What exactly is Joscho doing here?

kungfumonk007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0li1lsbxM

What is the technique here at 1:55 that he is using?

kungfumonk007

Also are there any plyometric or any other strength training exercises (or relaxation exercises) to help me get that last bit of speed up to Joscho's level?

matty42

I'm not sure what the technical term is, but I think it's called being f**king amazing!

Elliot

I think it is a 32nd note tremelo.

redblues

Joscho is by no means my favourite GJ player, but he has the most explosive power in the right hand i've ever heard. 0-120 in a flash

kungfumonk007

Is he doing triplets? I think he is, and if so is he doing a straight tremelo or is he doing the down, up, down pattern? Whatever it's too fast for me.

Elliot

No triplets here, in fact they are probably 16ths since the song is so fast.

slicker37

Elliot wrote:

No triplets here, in fact they are probably 16ths since the song is so fast.

i agree with that.. super fast

kungfumonk007

Well 16th notes are faster than triplet 8th notes, and since he is moving at around 290 I think 16th notes are humanly impossible, and if he is doing that, I'm giving up music and becoming a tax accountant :?

slicker37

kungfumonk007 wrote:

Also are there any plyometric or any other strength training exercises (or relaxation exercises) to help me get that last bit of speed up to Joscho's level?

no exercises could ever get you that quick,its loads of fast twitch muscle fibres,,either got them or you havnt,stochelo was rapid as a child,bireli also. think of it like this,,,,no amount of training could make you as quick has a champion 100 metre runner,you gotta be rapid to start with,then fine tune your skills and speed. something called extremely gifted

kungfumonk007

There are excercises that will target fast-twitch fibers - plyometrics, isometrics - but I don't know any specific ones for the muscles involved in the whole picked rasqueado thing. I'm still pretty sure those are 8th note triplets at around 290, which is smoking fast! That is the same as doing 16th notes at 218.