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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 @9:03:04 PM
My teacher gave me the greatest exercise tonight that I wanted to share.
I've been struggling with Roll's and I explained that some Roll's are easier than others. The hard ones are when you have to put two fingers down at once to setup for it.
For example a G note Roll on the D String (in Key of G).
You put your 2nd and 3rd finger down together, play the G, Flick the 4th Finger above the G and then lift the G (to allow the F# to come through) and then G again.
But my fingers are so programmed to want to go up and down individually. So I asked if she could think of an exercise to help break that habit.
She suggested Two Finger Arpegios.
Basically if there is any opportunity that a Lower Finger can be put down without changing the Arpegio, then do it.
So instead of fingering G,B,D,G,B,D,G one finger at a time you finger G,AB,D,F#G,B,CD,F#G
It still sounds exactly the same, but your lower 1st or 2nd finger is now in position for a Roll, or a Quick Up, Down, Up sequence (which happens a ton) and many other Neighbor note sequences. Your lower finger had nothing else to do, so it can prep for the next thing that might come along, like a Roll.
In Practice some pairs are very common. Like the F#G pairs (ones 1/2 step apart) are more common than some of the others. Also in practice 2nd and 3rd finger pairing is more common than 1st and 2nd.
I think it may help with intonation as well especially when the two fingers going down are touching each other like the F#G's they help queue each other where to go.
As many of you know when doing scales they always say keep your fingers down to conserve energy and not have to position again, in case you're coming right back.
This is the same spirit of that thinking. So often, neighbor notes come up, that you might as well fret them both in one shot.
My teacher has been telling me this for quite a while, but it really clicked when a clear problem occurred with the Roll's and the Exercise to help break it.
I think it will work, It just feels right as I watch my fingers being coached to do something different.
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