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1-on-1 request
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Yup, i posted the same request some time ago. I would love to see Aaron do the classic pass, and explain it...
To get it at the level of yours, probably isn't hard.
To get it invisble, is EXTREMELY hard, and takes years of practise.
Therefore, it can be a hard move, but depends on how 'invisble' you want it.
In the words of one of the greatest card magicians I know, "The pass will never be invisible, so you can just give that **** up..."
The pass is not meant to be invisible. It is not meant to be a technique used right in front of your spectator's eyes... it is a tool to be used in your performance with misdirection and timing.
If you want to learn the classic pass correctly, read pages 97-99 of The Expert At The Card table about the Two Handed Shift.
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The pass is not meant to be invisible. It is not meant to be a technique used right in front of your spectator's eyes... it is a tool to be used in your performance with misdirection and timing.
If you want to learn the classic pass correctly, read pages 97-99 of The Expert At The Card table about the Two Handed Shift.
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Does any one know how I can do the pass just looking at the cards if you do pm me.
Seriously the pass is overrated much easer way to control the cards.
Seriously the pass is overrated much easer way to control the cards.
While I will agree that the pass is a tad overrated, but it is still a great sleight. So many good uses... just amazing. Worth every second it takes to learn it.
Erdnase wrote that in the context of executing it at the card table. Some of the movements he describes do not allow for the fastest pass, they make it hard to see (IMO, only to people on your right). In the context of being a magician, I would say the faster the pass, the better, because it'll take less misdirection to accomplish the feat without having the spectators know anything happened.
I don't really care that much about the Pass. It seems that these days people do it for "magical masturbation"... to show off to other magicians and do a hard move invisibly just for the sake of not being caught. Like I've always said, I'd rather use a little good ole' misdirection and execute my far less-than-invisible Pass.
However, I would love to see Aaron release a "Gravity Half Pass" DVD. That would be the shiznit.
However, I would love to see Aaron release a "Gravity Half Pass" DVD. That would be the shiznit.
You want tips on the Classic Pass? It's called "experiment." You know the basic technique, NOW EXPERIMENT and try some methods to make it more "invisible."
You guys expect to "master" a technique the very first time you learn it. How about you guys take your time and actually practice your material and stop asking for new stuff?
You guys expect to "master" a technique the very first time you learn it. How about you guys take your time and actually practice your material and stop asking for new stuff?
I disagree. Everyone knows that magical masturbation is XCM.
Also disagree.
Although the 2 handed shift is in the card cheat section, Erdnase describes the pass as taking place 'in a flash, with the hands perfectly at rest' (pg97 I think)
That implies a speed much faster than most magicians today, to say nothing of the hand movements.
I am extremely fortunate to have seen the classic pass damm near perfectly done, and I can tell you that Erdnase's description is spot on. The magician in question learnt the pass with the text from 'Expert at the Card Table' and nothing else.
I am willing to bet that most magicians who have really mastered the pass (Jerry Sadowitz, Larry Jennings, etc) had nothing more than S.W. Erdnase's instructions.
Also, your claim that Erdnase's technique tends to be covered from the right is incorrect. The right side is actually the one most likely to flash.