Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified nylon strings, impressions and tips.strings - I like how your hand feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel string I have sometimes used wound 3rd
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm notgoing to get adjusted to that amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a small
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice
to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified
nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all
solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better
than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel
string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand
feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and
bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few
times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the
anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe
that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a
small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars
and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon
but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot
for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain
a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice
to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified
nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all
solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better
than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel
string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand
feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and
bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few
times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the
anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that
amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe
that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do
people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a
small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars
and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon
but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them? >>
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot
for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain
a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a
little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With
the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a
guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept
that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt
that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice, or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only for that latter reason I stopped using them.
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified
nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all
solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better
than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel
string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand
feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and
bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few
times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the
anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that
amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe
that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a
small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars >>> and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them? >>>
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot >>> for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t >> feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a
little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer >> from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With
the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a
guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept
that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt
that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice, >> or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
Ken Blake <k...@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.gre...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all >>> solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better >>> than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand >>> feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and
bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few >>> times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the
anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe
that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars
and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot
for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t
feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a
little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer
from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a
guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept >> that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion. It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap offIs this video talking about that slice? She mentions both Segovia and the word 'slice' quite early.
which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent
glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves
through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger tone.
--
Matt
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all
solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better
than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand
feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and
bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few
times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the
anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe
that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars >>>> and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot >>>> for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t >>> feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a
little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer >>> from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >>> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a
guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept
that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >>> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your
fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion. It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap off
which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent
glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger tone.
On Saturday, 1 May 2021 at 20:45:36 UTC+1, mattf...@gmail.com wrote:
Ken Blake <k...@invalidemail.com> wrote:Is this video talking about that slice? She mentions both Segovia and the word 'slice' quite early.
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger
Antony Grenney <antony.gre...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>>>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>>>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all >>>>> solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better >>>>> than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>>>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand >>>>> feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and >>>>> bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few >>>>> times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the >>>>> anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>>>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe >>>>> that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>>>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>>>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars >>>>> and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>>>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot >>>>> for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>>>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t
feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a >>>> little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer
from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >>>> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a >>>> guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept >>>> that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >>>> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your
fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion.
It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s >> released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap off
which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an
ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent
glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to >> the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest
release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved
solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger
joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves
through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger
tone.
--
Matt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXOnj-2HHoE
She seems to be using a bad pickup (unless the recording is just grimly compressed) so the audio doesn't really illustrate so well.
On 5/1/2021 12:45 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>>>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>>>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all >>>>> solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better >>>>> than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>>>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand >>>>> feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and >>>>> bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few >>>>> times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the >>>>> anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>>>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe >>>>> that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>>>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>>>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars >>>>> and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>>>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot >>>>> for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>>>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t
feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a >>>> little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more
supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer
from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >>>> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a >>>> guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept >>>> that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >>>> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger
follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your
fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion.
It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s >> released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap off
which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an
ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent
glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to >> the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest
release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved
solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger
joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves
through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger
tone.
Thanks very much. Do you use it? Do many of today's top guitarists use it?
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 12:45 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice >>>>>> to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>>>>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all >>>>>> solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better >>>>>> than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>>>>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand >>>>>> feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and >>>>>> bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few >>>>>> times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the >>>>>> anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>>>>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe >>>>>> that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do >>>>>> people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>>>>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars
and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon >>>>>> but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot
for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain >>>>>> a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t
feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a >>>>> little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more >>>>> supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer
from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >>>>> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a >>>>> guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept >>>>> that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >>>>> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger
follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your
fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion. >>> It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s >>> released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap off
which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an
ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent
glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to >>> the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest
release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved >>> solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger >>> joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves
through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger >>> tone.
Thanks very much. Do you use it? Do many of today's top guitarists use it? >>
I wasn’t sure because I hardly think about my technique anymore, so I just played a couple of pieces by Torroba: Yes, I used it several times in each piece. I did interpret the piece
using a lot of various tone-colors, so I
imagine that guitarists today who use a lot of colors also use that technique.
