Members Boy Posted March 29, 2009 Members Posted March 29, 2009 More specifically the right(picking) hand than left. Right now, I play four notes per string using each of my four fingers(pinky is not used). Does anyone know a site or have any better ideas for warming up the picking hand for classical guitar?
Members Megatron_69 Posted March 29, 2009 Members Posted March 29, 2009 Sometimes I do some open string arps. or chromatic exercises. tremelos are great. Really any apreggios or scales using combinations pima. ie, im mi ma am p ect... checkout 'pumping nylon' by Scot Tenant for tons of ideas. also Segovia scales, and Mauro Guillini's 120 studies. I also do some simple rasquados for right hand warm ups and sometimes I just start with some simple pieces, like preludes and studies for real good warmups.
Members Virgman Posted March 29, 2009 Members Posted March 29, 2009 Google "120 Studies for the Right Hand"
Members Jasco Posted March 29, 2009 Members Posted March 29, 2009 checkout 'pumping nylon' by Scot Tenant for tons of ideas. Kitharologus is another great book for warm-up and technique exercises.
Members Li Shenron Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Anything that is neither fast nor requires stretching works as a warm up. Just play something with both hands for 10 minutes and you'll be warmed-up.
Members rushfan Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Try 3 note per string major scales. Not only will it warm up your fingers, but it'll help you, if you say the notes as you play them, to memorize the fretboard.
Members Boy Posted March 30, 2009 Author Members Posted March 30, 2009 Try 3 note per string major scales.Not only will it warm up your fingers, but it'll help you, if you say the notes as you play them, to memorize the fretboard. Actually I just recently memorized all seven modes in 3 notes per string. It does really help. For the left hand anyway.
Members Jasco Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Try 3 note per string major scales. I don't think 3 note per string scales are particularly applicable to classical guitar, as per the original posters question.
Members rushfan Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 I don't think 3 note per string scales are particularly applicable to classical guitar, as per the original posters question. And why would they not be? Classical guitar doesn't use scales?
Members Jasco Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 And why would they not be? Classical guitar doesn't use scales? My first suggestion if you ask that question with sarcasm is that maybe you should pick up some classical guitar books and work from them or take some lessons from a classical guitar instructor. No classical guitar method I've seen, nor any of the classical guitar teachers I have had, advocates or even mentions 3 note per string scales. Also, if you actually learn traditional classical guitar pieces, you won't encounter much material that lends itself to 3 note per string fingerings. 3 note per string fingerings are great for shredding sequenced scale runs really fast, but not much else, in my opinion. Therefore, as for the original posters request for warm up exercises for classical guitar, I would recommend exercises that help reinforce that style. If the poster had asked for warm up exercises for rock shredding, then 3 note per string scales would be a great place to start.
Members rushfan Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 My first suggestion if you ask that question with sarcasm is that maybe you should pick up some classical guitar books and work from them or take some lessons from a classical guitar instructor. Why would I want to do that? Doesn't matter WHAT music you play, playing major scales are a great help, and using the 3 note per string method helps warm your fingers up. Doesn't mean you have to play that way, it IS for practice.
Members Jasco Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Why would I want to do that? Possibly to learn something? Doesn't mean you have to play that way, it IS for practice. I'm an advocate of practicing what you want to play. But to each his own I suppose.
Members darkwaters Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 I use this one: http://www.amazon.com/Mel-Bay-Finger-Gymnastics-Flexibility/dp/0786653159#
Members rushfan Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Possibly to learn something? Why would I want to learn something that I have no interest in learning? Might as well say I should read the Karan(sp).
Members Megatron_69 Posted March 30, 2009 Members Posted March 30, 2009 Everything mentioned here will work well. Try working on some Arps and scales with pima......i particularly work 'a' hard for the results I'm after. beyond that if you hit a plateu.....which we all eventually do.....speed bursts work great for me as well as rasgueados(flexors). there's a reason why flamenco players can burn. But nothing replaces plenty of songs. I can bury myself in exercises and warmups real fast-I'm that kinda person. Sometimes It's best for me to just grab a few musical studies and preludes and jump right into my repertoire.
Members Jasco Posted March 31, 2009 Members Posted March 31, 2009 Why would I want to learn something that I have no interest in learning? I figured that since you were commenting on a thread about classical guitar, you might have some interest in or knowledge about the subject. Apparently not.
Members Phlat Phive Posted March 31, 2009 Members Posted March 31, 2009 +1 to the suggestion to check out Scott Tennant's Pumping Nylon, it's a great resource for exercises for both hands. It's contains Mauro Guiliani's right hand studies as well, perhaps not all of them, but more than you'll ever need. Personally, for warming up I just play some open chords arpeggios or some scales. But lately, I've become so lazy with warming up that I just play an easy song before moving on to the harder ones.
Members Machine Gun Posted March 31, 2009 Members Posted March 31, 2009 Google "120 Studies for the Right Hand" Thank you! I've been looking for a book with new fingerpicking patterns for a while now. Sorry for the hijack here Boy, but I don't want to start a new thread just to ask a related question, you know? Anyway, here goes: When playing notes on a single string, is it proper technique (read how most guys do it) to pluck the strings using each finger for a different note?
Members Jasco Posted March 31, 2009 Members Posted March 31, 2009 Anyway, here goes: When playing notes on a single string, is it proper technique (read how most guys do it) to pluck the strings using each finger for a different note? I think the most common ways would be alternating index and middle, or alternating thumb and index.
Members Machine Gun Posted March 31, 2009 Members Posted March 31, 2009 I think the most common ways would be alternating index and middle, or alternating thumb and index. Thank you. So no real advantage to using all four?
Members Jasco Posted April 1, 2009 Members Posted April 1, 2009 Thank you. So no real advantage to using all four? I don't think so. However, I've seen lots of different people use unconventional techniques, so I'm sure someone out there plays scalar runs very well using all four fingers on their picking hand. Now if you're talking about tremolo technique, then thumb plus three fingers is the common way to pick it.
Members Machine Gun Posted April 1, 2009 Members Posted April 1, 2009 I don't think so. However, I've seen lots of different people use unconventional techniques, so I'm sure someone out there plays scalar runs very well using all four fingers on their picking hand.Now if you're talking about tremolo technique, then thumb plus three fingers is the common way to pick it. Yeah, I was talking about scalar.
Members Phlat Phive Posted April 1, 2009 Members Posted April 1, 2009 Yeah, I was talking about scalar. The most common way of playing scalar passages is by alternating rest-strokes with the index and middle fingers. A combination of middle and ring fingers is also used by some players.This is a technique that's referred to as "picado" by flamenco players, and I believe by classical players as well.
Members Megatron_69 Posted April 1, 2009 Members Posted April 1, 2009 There's a version of imia in the Segovia scales but it's not practical to me. I do practice a lot of tremelo p+ami.
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