It's the second day since I started practicing the Flamenco triplet. No I can't do it fast yet, but I feel more comfortable doing the 3-step movement now. Yesterday my hand moved and felt so awkward. But I just did it again and again until I got them right one after the other. I expect to do this again and again and again to get the speed right. Meanwhile Gabriella's version is still a crazy long loooong way to go:
The triplet is quite exhausting to do. I don't know if it's me or the technique, but my wrist tires easily after a few strokes. I rest for a few minutes every after 20 repeats - doesn't help so much in establishing speed but it does aid in muscle memory. Lemme know how you're doing with your exercise.
Before I started with the triplet, I cut my thumb nail quite close. I tried doing the triplet with a long thumb fingernail, but I ended up hurting my thumb and I often got caught between the strings. I chafed the flesh just below the nail too during the upstroke. Prepare for a bit of pain.
If you research a few other Flamenco triplet vids over in YT, you'll notice that quite a number of guitarists have an ugly patch of paper, plastic or whatever on the sounding board, below the 1st E string. If you're wondering why so, it's to protect the sounding board from nail scratches. Beware of that too.
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