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Nov 6 2014, 10:41 PM
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you feel like this??? 1:50 is me at the moment
 and also at 3:00 is exactly what I say to myself  I've put the link as well as the embedded because some tablets won't play embedded videos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DbUPjEbIvA I'm currently feeling like this most practice sessions  so any tips on how to get through it would be good.Cheers people  .Phil
-------------------- 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 6 2014, 11:00 PM
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Sir Higgins kicks chairs!
 I just put the guitar down and go outside and toss the ball for my pup then come back in and start where I left off. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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Nov 6 2014, 11:08 PM
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Tried that mate, come back in and then I am that bloke
-------------------- 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 7 2014, 08:34 AM
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Never too deep for me, awake since 3am
-------------------- 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 7 2014, 09:21 AM
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Insomnia
I'm in work at 6:30 until 5pm. I don't get up and play guitar though as I don't want to disturb my wife I just lie there thinking about my current A Minor lesson I'm struggling to master Cheers Phil -------------------- 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 7 2014, 10:37 AM
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Phil
I am here and I mean what I said in all our discussions about patience. In order to drag you over to the Lights Side once more, I will share this little story, from the Japanese folklore which I shared with Yash, who is also a very impatient little fellow:https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&p=697247 Hope this will make sense to you, mate
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Nov 7 2014, 11:54 AM
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Thanks Cosmin,
I know you are here for me I put this on to get various ideas and also it might help others that don't venture into the instructors area, also to keep the forum buzzing I'm not ignoring your advice mate  I am hoping it's a case of the better you get, the quicker you get better . Cheers Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Nov 7 2014, 12:07 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 9 2014, 09:54 AM
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Deal sir
I am enjoying the journey but I don't like it when I'm stuck in a one way system and the exit routes are blocked or I manage to get through an exit only to be diverted back into the one way system. The scenery starts to get less enjoyable Do the the hills get easier to climb as your engine gets tuned or do they get steeper to keep the difficulty the same? Why does an hour seem like ten minutes when you're practicing? Why, when you get over one hurdle does another appear that wasn't even there before? One thing I must say though. Shockingly, the guitar is initially easier than the harmonica, that was so hard to get a single isolated note, constantly getting two notes, and the breathing to get your sharps and flats and keep in time was so hard, I gave up after a month  Cheers Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Nov 9 2014, 09:55 AM -------------------- 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 10 2014, 11:11 AM
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I know Cosmin but it's hard to change your mindset sometimes
 I seem to be able to get things OK pretty quickly but the last 10% of accuracy seems to take a disproportionate amount of time. Its the same in engineering, the rough cuts are quick and roughly resemble the finished piece but the fine, accurate cuts are slower. The thing is I always manage to get the last few microns right in engineering but the guitar is a different ball game and I do find myself saying "I haven't got what it takes". I can strum a few chords around the camp fire and sometimes I think that's my limit I think a big part of it is having had guitars for years and noodling with no direction but somehow expecting to improve, if that makes sense to you. I guess that's where a lot of my impatience comes from, the annoyance at the realisation of wasting all those years and making a futile attempt to catch up. I hope I've made sense there Cheers Phil -------------------- 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 10 2014, 09:38 PM
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QUOTE (bleez @ Nov 10 2014, 09:23 PM)  I can actually relate to a lot of what you said and have been / am in the same boat. I think its even more easy to get disheartened when you have been playing for a long time ( without ever getting to the 'next level' ) where you are used to playing things and learning things quickly because they are probably within your zone. I get disheartened because of a lack of progress however as Cosmin pointed out to me there is a danger whereby you are simply not progressing as fast as you think you should be progressing. but how fast you think you should progress and how fast in reality progression occurs for the average dude are two different things. I asked myself a few questions and came up with this........ It takes as long as it takes! I used to hate that I couldnt play fast alternate picking but how long was I actually practising it? how long am I spending with a guitar in my hand? Turns out it wasnt nearly enough! That last 10% of accuracy is the hard part though, the previous 90% is probably not beyond your current level so you will nail that quicker.... that's my experience anyway. I've been working on this one lesson for a frickin year now! Im still about 5 BPM off the pace! some folks may have given up that lesson by now but Ive not and I will be playing that lesson at full speed.......... but they wont! Its difficult breaking out of a mindset but you just gotta accept a few things. In my case I needed to accept that I didnt do all this shit when I was 20 like I shoulda done. I cant go back in time to change that so its accepted and I just need to do it now, no point in beating myself up over something I cant affect. Its not genetics that makes a good guitarist. Its just like bodybuilding ( natural not chemically assisted ) look at the amount of training you need to put in to increase your deads by 20KG ( not to mention the nutrition side of it ). I think guitar is just the same, you need to adopt the training mentality you would for the gym. Its all about reps and how many you do. that's my thoughts anyways Thanks Bleez, It's nice to know I'm not the only one. I don't get much time to practice, hour and a half a day max, but I do my best. It's just really disheartening when you think you've got it, you put it on REC and the issues that were there have gone but something that wasn't there before has appeared. I know all about bodybuilding my friend I trained for years until my injury (as explained to Cosmin here https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&p=698906 ). I know it's about the reps but also intensity. I don't know if you've heard of ultra high intensity training but you can get as much from a single rep as a set of 3x10. You push for 30 seconds, then lower for 30 seconds. The wait should be enough that the last couple of inches of lowering are nearly impossible. All this time you are squeezing the target muscle as well as doing the movement. It takes a lot of practice to tune into your body like this. The problem with guitar is that I can't see how to make the practice time more effective.I'm out of action for a while, I have a herniated cervical vertebrae, it rears its ugly head once in a while and can disappear in a day or take weeks. I can just about drive and did a few hours at work today with a support collar on but I've just try to handle my guitar and the right arm going over the body is severely aggravating it so I have to take time out Thanks for your helpful words Bleez, much appreciated. Cheers Phil -------------------- 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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sounds like a mega sore one you took.|
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Dec 21 2015, 01:51 PM
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Just read through this one again and found it quite inspiring.
Thank you gentlemen I've been really struggling with a couple of level two lessons with movable chords. They've been really getting me down, so much so I think that's why I took such a long diversion into setting up a microphone recording system. I needed to accomplish something. Anyway I hope this will kick me in the backside and get me back on track. Cheers folks -------------------- 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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