#1
|
|||
|
|||
Arpeggio roll
Just now after several years of failure, I'm starting to be able to do the arpeggio roll...first the 3 note roll then the 4. I am not there yet but its starting to happen...still hit or miss with the 4 note roll but feeling optomistic. I know some people can just do this and others have to struggle with it. Any tips to help me on the way with this?
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Are you doing the roll with your right or left hand predominantly?
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
"Militantly left-handed." Lefty Acoustics Martin 00-15M Taylor 320e Baritone Cheap Righty Classical (played upside down ala Elizabeth Cotten) |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Right hand only
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
However if you mean a fast arpeggio (like you would get in a strum) there are forward and backward ones. With forward ones you can often have all involved the picking digits in contact with the strings and you then pluck each string in succession. Easy to go very fast on this. Backward ones are more difficult (especially in isolation, a little easier in combination with a forward one). For example: -------0--------- -----1---1------- ---0-------0----- ----------------- -3-----------3--- -----------------
__________________
Derek Coombs Youtube -> Website -> Music -> Tabs Guitars by Mark Blanchard, Albert&Mueller, Paul Woolson, Collings, Composite Acoustics, and Derek Coombs "Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Woods hands pick by eye and ear
Made to one with pride and love To be that we hold so dear A voice from heavens above |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
I'm pretty spot on with my "forward" roll now (thumb, index, middle, then ring).
No disrespect to SunnyDee but I would say that you definitely need to be able to feel each and every finger motion, rather than seeing it as one large movement. Once I switched to that mindset my rolls became far more consistent, and fit far better into the mix as I can adjust for tempo more easily too. Really, my advice is do it for 5min a day, and do it slowly enough that you feel like you have complete control over each finger. You can try it fast when bored, but stick to doing it slowly until you're very comfortable and then slowly speed up (always making sure you feel like you have complete control). Oh and also make sure your hand feels very relaxed as you do it. I'm currently using this method for a "backward" roll too (ring, middle, index, then thumb) and it's going well. Not up to speed yet, but seeing improvement each day. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
"Militantly left-handed." Lefty Acoustics Martin 00-15M Taylor 320e Baritone Cheap Righty Classical (played upside down ala Elizabeth Cotten) |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Slow is king!
Perhaps you are right Sunny. It's just that it shouldn't take poor Don 3yrs to perfect Which suggested, at least to me, that there was something fundamentally wrong with the technique he was using (god knows I've had to fix plenty of bad habits). My bad habit was to think of it as one large motion. I didn't have the precision to pull it off accurately. Which gets me thinking. You should also practice to a metronome (or at least counting out loud), this helps too. Ending a roll too late or too soon sounds odd. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
"Militantly left-handed." Lefty Acoustics Martin 00-15M Taylor 320e Baritone Cheap Righty Classical (played upside down ala Elizabeth Cotten) |
#11
|
||||
|
||||
Timely thread. I'll be starting to learn this technique in Mark Hanson's Solo Fingerstyle course very soon.
__________________
Doerr Trinity 12 Fret 00 (Lutz/Maple) Edwinson Zephyr 13 Fret 00 (Adi/Coco) Froggy Bottom H-12 (Adi/EIR) Kostal 12 Fret OMC (German Spruce/Koa) Rainsong APSE 12 Fret (Carbon Fiber) Taylor 812ce-N 12 fret (Sitka/EIR Nylon) |
#12
|
||||
|
||||
Every once in a while during the week I'll spend a few minutes working on banjo rolls, 4th 3rd and 2nd strings then 3rd 2nd and 1st strings. Eventually the speed will increase, but in the meantime my slower arpeggios are much better.
__________________
Barry Youtube! Please subscribe! My SoundCloud page Avalon L-320C, Guild D-120, Martin D-16GT, McIlroy A20, Pellerin SJ CW Cordobas - C5, Fusion 12 Orchestra, C12, Stage Traditional Alvarez AP66SB, Seagull Folk Aria {Johann Logy}: |
#13
|
||||
|
||||
So I'm starting to work on Dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt in Mark Hanson's the Art of Solo Fingerstyle book and I also take Skype lessons from Mark. This song has several bars with 4 finger rolls (thumb-index-middle-ring progression). I started practicing my rolls by just individually plucking the strings and then hoping with practice that I would gain speed. But during my last lesson with Mark last week, this was our hot topic and the advice he offered was kind of similar to Rik Slo but he also suggested that in addition to putting all fingers and thumb on the strings to be played prior to initiating the roll to slightly "pre-load" the strings with light tension. I'm starting out slow and it seems to be moving in a forward direction but a long way to go! Certainly one of the toughest fingerstyle techniques to master I believe.
__________________
Doerr Trinity 12 Fret 00 (Lutz/Maple) Edwinson Zephyr 13 Fret 00 (Adi/Coco) Froggy Bottom H-12 (Adi/EIR) Kostal 12 Fret OMC (German Spruce/Koa) Rainsong APSE 12 Fret (Carbon Fiber) Taylor 812ce-N 12 fret (Sitka/EIR Nylon) |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Arpeggio roll?? Is this what you are talking about?
Watch, listen to what Chet does at around the 1:12 time mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE
__________________
"To walk in the wonder, to live in the song" "The moment between the silence and the song" Last edited by Nailpicker; 09-25-2017 at 06:45 PM. |
#15
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
__________________
Derek Coombs Youtube -> Website -> Music -> Tabs Guitars by Mark Blanchard, Albert&Mueller, Paul Woolson, Collings, Composite Acoustics, and Derek Coombs "Reality is that which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Woods hands pick by eye and ear
Made to one with pride and love To be that we hold so dear A voice from heavens above |