itsme
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Do you ever use rest strokes or just free strokes? My picking's been just about all free strokes so far.
But last night I was playing Tarrega's Study in E Minor (available at Tab-U-Learn in the high g/standard section under grade 4) and found myself using rest strokes to emphasize the top notes like I would on guitar and, damn, it sounded really nice that way.
For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, here's the definitions from Wikipedia.
Apoyando is a method of plucking used in both Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar known in English as 'Rest Stroke'. (A direct translation of 'Apoyando' from Spanish would be "resting". Rest stroke gets its name because after plucking the string, the finger rests on the adjacent string after it follows through, giving a slightly rounder, often punchier sound (contrast with tirando). The apoyando stroke is not intuitive so is rarely used by beginners. Most players will use the tirando or 'free-stroke' and will have difficulty in managing the apoyando. The apoyando offers greater control and strength to the player and is a requirement for certain pieces.
Tirando is a method of plucking used in both Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar. A direct translation from Spanish would be "pulling" (also often referred to as a "free stroke"). After plucking, the finger does not touch the string which is physically higher on the guitar (contrast with apoyando).
But last night I was playing Tarrega's Study in E Minor (available at Tab-U-Learn in the high g/standard section under grade 4) and found myself using rest strokes to emphasize the top notes like I would on guitar and, damn, it sounded really nice that way.
For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, here's the definitions from Wikipedia.
Apoyando is a method of plucking used in both Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar known in English as 'Rest Stroke'. (A direct translation of 'Apoyando' from Spanish would be "resting". Rest stroke gets its name because after plucking the string, the finger rests on the adjacent string after it follows through, giving a slightly rounder, often punchier sound (contrast with tirando). The apoyando stroke is not intuitive so is rarely used by beginners. Most players will use the tirando or 'free-stroke' and will have difficulty in managing the apoyando. The apoyando offers greater control and strength to the player and is a requirement for certain pieces.
Tirando is a method of plucking used in both Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar. A direct translation from Spanish would be "pulling" (also often referred to as a "free stroke"). After plucking, the finger does not touch the string which is physically higher on the guitar (contrast with apoyando).