Re: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - my take

On May 2, 3:48 am, "Ed Chait" <edchait4rem...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Apr 30, 7:57 pm, "Brian Huether" <bhuethe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Didn't expect the philosophical discourse. Was just looking for
pointers. I
take lessons with a classical teacher (was learning on a classical
guitar
but kept breaking nails and one day just figured I would see how some
pieces
come along on steel and after a while it just seemed to become a
niche...)
and one thing he is great at is listening to me play with pure
objectivity.
Usually he has superb pointers that result in better phrasing and
understanding of the composer's intent. On this forum I have received
similar pointers but I guess this one wasn't meant to be!

regards,

brian

How do you play the melody and bass lines simultaneously with a pick?

ed

I have to shift my pick hand very rapidly to move back and forth...

Hmmmmmmmm, maybe I'm just dumb, but I just can't visualize how you would
be
able to keep a fairly constant tremolo going with a pick and still be able
to play the bass strings.

ed

Like Jeff said, down stroke on the bass note (pick is moving towards next
note) followed by an up stroke, a down stroke and an up stroke on the
upper
voice (pick is again moving towards next bass note). This way the picking
hand
is in constant alternate picking motion.

It's simply alternate picking: down-up-down-up etc. It's just like tremolo
picking in sixteenths on a single string except you have to "reach" a
little
further for the bass notes. What's throwing you off - the speed aspect?

Scott

Yes, the speed aspect. It's hard for me to get my head around that.

I was at McCabe's in Santa Monica many years ago, however, and this guy was
practicing onstage for his gig later that evening. His speed with a pick
was completely amazing.

ed

It is much, much easier to build speed with pick playing than with the
fingers. One of the reasons is is the nature of the action itself,
but probably the other one is that pick playing is simplified to a
limited number of motions. If you played nothing but i-m all the time
for every piece, you would be playing very fast in short order.

-DaveK

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