Practice Discipline, Focus, learning abilities. |
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Practice Discipline, Focus, learning abilities. |
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Dec 13 2011, 11:26 PM |
Well, it's important to constantly repeat certain passage to memorize it, and the slower you do it, more precise you will learn it. More precise you learn it, more faster you can execute it. Ain't nothing to it (just time and nerves that takes to get there)
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Dec 14 2011, 12:40 AM |
Practice for me is a very involved and active process. You have to be aware of your goals and how you can achieve them.
So if you are practicing say scales, make sure you are always aware where you could use them and think about that while you practice -------------------- Visit my:
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Dec 14 2011, 07:48 AM |
I play a lot. I absorb every single thing as well.
My method is this. Whenever I practice something(let us use a scale as an example) I play it for x Minutes(minutes) straight. Never playing more than 5 minutes at one time. Then, I take half that time as a break, and press forward. So, if we play a scale and repeat it for five minuets, we take a two and a half minute break. This allows the brain and the muscles enough time to cool off, without giving it too much time to lose memory of what just happened. Then, after an hour of doing this, I take a five minute break. Then I move on to my next hour of study(I break down different things into different hours( i.e. exercises/techniques for an hour, theory, scales, etc). At the Julliard school of music, they teach that a student should take a 2-3 minute break after 15 minutes of playing/studying. I think that when you are practicing exercises and scales(this includes increasing tempo, etc) your muscles wear out faster than 15 minutes, resulting in sloppy playing, and excess tension build-up. I came to this conclusion after experimenting on my own. So, it may not be the case for everyone. I play for 11 and a half-12 hours a day, and after doing it for three weeks, I can honestly say I have improved a lot. http://picksnlicks.com/Guitar%20Lessons/Ex..._workout_1.html My study schedule is the Steve Vai 30 Hour Workout, plus an hour and a half of warming up before hand. I cool down each night with an ice pack on my picking arm/wrist(I have quite excellent control over my fretting hand so that isn't an issue), and then I use a heating pad on my picking arm/wrist each night as I fall asleep. It speeds up recovery time and removes all possible chances of muscle inflammation and over exertion. I have had carpal tunnel in the past, and I learned many stretching methods and developed many warm-up strategies to counteract the seriousness of muscle/nerve damage. That is what works for me, and those are the things I do to force it to work for me. -------------------- All the elders have fallen down...
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Dec 16 2011, 01:58 PM |
When I started to learn guitar I had a schedule forevery day of the week the most important thing is to have everything organized!
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