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Topic: Mauro Giuliani finger excercises - for lap steel! |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Aug 2012 1:11 pm |
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THanks to Joe Gore for this link to the music & tab for Mauro Giuliani's knuckle busters. They pre-date the steel yet are relevant to any fingerstyle playing - even on lap steel!
http://tonefiend.com/guitar/fingerstyle-boot-camp/ |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2012 2:21 pm
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| Cool site, thanx, Andy. |
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2012 3:05 pm
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The "mathematical breakdown" style of exercises are good, as long as they don't start to dictate the music. Learning every possible combination of beats, or notes, or fingerings in order to have them at your command is one thing. But I spent a few years working through a bunch of the left-hand fingering, string-skipping kinds of exercise books, trying to find a reasonable balance for teaching students.
I hit one late-80's/early-90's book called "Guitar Fitness" by Josquin des Pres, you could have re-titled it "lost Melodic Secrets of Early Dream Theater" and been right on too. If John Petrucci wasn't reading out of that book and running off to the studio... Al DiMeola was another guy who's technique ran on out ahead of him, though dozens and dozens found that awesome. He even admits it himself, fortunately it's his only flaw. 
The only reason I say this is it's easy to run through a bunch of technically-adept players on YouTube before finding one who's got something to say... if exercises are a help in that regards, great. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Aug 2012 4:33 pm
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The Al Di Meola's of the world are at one end of the continuum. On the other, are the regular player who enjoy dipping into exercises once in a while or just pick out a few that may be helpful.
Last edited by Andy Volk on 31 Aug 2012 2:31 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Liz Williams
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California, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2012 8:07 pm
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| Thanks for this, Joe and Andy. When I was a classical guitar major, I could hear the difference these exercises made to my tone and to my right hand dexterity. I'd lost track of them and am glad to have a copy. |
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