John McLaughlin below.....I'm lost, what does he mean here......i understand the playing 4 quarter notes per measure (bar) then, he says, sub divide into 6 quarter notes......huh?
I have developed a series that is tremendous for articulation and
rhythm. Start with the first string and slowly play four quarter notes
to the measure, all with down strokes. Then, while maintaining the same
tempo - preferably keeping time with your foot, although you can use a
metronome—subdivide the measure into six quarter-notes or two
quarter-note triplets. Next, switch to alternate strokes and start
progressing from eighths to triplets to sixteenths to sextuplets to
thirty-seconds to forty-eighths to sixty-fourths. Finally, go back down
again. This involves simple mathematics, but to execute it without
losing tempo is quite a challenge for the right hand. Of course, you can
approach it a little at a time. Now, that's just the beginning. Instead
of progressing through multiples of two and three, you can work with
odd-numbered figures, moving from one to two to three to four to five to
six to seven and so on.
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These are not notated as crotchets - they’re quavers or “eighth notes”, even though there are 6 to the bar. And now there’s no need for the little arc and ‘3’ number. It’s just accepted that there are 6 quavers to the bar.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
"Right hand warmup" sounds like the kind of euphemism you used to find on cards in phone boxes, though.