Sorry for the lag, I just ran across this post. You are spot on
Too much pressure, at speed, is a waste of energy and will actually force you to lose some precision as it makes it harder to release one note in time to fret the next.
Always remind your hand to play lightly at speed, which the body will fight you on. The body responds to playing fast by gettin "tense" almost like you are in a FIGHT.
One way to work on this is to play a simple three note pattern in a loop focusing only on how little pressure you can apply to your left hand. Keep bumping up the metronome and focus on using as little pressure as possible. The brain gets a break as you are only playing three notes. It's hard to focus on playing lightly while trying to remember the next million notes.
Hope this helps
Todd
QUOTE (Jim S. @ Aug 26 2015, 01:44 PM)
I guess my reasoning is similar to the idea of a scalloped vs non scalloped neck.... If you push too hard and using extra pressure then your wasting it. If you speed through it cleanly it seems so have less impact on the fingers. I'm assuming one of my specific problems comes from using too much energy because I'm not that relaxed or my muscles are not developed enough. As always I overthink things and was just giving some ideas on where problem areas could be.
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