About Playing Faster, Struggling to Get a Tricky Passage up to Tempo? Why Slow, Accurate Pra |
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Nov 30 2021, 04:42 PM
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Here is an interesting article about playing fast:
It's a bit long but it's interesting and worth to read it until the end: https://bulletproofmusician.com/struggling-...7T2a9o#continue Let me know if this approch worked for you to get very fast as a guitar player, or if something else worked for you. --------------------  |
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Nov 30 2021, 08:46 PM
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I haven't read it yet, I watched the first couple of minutes of the first video by the violin player and he's correct in what he says at 1:40-2:00.
Basically, you'll never learn to run by just walking, one day you have to run and the mechanics of running are different to the mechanics of walking. We've covered this recently here at GMC but I just can't find the thread at the moment. We spoke about note grouping, bursts and many other things. For now, watch this video by Troy Stetina below, if you want to go straight to the speed barrier section, click here >>>>>>>>>https://youtu.be/E85fvgwQxmE?t=578<<<<<<<<<<< https://youtu.be/E85fvgwQxmE Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Nov 30 2021, 08:47 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Nov 30 2021, 10:11 PM
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yes, and you should practice both
What we see in video 4, he picks differently fast than when he does slow, when you play slow you need to swing wider to keep the tempo https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Epic-Dorian-Licks/ I think everyone needs to just tremolo pick a single note as fast as they can, that is the speed where notice their hand movement automatically minimizes and that is the speed to work with like the violinist .. |
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Dec 1 2021, 02:54 AM
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It's important to play with precision IMHO, no matter what speed you are going. Speed is just a byproduct of precision. I have read a lot of stuff and seen a lot of vids about ways to approach it and all of it has at least some merit. Really it just takes time and practice. It can be tedious to slowly march a lick up in speed with a metronome, but sometimes that it what it takes. It's always good to start with just a few notes and later add a few more. Here is an example of starting slow and speeding up. Notice how I pick a bit different at higher speed. less movement. Barely any movement of the pick actually. Also, notice how my hands stay relaxed. that's the big secret. Tension will kill your speed. I worked this lick up to speed in the traditional way, 1 Bpm at a time with my metronome.
QUOTE (Victor Simion @ Nov 30 2021, 11:42 AM)  Here is an interesting article about playing fast: It's a bit long but it's interesting and worth to read it until the end: https://bulletproofmusician.com/struggling-...7T2a9o#continue Let me know if this approch worked for you to get very fast as a guitar player, or if something else worked for you. |
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Dec 1 2021, 10:45 AM
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My problem is always my fretting hand more than my picking hand.
So I've been focusing on lighter fretting and trying to reduce my movement. I've been working on a run last night where 100bpm seemed to be ok but 105 I fell apart so I gave 100bpm around 10 mins and then started bumping it up by 1 bpm and at the end of my practice 105 was there. Still along way to go to get to where I want to be but progress is progress!!! -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Dec 1 2021, 05:26 PM
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QUOTE (jstcrsn @ Dec 1 2021, 03:25 PM) Can you try 110 or higher if you can tremolo pick a single note at the speed , then try two notes rest two notes rest untill you can do two notes every time then the same with 3 notes to 4 and so on.. the resting is important , if you don't rest, your brain can not process your mistake , the chromatic scale victor does in the next video works well (IMO) cause the 4 notes having you change string with a down stroke so you can focus on hitting that downstroke when you work up to the 5th note.. there is a speed range that is easier to work backwards A lot of my issue (and I'm not using it as an excuse as little japanese girls have taken that away from me) is short fingers, especially my pinky, so it's a case of getting the correct hand position and stretch so I don't catch the other strings and can fret the notes cleanly as well as minimising the distance and not having it wave around like a flag. Chromatics don't have the two tone stretch so I tend to practice the half tone whole tone, whole tone half tone and two whole tone shapes that we have in the scale patterns. The picking and hand sync side of things is my stronger skill, my legato is atrocious. This post has been edited by PosterBoy: Dec 1 2021, 05:28 PM -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Dec 1 2021, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (Victor Simion @ Dec 1 2021, 10:59 AM) I feel that it's impossible for me to keep the pinky finger closer to the fretboard. You mentioned some stretching exercises. What exercises? The traditional way that they teach classical guitarists is to practice right up against a wall. You need to block your hand/fingers from lifting up. Seriously, play against a wall for a few months. It works. *Timing between the notes has to be even too. Not just the first 16th note with the metronome's down beat. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Dec 1 2021, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE (Victor Simion @ Dec 1 2021, 06:59 PM) I feel that it's impossible for me to keep the pinky finger closer to the fretboard. You mentioned some stretching exercises. What exercises? Victor, I know very well that "impossible" kind of feeling. I went through that too. But...I know that all the patience and focus that I had to make this work, it helped me to achieve a good playing. Look, it's not an easy thing and will not happen over night. It's a long term workout but will brings some goods in your further playing.  Here you have some stretching exercises made by Gabriel and Todd. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Practi...-up-stretching/ |
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Dec 2 2021, 11:21 AM
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I used today's livestream to try clarify what I meant, please see 55:10 here:
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