Slow Down, Advice from Troy Stetina Options

[Storm Linnebjerg]

I was reading through Troy Stetina's book Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar and stumbled upon the following advice and thought it was worth sharing:

"SLOW DOWN

Play slowly enough to play without mistakes. Your fingers will move just as you train them to move. If you practice something fast and sloppy a hundred times, why should you expect that the hundred-and-first time wills uddenly become clean and precise? However, if you practice something a hundred times perfectly, you can be sure that the next time will be perfect as well.

You can play almost any combination of notes perfectly if you play them slowly enough. Fingers trained slowly (and therefore, more accurately) will be much steadier and more confident. Fingers trained fast are less controlled and are likely to "freeze up" if you get a little nervous. Think quality, not quantity."

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This post has been edited by Caelumamittendum: Sep 28 2013, 10:58 AM