I ran Lessons 45 and 44 together because it seemd to make for a smaller file size than doing it seprately. LOL - making these videos has really been an eyeyeye opening experience - I did not realize how much my thumb was moving around. It looks like it is at times actually pressing hard against the index finger - but really its not - its just lightly brushing against it.
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OK - in Lesson 45, my chords were weak sounding - I can do better than that. Also, I actually could have made it more musical sounding like you told me - maybe making the chords take a breath between each one - or slighting slowing down/speeding up - I guess there could be alot of ways to make it more musical - but the entire time I was playing it I was thinking about my file size limitations - therefore, I did not want to drag it out. My chord playing has alot of room for improvement, but it is considerablly better than what it was a few months ago.
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In Lesson 44, I am still confused about how to execute the arpeggio.
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I have a book - it says when learning -as a beginner - in practice - to use a individual full plant. All fingers of the right hand are planted - a finger plucks, then returns to the string before a different finger plucks. The book claims this is only for learning and has little to no application in real playing.
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Another book shows the exact same figure/style of arpeggio as this Sagreras Lesson - it suggests using the sequential plant for both the ascending and descending notes.
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Another book suggests always using the full plant with ascending notes, and sequential planting with the descending notes. This is what I attempted to do in the lesson here. Altho it may not have actually worked out that way.
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CONFUSION
I am confused about the full plant - I tried to plant all my fingers as the thumb would play - then I would pluck with a finger and return it to hover in a playing position before the next finger would play - but herein lies my confusion - does the index finger stroke the string and then return to hover in its ready playing position before the middle finger starts its action? and then does the middle finger stroke its string and return to hover in its playing position before the ring finger starts its action?

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Does the index finger play and not return - then the middle plays and not returns - then the ring finger plays and ALL the fingers return together to plant as one unit as the thumb plays?
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If I understood it correctly, Pujol always lets on like the thumb plucks the strings bending at its end joint - is that for real? My other books say not to bend the end joint and that the thumb plucks from the hand.

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I really aprreciate all the time and help that you are giving to me.

Thanks for everything.