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Originally Posted by xuoham
However, I've also studied mandolin and plectrum banjo techniques, which introduced me to a different aesthetic. They use downstrokes for everything except when the music gets fast, and alteration takes over. Gypsy jazz players, who are no slouches, also use a similar technique. And often the downstrokes are rest strokes.
Two opposing techniques. I find myself using each at different times, and I try to avoid saying there is only one technique. Right now I'm working through a book from 1933 by Arthur Black, who outlines a technique of alteration, but always using a downstroke when moving to a higher string. Some modern players use this technique, though it's far from being modern.
So, no fixed technique, let music tell you what it wants, and go with that. And each piece of music is unique. Flexibility in all things. That's my approach.
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03-04-2018 04:35 AM
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Neatomic, thanks for all the support you give me!
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I felt the first two gauges of the Philippe Bosset strings were a little light for the Big Elf. I asked, and they've agreed, to make me a 14 for the first, and an 18 for the second. I'll get them soon. However, I had a set of GHS strings in a drawer, just those gauges, and they made quite a difference. I'm sure the Bossets will be just as good.
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