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Originally Posted by rob taft
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11-07-2016 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Aretium
I own a special purpose built guitar that has a nearly 2 1/4" spacing at the bridge which I find ideal but had I known at the time about something like the Peerless Martin Taylor Maestro I would have gone that route. If I can believe the specs, that guitar has a nut width is 1.76 inch and the width at the 12th fret 2.16 inches and 2.33″ at the 20th fret
Martin Taylor is certainly no slouch with his fingers although when he really wants to play fast, although when he plays really fast single lines, he usually uses a pick.
Peerless Martin Taylor Maestro | Guitars 'n Jazz
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I once asked Thomas Fellow how to play fast single-note-lines with fingers. He replied, that the secret to speed is relaxation.
This means, that you don't need to get your finger back over the string with a conscious muscle movement! You just need to relax the muscles that moved the finger towards the palm and it will return "automatically" to it's initial (or neutral) position. That means you have to do one move and relax instead of two moves, which should speed you up.
I hope I explained it well enough.
If not, here is a video of Pepe Romero explaining the same thing:
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Originally Posted by Stanford J17
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Alexander Technique and Tai Chi exercises are a great help in getting 'right' (muscle) tone.
A Technique for MusiciansLast edited by destinytot; 11-16-2016 at 08:24 AM.
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This might be tangential as really my fingerstyle technique is quite basic, but I've been working at 'pick the off beat and slur into the beat phrasing' which is quite common with a lot of players it seems (Mike Moreno covers this in his first musicmasterclass video.)
I like what this has done for my pick playing but the a side benefit is that my fingerstyle linear playing is much better.
It's a bit of a myth that you have to pick everything - guys like Sylvain Luc and Lionel Loueke don't appear to do this... (Although Luc can play pretty fast fingerstyle runs it must be said)Last edited by christianm77; 11-17-2016 at 04:58 AM.
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I've been in a similar boat... I haven't been playing much nylon guitar but I have been converting to fingerstyle. I a made a short video addressing some of the techniques that have worked for me, maybe it will help you too?
I have been alternating i m and p i the most but also occasionally where a thumb pick which helps give a little more clarity to the thumb but I don't always like to use that sound...
Hope the video helps!
JJ
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Originally Posted by destinytot
Earl Klugh does use nails......
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Originally Posted by armando
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Originally Posted by destinytot
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Nice sounding modern classic Frameworks:
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I like this playing:
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Man I have been listening a lot to Sylvain Luc following my last post. What a wonderful musician.
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My issue isn't so much scales, but arpeggios -- not the broken chord kid, but the 2-3 notes per string.
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Originally Posted by Aretium
On the other hand the high E string on nylon guitar has got a lot of dynamics, it doesn't sound weak.
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Originally Posted by Aretium
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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