Matt Faunce <mattfaunce@gmail.com> wrote:
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:pieces
On 5/1/2021 12:45 PM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2021 10:56 AM, Matt Faunce wrote:
Antony Grenney <antony.grenney010471@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice
to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified >>>>>>> nylon strings, impressions and tips.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all >>>>>>> solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better >>>>>>> than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel >>>>>>> string I have sometimes used wound 3rd strings - I like how your hand >>>>>>> feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and >>>>>>> bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few >>>>>>> times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the >>>>>>> anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm not going to get adjusted to that >>>>>>> amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe >>>>>>> that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do
people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a >>>>>>> small amount of squeak, shwiiiip and buzz, etc, it's why I've got guitars
and not electronic keyboards.)
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon
but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot
for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain
a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
I’ve tried these strings years ago. With the rectified nylon-G I didn’t
feel the need to change my technique in any conscious way because of a >>>>>> little extra noise. I stopped using them because I preferred the more >>>>>> supple tone from a regular nylon G on my guitar. My guitar doesn’t suffer
from a tubby-sounding G string like many less-expensive guitars do. With >>>>>> the wound G I did stop my left hand from gliding along the string as a >>>>>> guide while shifting positions, and I would have been willing to accept >>>>>> that adjustment because I did like the strong and tight tone; but I felt >>>>>> that my right-hand technique was limited: I couldn’t do the Segovia slice,
or anything close to it, without getting a lot of scraping noise. It’s only
for that latter reason I stopped using them.
Just curious: what's the "Segovia slice"?
It’s when in your plucking motion, instead of having your r.h. finger >>>> follow through toward your palm, you rotate your wrist so that your
fingertip moves toward where your thumb was when you started the motion. >>>> It’s a technique to get the string to glide along the nail before it’s >>>> released and freely vibrates, as opposed to having the string snap off >>>> which happens when you pluck perpendicular to the string. It’s an
ultra-gradual release which yields the roundest tone. You get a decent >>>> glide when you use a normal motion plucking motion that’s more oblique to
the string, but the Segovia slice will get the most glide and smoothest >>>> release.
Another benefit of the Segovia slice is that because your finger is moved >>>> solely by the rotation of the wrist, and in a direction that your finger >>>> joints won’t facilitate, there’s more momentum in your finger as it moves
through the string than in a normal stroke. More momentum yields a bigger >>>> tone.
Thanks very much. Do you use it? Do many of today's top guitarists use it? >>>
I wasn’t sure because I hardly think about my technique anymore, so I just >> played a couple of pieces by Torroba: Yes, I used it several times in each >> piece. I did interpret the piece
using a lot of various tone-colors, so I
imagine that guitarists today who use a lot of colors also use that
technique.
I don’t know how many of today’s top players use it. I’m curious if David
Russell uses it.
He was one of the first top guitarists, if not the first,
to usher in what I think of as the piano players, i.e., players who don’t use much tone variation, but, like pianists, use all the other devices available, like dynamics, plays with tempo, etc. (Just compare Russell with Parkening.)
Hello. (This group seems more active than a lot of Usenet, which is nice to see still...) I wanted to ask for people's impressions of rectified nylon strings, impressions and tips.strings - I like how your hand feels better anchored, or at least that's how I'd describe it.
I mostly play two inexpensive steel string guitars, but bought an all solid woods classical guitar made by 'Santos Martinez' that is better than I could expect for a £300 guitar. Because of being used to steel string I have sometimes used wound 3rd
Later on I discovered these rectified nylon strings from Savarez and bought a few 3rd strings of different tensions. I've used these a few times, then forgotten about them, then tried them again. You get the anchored feeling but I'm thinking I'm notgoing to get adjusted to that amount of noise. The actual wound strings seem less noisy, but maybe that's about becoming attuned, the way we do to traffic and birdsong. Do people adjust their techniques? Do they accept the noise? (I do like a small
I think I saw that E and B strings are available also in rectified nylon but three times the noise seems a bit much. Does anyone here swear by them?I don't think "rectified" means wound. Mostly it means that the string has been pulled through a die in order to insure a uniform diameter. I suppose it could also mean wound strings that have been pulled through a die, in which case, it might be done to
Currently I think I'm going to make a new nut and cut the 3rd string slot for a wound string but I'll give the rectified nylon string and my brain a bit longer to make friends.
Thanks.
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