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'The Picking Hand Grimoirium is a very thorough & comprehensive catalog of exercises that should be highly beneficial for anyone looking for a great picking/plucking workout. Any fans of Michael Manring's exercises involving permutations will dig it - hugely!'
Norm Stockton
Orange County, CA
Additional notes from the author:
By using this method, it insures complete picking hand development before
adding the fretting hand. Since the exercises are “micro” picking hand
movements only, detailed attention can be placed on
technique, tempo, rhythm, dynamics and consistent string attack for optimum
picking hand development. The exercises can and should be applied to ALL
picking techniques that the musician chooses in their form of expression
such as free strokes, rest strokes, alternate picking, economy picking,
hybrid picking, finger picking, tremolos, slapping, double thumping,
plucking, etc. As the
musician progresses through the various exercises, new picking patterns will
be encountered that could aid the musician in composing new and unique
ideas. The permutations in the Picking Hand Grimoirium were created by
computer program developed by the author. This insures that ALL permutations
of strings and notes-per-strings are included.
The Grimoirium also includes a chart of rhythms and MIDI files of the
rhythms that can be applied to the exercises. The rhythms are grouped into
three and four divisions of a beat or triplets and sixteenth notes. And to
track your progress, a copy of The Picking Hand Grimoirium Log Chart is also included.
I would like to note that the Picking Hand Grimoirium concentrates on one
specific aspect of
musicianship, the picking hand and it’s development. To become a well
rounded musician with the
ability to express oneself completely, all aspects of musicianship is
required in ones development and
should not be neglected. Also, the exercises in the Grimoirium can be
considered non-musical. We
must look past the exercises, since they are non-musical, to see the rewards that we may reap after the picking hand is developed and that is, no physical limitations for ones
expression.
Byron Santo
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