Hey folks. I was wondering if I could get any tips for my top change hanging up. I've been steadily trying to almost perfect it for six weeks practicing it almost every night through that time. When I pull it off it looks great, but about five percent of the time it hangs up in my hands. For this reason I will not use it in performance. I'm trying to replace my double lift with it as much as possible.
The hang up can be gotten rid of with a light touch, as mentioned before.
Also make sure that you're not in a hurry to execute the move and you PROPERLY slide the original second card off the deck (the one which'll end up in your dominant hand at the end) even if you need to slide it off just an inch or less.
Start tantalizingly slow...so slow that you'd feel as if you're being idiotic, so slow that even a new-born kid you think, could do better. I promise, that in a day or two of doing this, you'll naturally pick up speed. And this speed that you pick up would be a natural speed, as in at that developed speed, the move will be smooth. Try that. You'd also learn many things you might've overlooked before.
Finally, I know that technique IS important. Very. BUT the fact remains that you can really perform the TC when people aren't looking, so that you get off clean. The benefit of doing this is that you'll gain experience, and gradually your TC WILL improve. You need ''flight-time'' mate.
And yes you may get caught, and you probably will. I think RRTCM mentioned that the first time you do the change, you'll get caught. So brace yourself but remember to rehearse (not just practice
) in front of people you don't mind busting yourself. Even the best singers need a place to sound like a dolphin with a bad cough, per se.
