Cleanliness, In need of some advice |
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Feb 13 2009, 02:40 PM
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Good afternoon GMC!
Today an old obsession struck me like lightning from above. I feel like my playing is so horribly sloppy it's insane  And the problem is not the muting, or hitting the wrong strings or anything like that, it's more like, the actual playing sounds stacatto-ish when it's just supposed to be alternate picking. It doesn't flow properly. Listen to the soundclip I attatched and you'll understand what I mean. Thing is, I hear this in many recordings by professional players aswell, allthough obviously not nearly as much as I hear it in my playing, but that makes me wonder if I really should worry that super much about it? And I suppose it's due to bad hand synchronisation, it must be since the pick or fretting hand hits the string a little bit before the other and it starts sounding like that, but I'd love to hear some advices on how to get rid of this, and on how much I should worry about this. 
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Feb 13 2009, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Feb 13 2009, 08:40 AM)  Good afternoon GMC! Today an old obsession struck me like lightning from above. I feel like my playing is so horribly sloppy it's insane And the problem is not the muting, or hitting the wrong strings or anything like that, it's more like, the actual playing sounds stacatto-ish when it's just supposed to be alternate picking. It doesn't flow properly. Listen to the soundclip I attatched and you'll understand what I mean. Thing is, I hear this in many recordings by professional players aswell, allthough obviously not nearly as much as I hear it in my playing, but that makes me wonder if I really should worry that super much about it? And I suppose it's due to bad hand synchronisation, it must be since the pick or fretting hand hits the string a little bit before the other and it starts sounding like that, but I'd love to hear some advices on how to get rid of this, and on how much I should worry about this.
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Number of downloads: 258Hey, you got me wondering, what is it that you are looking for?, an example maybe of the clean sound you want, I hear it clean, sounds stacatto because you are probably hitting the strings hard, but that is what alternate picking is for, so I don't hear a problem. |
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The problem might actually be that I'm hitting the strings to hard, or that I should try a lighter pick, but I want it to.. flow better if you udnerstand.
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Feb 13 2009, 06:31 PM
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The thing that it is important are those pauses between the notes. You said yourself you are playing "stacattio-ish". This means that you didn't properly started from low tempos when practicing, and haven't lowered down those pauses well. When you go up the spped gradually with the metronome, those pauses need to be cut shorter and shorter. This is achieved by playing the note and just after it the second note, being careful that the pause between them is as short as possible.
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Feb 15 2009, 05:02 PM
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Cutting those pauses down is not a difficult task mate, just focus it while practicing. It's all a matter of paying attention that you play one note, and immediately after that playing the second one, etc.. Take a metronome, take a note sequence that you practice, and then just watch so those small pauses are becoming smaller while you go up the tempo. You will see that on faster tempos, it will all come out very accurately and in flow.
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Feb 15 2009, 06:45 PM
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QUOTE (Fsgdjv @ Feb 13 2009, 08:40 AM) Good afternoon GMC! Today an old obsession struck me like lightning from above. I feel like my playing is so horribly sloppy it's insane And the problem is not the muting, or hitting the wrong strings or anything like that, it's more like, the actual playing sounds stacatto-ish when it's just supposed to be alternate picking. It doesn't flow properly. Listen to the soundclip I attatched and you'll understand what I mean. Thing is, I hear this in many recordings by professional players aswell, allthough obviously not nearly as much as I hear it in my playing, but that makes me wonder if I really should worry that super much about it? And I suppose it's due to bad hand synchronisation, it must be since the pick or fretting hand hits the string a little bit before the other and it starts sounding like that, but I'd love to hear some advices on how to get rid of this, and on how much I should worry about this.
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Number of downloads: 258Hmmm.. I listened to your take ands don't find it sloppy at all... Is it just me??? -------------------- www.youtube.com/Wallimann
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Feb 16 2009, 02:34 PM
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It may not be that much of a problem like David said, but it's good that you are paying more attention to those subtle details. It will mean a lot in a long run.
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