Some More :d, Learning new stuff |
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Some More :d, Learning new stuff |
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Jun 4 2009, 10:56 AM |
Hello Denis!
As the matter of fact I spoke about this topic last night with jafomatic in chat. IMO both ways are fine, you can simply learn whole song or solo note by note, play it slow and build up the speed for entire thing, or you can practice separate parts. Depends of how complex is the song or solo that you wanna play, perhaps you'll end up by even mixing these 2 approaches a bit but it doesn't matter as long as you keep things clean. Perhaps 2nd way of learning might be used more often cause most of the things we play don't demand same technique level all the time, there are easier parts and then some fast run etc. So you can learn easier parts fully, play them slowly (not too slow) just to understand all timing and then push them up the tempo but you'll have to repeat faster runs more and more until you fix all the issues, timing, technique etc. Main thing is NOT to play too fast right from the start or else you'd most likely play many parts sloppy, and you have to be ready to judge yourself hardly but be objective, listen to how it sounds, is it tight enough, clean enough... It's not so black and white, there are many ways to accomplish certain goal but discipline is a must, record yourself and listen to how it sounds, judge yourself and ask someone else to judge you as well if you're not sure 100% of overall result. After a while (how long, it depends on you) you'll set higher standards and you'll be able to figure out what parts or licks you need to slow down and spend more time with. We all love to get to full time as soon as possible but it would be wrong to play sloppy at the end. When to push tempo up? Push tempo up when you can play it correctly. For extreme fast section you can even push tempo a bit before just to see how your muscles would react, don't do it for too long tho and go back to your "top" speed, spend more time there and then again push up slowly. Cheers -------------------- Youtube
MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Jun 4 2009, 12:25 PM |
An other thing is that it gets a little bit frustrating when you work on something for months and one day you can play it at top speed and the other day it's like you've never worked on it. What does that say about my playing (it's bad hahahaha). What cay I do there? You're very welcome.!! That happens to many, to me as well. It a matter of concentration, focus and your general ability. All you have to do is to play same thing few times until you get back in shape, think of it as brain and muscle warm-up/restore. -------------------- Youtube
MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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Jun 4 2009, 04:57 PM |
Who is this guy 'Brain'? ...tnx for clearing this up!I never look at it this way. Živio! It's brain, not Brian. -------------------- Youtube
MySpace Website Album "Let It Out" on iTunes and CD Baby Check out my video lessons and instructor board! The Pianist tune is progress,check it out! "ok.. it is great.. :P have you myspace? Can i to personalize this for you guy?" |
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