Originally Posted by
PhillipeTaylor
Perhaps this belongs in Irish tunes, since it's about right hand technique for those tunes, but it's a bit technical, so I put it here. Please set me straight if I'm posting improperly:
I know that ideally, I'm supposed to develop the right hand technique properly as I learn every tune (proper up/down for reels, DUD DUD for jigs), but in reality it goes like this:
I learn the tune and do my best with the right hand as I do. I get the feel of the tune at tempo. I TRY to get my right hand correct. But once I get the tune about at speed, I slow it down again, and THEN grind out the proper right hand technique - usually involving fixing a few spots and re-establishing the new habit, which actually always feels more "right."
Also, as I grind out my old standards to level up my playing, these rules just seem to have a lot of exceptions, which I want to ask about.
Some reels appear to have points in the song with a rhythmic D D prior to getting into the ududud rhythm, which is also true for Jigs, sometimes. I am reading that, and applying that and it feels right and sounds right, but looking for confirmation on this.
Also, some reels seem to want to start on a down, others on an up - it just makes more "sense" rhythmically, to me, as I work out these right-hand issues. It's hard to explain, but I think if we sat down with particular tunes, the case would make itself. Is that a legit observation?
Thanks!
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