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Jun 27 2008, 02:49 PM
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Ooh [poo], sorry Mr Muris didn't see that it was your forum. Have mercy on me!
 Edited for language - Andrew |
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Jun 27 2008, 09:11 PM
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No worries,help is always appreciated!
 Ok,so here's what I think of this subject. You say per example "I can play 6 notes per beat at 140bmp". What does it tell us? Not too much I'm afraid. Because there are some licks made of 16th at 100bpm and they are much harder to play comparing with some licks made of 16th triplets at 140bpm. Some licks just feel more natural to play while some others,even slower,are much much harder. Odd fingering,uncomfortable picking pattern or whatever. And this conclusion leads us to only one solution, practice as much different things as possible, specially picking stuff cause you pointed on picking. BPM is only a tool to explain which tempo you are using, but what are you playing at that tempo is much more important imho.
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Jun 27 2008, 09:39 PM
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QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jun 27 2008, 10:11 PM)  No worries,help is always appreciated! Ok,so here's what I think of this subject. You say per example "I can play 6 notes per beat at 140bmp". What does it tell us? Not too much I'm afraid. Because there are some licks made of 16th at 100bpm and they are much harder to play comparing with some licks made of 16th triplets at 140bpm. Some licks just feel more natural to play while some others,even slower,are much much harder. Odd fingering,uncomfortable picking pattern or whatever. And this conclusion leads us to only one solution, practice as much different things as possible, specially picking stuff cause you pointed on picking. BPM is only a tool to explain which tempo you are using, but what are you playing at that tempo is much more important imho. Interesting view. So if I want to keep track of how fast I am I should actually keep track on several techniques and variants separately. Something like - alternate picking - straightforward exercise speed - alternate picking - string skipping speed - 3 string sweep speed - 6 string sweep speed And so on... -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Jun 27 2008, 10:19 PM
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Spot on Gus!
Another cool thing is to practice licks with not the same numbers of notes per each string, combine it,one note per string,2 notes,3 notes etc. That will improve picking a lot but at the same time you'll see that watching the bpm and time value doesn't speak a lot, it's note choice actually.
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Jun 27 2008, 10:37 PM
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Nice tips Muris, really gets a meaning when you say it
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Jun 27 2008, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Jun 27 2008, 11:37 PM) Nice tips Muris, really gets a meaning when you say it Just doing my best Ivan,cheers.
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Jun 27 2008, 10:46 PM
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Yeah and nice topic also, could be useful for many people (for me at least !)
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Jun 27 2008, 10:53 PM
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QUOTE (misterj @ Jun 27 2008, 08:05 AM) hey muris. i have been practicing many things, but specifically one speed exercise for almost a year. i have gained about 10 bpm clean. maybe 15 with some loss of accuracy. this feels very pathetic. i cant seem to get passed 85 bpm 16th tripelets. for as much as i have practiced, it seems that i should have progressed faster. do you think that i should practice more of a variety of alt. pick exercises, or does it matter? am i retarded? is my central nervous system dead or something? im just starting to wonder. how many bpms per year should i expect with regular/heavy practice? i',m sure its different for everyone, but is there an average or something? should i be progressing this slowly? thanks. You need to get rid of that negative view, see yourself succeeding, and it will happen. Here is an inspirational video. http://youtube.com/watch?v=qcgHMe9Ek_o |
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Jun 27 2008, 11:06 PM
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Gotta love Ace! Smoke me a kipper ...
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Jun 28 2008, 12:07 AM
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QUOTE (fkalich @ Jun 27 2008, 06:14 PM) Figured you would catch this Andrew. Although, in all seriousness, I believe what he is saying there. edit: typo Well its a little hammed up for the comedy, but yes you are right, the point they are making is that the same person had a radically different life and it all came down to a positive attitude ... -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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