Playing While Standing Up, any tips? |
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Jun 13 2009, 03:10 PM
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Hey, guys.
Every time I play live I start wondering about this again, so I just decide to ask...  I feel comfortable playing while seated, but I feel very crippled when I am playing standing up. In special, I become very slow and hardly can do 3 notes per string runs. Everything seems way harder while standing up and this a little frustrating  since the final goal of practicing a lot of guitar is to be able to have good live performances.I've been trying a lot with different positions for my strap, but it does not solve the problem. If I put it too low (like Slash) I can not play at all. If I put it too high, I can do better runs but it seems all the strength that should go into bends go on holding the guitar instead. And then the bends become really bad. I am trying to play on more or less middle strap position, where the bends are ok, but the runs are a little hard... I am also trying to practice standing up but the improvement is marginal so far.  So, what you guys do? Any tip to improve my playing while standing up? This post has been edited by Gus: Jun 13 2009, 03:11 PM -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Gus Playing While Standing Up Jun 13 2009, 03:10 PM
kaznie_NL I gues just throw away your seat and only play whi... Jun 13 2009, 03:14 PM Fingerspasm QUOTE (Gus @ Jun 13 2009, 08:10 AM) Hey, ... Jun 13 2009, 03:16 PM Startear Practice makes perfect, you should experiment and ... Jun 13 2009, 03:17 PM Dexxter Always practice standing up is probably best, but ... Jun 13 2009, 03:17 PM sted I've gone through the exact same thing mate, I... Jun 13 2009, 03:17 PM edguy Hey I have that problem too. It's very hard fo... Jun 13 2009, 03:20 PM
sted QUOTE (edguy @ Jun 13 2009, 03:20 PM) Hey... Jun 13 2009, 03:27 PM
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Ivan Milenkovic It's all about the practice and comfortable po... Jun 13 2009, 04:52 PM Pedja Simovic My advice is - play standing up the same way you p... Jun 13 2009, 04:55 PM vampire18 i dont know exactly what your problem is because y... Jun 13 2009, 11:55 PM Gus Hey guys. Thanks a lot for all the info.
From ... Jun 14 2009, 10:41 PM Ivan Milenkovic You got it mate, those 2 things are the key. Jun 14 2009, 10:50 PM MickeM Practice standing up
Get a good leather strap tha... Jun 14 2009, 10:58 PM Canis QUOTE (MickeM @ Jun 14 2009, 11:58 PM) Pr... Jun 15 2009, 01:22 AM Ivan Milenkovic QUOTE (Canis @ Jun 15 2009, 02:22 AM) +1
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Scott Gentzen When I discovered that playing standing was so muc... Jun 15 2009, 09:51 PM Pedja Simovic QUOTE (Scott Gentzen @ Jun 15 2009, 10:51... Jun 15 2009, 09:54 PM
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Bogdan Radovic As everyone said, try to practice standing. It get... Jun 16 2009, 11:13 AM Ian Bushell The main problem is probably from to much practice... Jun 16 2009, 12:48 PM Koopid QUOTE (Ian Bushell @ Jun 16 2009, 01:48 P... Jun 16 2009, 01:13 PM
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