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Apr 29 2021, 03:23 PM
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A student graduate of Tom Hess claims slow practice is useless ?? .. what is your opinion? 
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Apr 29 2021, 05:01 PM
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Apr 29 2021, 05:02 PM
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Yes this sounds over simplified, or just downright incorrect - depending on the context.
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Apr 29 2021, 06:16 PM
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I can confirm that is not "useless" at all, but I also think that it's not enough. That's why I shared that graphic from one of my favorite books "Effortless Mastery" that says that you can only choose 2 options from there in order to always try to practice effortlessly which brings to an effortless mastery.
Check out this quote by Troy Stetina. He shared this comment at GMC's facebook group and it's exactly how it worked for me. "My perspective on this is that ONLY going from the 'bottom up'... slowly increasing speed... as important as it is, actually makes the barrier to playing faster worse. The problem is that it requires a different technique to play faster and you'll never get there by repeating the technique that works at slow to moderate speeds. Your experience is typical and normal. The 'workaround' is to practice at higher speeds, which you can do by simplifying the mechanics involved and going for one aspect at a time. Start with tremolo picking to get fast motion. Then time it. Then synchronize with left hand... like ex 25 Speed Mechanics, etc. Then introduce string crossing mechanics. This way, your speed will be up significantly (above your current 'threshold') and you will approach your 'barrier' from both directions.... above and below. This isn't meant to replace 'slow and increasing speed' practice, but to supplement it so you can get the right feel for what it's like to play faster, and then you are actually starting to practice the RIGHT motions. And when you hit it like that, the "speed barriers" become soft and pliable, and gradually just melt away. " -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 30 2021, 07:47 AM
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I take anything from Tom Hess with a pinch of salt and so that goes for his students too.
Having said that Ben used to talk about speed burst about taking a small section and just ramping the speed up. I agree your picking changes when playing slowly or fast, and also your fretting does. I struggle with speed but every now and then something clicks and things get better, and I try and work out what I did. -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Apr 30 2021, 02:56 PM
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I stumbled across this video, which may be relevant. Rick is an amazing guitar player of course.
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Apr 30 2021, 05:53 PM
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1) who's Tom Hess?
2) who cares what one of his 'students' says. 3) stuff like this is why the internet can suck hard. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Apr 30 2021, 10:55 PM
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Here is Tom Hess talking about playing cleanly and then having string noise at the end of his sweep licks
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May 8 2021, 05:17 AM
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Yes, it really makes sense to use a different technique for slow and fast passages.
Following Cael's tendency of wanting to share a related video but not being sure of why,  , I would like to add this one in which Guthrie says that he prefers economy picking over alternate picking because it allows him to control dynamics even when playing extremely fast.-------------------- My lessons
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