Everyone Advise Please...., But especially GMC instructors |
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Everyone Advise Please...., But especially GMC instructors |
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Jul 19 2007, 12:15 PM |
Just spinnig a bit further on Tanks glass-scieling.
What I have noticed and what I try for myself is to practice the apeedy parts at maximum speed, actually a tad above and I will gail and fail and fail for days. Then I put down the guitar for a few days, this is perfect when there's a planned short weekend vacation or similar coming up. When I pick up the guitar again after the short break I suppose the muscles in the hands had a chanse to regain and build up and the muscular memory has come in synch with the brain and I can if not nail the piece at least notice a great improvement in speec and accuracy. So how I tackle seemingly impossible pieces. Fain fail fail for days, take a few days off, warm up and then give it another go for possible success. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jul 19 2007, 11:49 PM |
Hey Leedbreak, this is a great topic ...
As we have discussed before, we are pretty much in the same boat as older guys undoing years of bad habits. This really hits on a couple of issues I have been having. I hit the glass ceiling too although I didnlt know what it was until I read this post - kudos to you for teasing this out so I could understand it. Tank - I found your post inspiring; I have been lightening on the metronome practice of late, becoming a little discouraged, instead I have been spending hours jamming to backing tracks of my own devising. I find I make progress this way, but I see that I am repeating my old mistakes - I can get the speed up but not the accuracy (and I have the exact same issue as leedbreal mentioned of being able to play a riff slowly and accurately or quickly and slopilly but not in between). Between you all, the posts here have opened up a further understanding of the importance of the metronome. To play as we would all wish to play, EVERYTHING we play when jamming or gigging has to be within the "Metronome Zone" or we risk bad timing and sloppy playing. Painful as it is, we have to go bacl to the 'nome and work it until our limit is past where we want to play to ensure our riffs are pristine. I'm gong to go back and start beating on that glass ceiling - thanks guys -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Jul 20 2007, 12:14 AM |
You might need this...
*hands Andrew a hammer* |
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Jul 20 2007, 02:08 AM |
You might need this... *hands Andrew a hammer* Thanks ** Smack ** Tinkle ** Sixteenth triplets 300bpm ... -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Jul 20 2007, 04:22 AM |
Thanks ** Smack ** Tinkle ** Sixteenth triplets 300bpm ... Yes! I knew it. |
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Jul 20 2007, 11:07 PM |
In deed very nice things said here.
Sometime sthe best advice you can get are things which you already have heard about, but just haven't realised the importance of! |
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Jul 20 2007, 11:10 PM |
In deed very nice things said here. Sometime sthe best advice you can get are things which you already have heard about, but just haven't realised the importance of! By the way, I did what I said last night and hit the metronme big time, and this morning I added 40bpm to the patterns I was praticing Seems like just knowing about the glass ceiling helped me to bust through it! Plenty more slow practicing for me from now on! Thanks for the inspiration guys, I am really psyched about this -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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