a little rolling tip

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Hi all! I’ve just realised that I’ve been doing this a few weeks back and I think it has helped me tighten up my rolls a bit.

This tip only applies if you cut D E F# and G on A(i.e. L3). When you do a cut, don’t consciously think of lifting your left ring finger, but rather think of lifting your left pinky up quickly from the knuckles. Lifting your pinky causes the ring finger to be lifted just a wee bit, producing a nice short blip for the cut. Hope thats helpful for anyone whose struggling with rolling.

Oh yeah if you don’t know whats a roll or how to do it, check out:
http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/index.html
Its just been updated too!

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On 2001-11-30 22:41, Eldarion wrote:
When you do a cut, don’t consciously think of lifting your left ring finger, but rather think of lifting your left pinky up quickly from the knuckles.

I think this is a neat trick and will keep it up my sleeve to recommend to people.

Actually I often find that people have a hard time getting the “tap” component of a roll sufficiently snappy, and it’s especially difficult when you have to tap with the ring finger - when executing rolls on A and E.

I think that here, the reverse of your idea will also work - i.e., think of flicking the little finger downwards, which will take the ring finger with it.

Thanks for the tip!
S