![]() “The Parsis succeeded because they operated from Bombay, where the East India Company had less control. “I find it difficult to believe some inherent cultural traits are responsible for any community’s success,” he says. But historian Amar Farooqui, author of Opium City: The Making of Early Victorian Bombay, attributes it to the larger forces of history. What accounts for the community’s success? Some would credit it to adaptability, willingness to travel the seas and friendship with the British. Many Indian business communities tried their hands at the opium trade but it was only the Parsis who really flourished. Titled Across Oceans & Flowing Silks: From Canton to Bombay, the exhibition is all about the Parsi participation in the opium trade - and the fabulous wealth it generated, which eventually went into building the city of Mumbai (including the structure that is now the NGMA). Just having that small reference point really should loosen your arm up a lot.A glimpse into the life and times of some of the real Bahram Modis of the 19th 12 Time Passages century is currently on display at Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). They both float a lot but both have some connection to the body/strings with their hands that lets their forarm/elbow relax more. If I were you I’d look into Marty Friedman and Joscho Stephan, they both have videos with Troy for CtC members, they are close to what you’re already doing so it won’t be a big change. Look at Troy for example, he’s an awesome player and his exploration into all these different picking techniques has made him really enlightened on how to play correctly. Tho I’d recommend picking a bunch of picking styles you like the look of and adding them into your practice if you’re not already. In my own playing I’ve tried so many different picking styles, nowhere near the ammount Troy has, but about 6 different ones, and it’s really helped educate me by physical example what the best picking style for my body is, we all have very different bodies and hands, Although it does take a lot of time and moves you away from being musical if you obsess on it. ![]() Keeping a muscle active for extended periods of time will cause a lot of irritation. The muscles need to relax every now and then to remove the toxins that build up from their use. Try spend a few weeks with your palm on the low e string/bridge. It lets you use leverage to really increase your picking power and speed. Playing with a floating hand is great and shows a lot of control, I personally think if a technique can’t be pulled off floating then it’s not a great technique, but to do it all the time is too much, you can be so much faster and in control with a good anchor. Sounds like you are heading in that direction already. Perhaps find a way to relax your palm on the guitar so your elbow isn’t under constant tension. When I think of injury on guitar I think of Steve Morse with his constant alternate picking, far more stressful than what you’re doing. I don’t see how your playing would cause injury, I would think it’s probably something else causing it, something thats causing inflammation, though what I do notice is you’ve got your hand mostly floating, so there will be a constant contraction and tension in your arm.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |