of a screen or a page with nothing on it—because there’s nothing there to fix."
No more complaints about short fingers. I wish I had started playing guitar so early. Btw, a nice picado run at 0:10. Still better than my picado. Makes me want to practice more.
Luciano’s tutorial of Vicente’s paseo de gracia, the first F#9 chord but with the added passing note of F in the arpeggio. That’s a 5 fretter! Can’t do it !
Luciano’s tutorial of Vicente’s paseo de gracia, the first F#9 chord but with the added passing note of F in the arpeggio. That’s a 5 fretter! Can’t do it !
I can play that F#9 chord. But this extra stretch to the F note needs time. I played it 2 times and my index finger hurt. So I stopped.
Luciano’s tutorial of Vicente’s paseo de gracia, the first F#9 chord but with the added passing note of F in the arpeggio. That’s a 5 fretter! Can’t do it !
You don’t have to hear the g# against the brief F, so you can let go and replace the pinky quickly.
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