Speed Building, Keeping my hand relaxed |
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May 19 2009, 10:48 PM
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Ok, so I'll get right to the point
Is keeping your hand/wrist relaxed crucial when you are trying to build speed? right now I am working on Pavel's "Power Galloping" lesson https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...ower-galloping/ the ending sequence has an AP run and I am having trouble getting past the 105 BPM area. (a couple of days ago I was having a good practice, and was able to play along with the 110 backing track quite cleanly) but, when I go to warm up, I've noticed that my wrist is quite tense, and I just realized that that is probably not good technique. I've spent the past 2 days going back and trying to play at REALLY slow speeds, (70-80 BPM) and try to keep my wrist relaxed... and then gradually up the tempo, but that doesn't really help. so my next question is, should I continue trying to push my limit while trying to mind the tenseness in my wrist, or should I go back to square one, and really force myself to play with a relaxed wrist. For clarification, I would like to add that I would describe my wrist as just "tense". Not really tense or a little tense. It just feels like I should try and relax it a bit. But then again, I have no idea what "normal" is in this situation. thanks for the help! -Chris -------------------- QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Feb 5 2009, 03:41 AM)  When you hear something that you really like, take guitar and kill the beast. |
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May 19 2009, 10:56 PM
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You should definitely be able to play it comfortably, and that usually means not tensing too much. Of course, when you push to the limit, the hand will tense, but only for some limited amount of time. In slower tempos, try to keep it as relaxed as possible (but stiff enough to play everything nicely). Just a matter of balance.
In general, you reached the limit. I suggest you take some time off this exercise, and in a couple of days, I'm sure it will settle a bit, so you can play it more faster mate. Just take your time. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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May 19 2009, 11:03 PM
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It's hard to describe what "relaxed" IS in a first place.
Lets say that you can never have fully relaxed hand when doing faster picking stuff simply because muscles are damn busy! But what you CAN do is not to let too much tension and numbness into your hand, so relaxed at fast stuff is more like not tense. Pushing your limit is a must whatsoever, look at it like this: slow(fully relaxed)- bit faster (still very relaxed)- more faster (works ok) - even more faster (might be the top). So with pushing your limits you are adding another step or range up in your playing, "might be the top" becomes "works ok", "works ok" becomes "still very relaxed" and the most important thing, it keeps going on and on! So keep practicing, try not to feel too much tense, push your limits all the time and that WILL bring results in no time. 
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May 20 2009, 12:34 AM
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You're welcome Chris and please do keep us updated.
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May 20 2009, 10:46 AM
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It's our pleasure to help mate. Let us know about your further progress. Cheers
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May 20 2009, 02:50 PM
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Chris we talked about this in chat last night. I hope you are all set now ?
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May 29 2009, 09:43 AM
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Generally you warm up for 15 minutes...You do that with warm up exercises or other exercises that seem suitable but played on a really slow tempo.
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May 29 2009, 09:47 AM
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Chris thats really great news, congratulations. I am glad my advice helped you in chat man. Never hesitate to ask and keep up the good work !
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May 29 2009, 10:10 AM
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QUOTE (AdamB @ May 29 2009, 09:54 AM) I never really know what I should be doing to warm up. My practicing time is pretty restricted so I try to put in as much of it as possible working on metronome exercises, so I don't really have a dedicated warm up routine. How long do you warm up for and what do you do? You can warm up with pretty much everything, imo it's pretty handy to warm up using a solo or some real licks that you have been practicing lately, but do it slowly of course. Do it for couple of minutes until you feel relaxed and ready for something else.
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