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El Colibri:
Julio S Sagreras
"Imitation
of the flight of the Humming-bird" is the accompanying comment that Sagreras
makes to the piece on the score along with a dedication to his daughter
Clelia for whom he wrote the piece. The work will be played at a rather
fast pace...actually, most contemporary players pay it too fast... The
faster a piece is meant to be played, the slower it has to be practiced
and played until all the moves have been incorporated to a subconscious
level.
Sagreras uses legato/slur (glissando)
and a fast series of repeating sixteenth notes to achieve the effect of
the fast rotating wings of this South American bird.
Fast repeating notes can be achieved
in several different ways:
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apply the planting "feel the string"
with the tip of your finger prior to actually plucking the string. This
will bring your fingers as close to the strings as possible
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use the a-i fingers combination if you
want. These 2 fingers are generally identical in length.
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make you own exercise and use different
fingers combinations on different strings. Speed must be increased gradually
and I strongly recommend you use a metronome during the study process
of fast pieces to prevent you from playing fast ahead of time. The
fingers combinations are : m-i; a-i, m-a and p-i.
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Only when yo can play the piece throughout
without mistakes, start working on speed.
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