The Ida Presti right hand technique for guitar – Alice Artzt – 1/4
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In this video from January 2001, internationally acclaimed classic guitartist, Alice Artzt explains and demonstrates the legendary Ida Presti’s right hand technique for playing the guitar. Part 1 of 4. Copyright © 2009 – Alice Artzt. For more information or to contact Alice Artzt, she can be reached at: guitartzt@aol.com
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Sorry to have made it look harder than you anticipated. The thing I do find though, particularly among Americans, is the assumption that if you are talented, you just DO whatever it is easily. Elsewhere in the world the assumption is you WORK really really hard to do whatever it is. However, the thing I found is that practicing the guitar is GREAT FUN – I should know having spent probably around 6 or more hours a day doing it for the past 54 years. GO for it. Best etc, Alice
Sorry to have made it look harder than you anticipated. The thing I do find though, particularly among Americans, is the assumption that if you are talented, you just DO whatever it is easily. Elsewhere in the world the assumption is you WORK really really hard to do whatever it is. However, the thing I found is that practicing the guitar is GREAT FUN – I should know having spent probably around 6 or more hours a day doing it for the past 54 years. GO for it. Best etc, Alice
Alice spent one hour with me late one afternoon in May 2005 and I left knowing what a mountain I had to climb. I was in love with the sound, and still am. I do not know even yet whether I have the desire (for that is what it is) to plunge into and past the elementary exercises. But even from what she showed me, I cannot go back to noodling unless I’m ready to go to serious work. Alice, thank you–you did what you were supposed to. You made it look harder than I thought it would be.
So glad I could help you – the way Ida Presti helped me.
Dear Alice! I am so impressed by deepness of your understanding of the subtleties of sound, technique and music! I am a professional guitar player, but all my life i am struggling with technique and sound. You’ve presented to me totally new for me hand position and sound conception, which immediately changed widened my volume diapason, especially ability to make accents. So music got richer! And i love your style of explanation, clearest possible! Thanks, thanks, thanks!
I can vouch for maestra Artzt’s playing of contemporary music by eg Jana Obrovska & Dusan Bogdanovic as I own her “Variations, Passacaglias and Chaconnes” CD – one of my favourites.
So glad it helped you. Best etc, Alice
This really helped me to develop a fuller, more appealing sound!
Thank you so much. – It’s the foundation that matters.
Thanks so much – glad you found it helpful.
No one could have explained the right hand technique so eloquently. It’s a great contribution to the world of the classical guitar. Deeply appreciated.
You’re very welcome.
thanks:)
Glad you liked the video. I’m not sure where I said noise instead of sound – I’d usually use that word for something less controlled than that denoted by “Sound”. I played a lot of contemporary works, though nothing very atonal. About the most “modern” thing I played was the Henze Tentos – also Koshkin, Obrovska, Eastwood, plus Berkeley, Britten, etc etc etc. Most of my recordings are out of print, though I can make CD copies for people if they really want them
Very nice and important lesson. Very interesting that master Artzt says “noise” instead of “sound”. I wonder if she plays any contemporary repertoire. If so, I would like to give it an ear….
Greetings to you too. Best etc, Alice
Hallo Alice. I looking for Guitaruists in guitar lexicon. Know I found You. “A” letter.
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You’re very welcome. Best of Luck. Alice
Thanks, I will follow your advice. This video is probably the best explanation of right hand technique available for free on youtube. I’m sure many guitarists worldwide will take advantage of it.
Playing without nails is certainly not ideal. I’d suggest still doing the same Presti technique, and just try to keep your nails out to the ends of your fingers if possible and curve your fingers a lot to try to at least get a bit of support from the nails. Good luck. I do remember Presti once performing in NYC Town Hall with nearly no nails, as hers were not strong and had pretty well worn out during the previous tour. She sounded wonderful – as usual. Amazing!
Miss Artzt, thanks for the wonderful videos. I wish I had seen them a few years earlier before I had adopted some of these techniques. However, do you have any advice for how the Presti technique can be modified for people who play without nails? My career requires that I keep my nails short, so I had to clip them a few months ago.
Many thanks in advance for the music. If scanning it and sending it as an attachment doesn’t work, then if you like you could send it by mail – 51 Hawthorne Ave, Princeton NJ 08540. Many thanks, and good luck to you.
Hello .Miss Artzt i have been trying to to send you some music ,as i said i would ,for your invaluable help.(i have still to experiment yet with the balls )through yahoo mail but to no avail .ifyou need advice which i may have to offer let me know*
Glad to be of help. Good luck with the ping pong balls. Make sure to have some acetone nearby when you use the crazy glue. It will dissolve any mistakes you may make. Also best to get some strong tweezers to use to clamp the false nail and real one together while you are working. Once you get a technique for it, it is not hard – but does take a bit of practice – you won’t probably get it instantly. Thanks in advance for any music. Best etc, Alice
Thank you miss Artzt. i will give it a chance soon as soon as i find ping dong balls .You know this video will become a classic of guitar information in very near future .For your reward i will send soon rare hard to get classical guitar music .
Put the false nails UNDER your own and file them in a chisel shape, with your own nails longer and the false ones shorter underneath, so the false nails only protect your own nails in the attack and you get the sound of your own nails only. The false nails are never anywhere near the cuticle, and never affect the sound at all – they just make your own nails stronger. If you do it right, it works wonderfully.