Daily Routine Technique - Sandro Rodrigues PDF

Daily
Technique
Routine
by Sandro Rodrigues
www.sandrorodrigues.pt
Introduction
This short book of exercises is a result of the experience I had through my student years. It is a
daily routine that I have maintained for the last 4 years and it allows me to have my fingers in
shape to face concerts, exams or competitions. Please, consider that this is not a miraculous
solution for all the technique problems, you should do a lot more exercises and find your own
solutions for the technical problems you may have during your experience, but it is a way to,
after having a basic technique developed, maintain your skills.
The exercises are not originally created by myself, they’re just a compilation of exercises that I
learned throughout my experience.
I hope you enjoy the session and get motivated to do it often!
Sandro Rodrigues
Left Hand Activation (and Correction)
This first exercise is quite simple, and it allows you to activate your fingers correctly and focus
also on the correction of the left-hand position. Make sure you use the 1st and 4th fingers as
references in order to have acquire the stability on your left hand.
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Right Hand Activation (Crossed Fingers)
In this exercise you activate your right-hand fingers using crossed fingering patterns. This means
you use more movement than you usually need, but it is good for you to concentrate in making
the movement using the least effort possible.
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Full Planting Arpeggios
Full Planting is the preparation of all the fingers you need to use in a certain passage. In this
exercise you can practice it by preparing all the fingers before playing each arpeggio. It also
develops your skills in finger independence while making the smallest movement possible.
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Sequential Planting (Abel Carlevaro)
I guess all the guitarists who had classical formation have been through these arpeggio exercises
made by Carlevaro, but some never stop to think about it and how to take the most advantage
out of it. This exercise, when well done, can improve a lot your right-hand finger independence.
I always try to keep the use of the Sequential Planting when I do it, which means preparing the
finger you need to use immediately when you play the previous note. Also, I usually play the
bass in staccato, in order to develop the independence of the thumb.
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Ligados (Hammer On)
The idea of this exercise is to get the clearest sound in all the notes using the ligado technique.
You can either choose to block your fingers and use all the strength on the “hammering” one or
use a little movement of your wrist to help. Both ways are correct, but it will always depend on
your hands and how you feel about each one of the techniques. To be sincere, I use both,
depending on the situation. You will always find different pieces where it is easier to use one or
another.
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Ligados (Hammer Off)
As in the previous exercise, he idea of this one is to get the clearest sound in all the notes using
the ligado technique. In this case, you can also choose either to block your fingers and use all
the strength on the “plucking” the string with the finger you are using on the left hand or use
the movement of your left-wrist to help it. Like I said before, both ways are correct, depending
on the situation.
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Ligados (Groups)
The main goal of this exercise is to develop the agility and clearness of long ligados, using both
“hammer-on” and “hammer-off”. Of course, you should start slowly, but the idea Is to get to a
fast version of the exercise, almost like if it was a grupetto.
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Finger Extension (Scott Tennant)
The following two exercises are made to work on your left-hand finger extension. You should try
to keep the duration of the notes, as an arpeggio. It can be very hard at the beginning to extend
your fingers without having pain. If that is the case, I would suggest you put some goals in
distance every day, starting from the 9th fret until the 5th per example, and then try to go one
fret longer each two days. You are free to decide your own goals.
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Scales (H. Villa-Lobos - Étude Nº7)
Try to learn this scale slowly before doing the exercises. It is very known, and it makes the scale
study much more active than just doing simple scales of a tonality. When you are doing the slow
versions, try to prepare each finger immediately after playing the previous one, almost as if each
note was a staccato. This will help you in getting more agility when playing it fast, because it
becomes an automatic movement. Also, you are free to choose if you use rest-stroke or free-
stroke. Our hands and nails are likely different, and they react in different ways to different
movements. So: your hands, your decision. The scale is originally played only as a descendent
scale, but I repeat it all the way up in order to make the exercise longer. Here it is, for you to
learn before doing the exercises:
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