Poll: What's The Best Way To Practice? |
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Poll: What's The Best Way To Practice? |
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Aug 25 2012, 06:54 PM |
i like to use drum loops
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Aug 25 2012, 07:59 PM
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in my view best way to practice is ...not forcing yourself to learn .. there no point learning anything if you are getting too serious about it
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Aug 26 2012, 08:29 AM |
Learn the notes of the piece bar by bar slowly
Play it slowly all together in freetime Play it at a slow tempo to metronome (focus on any tricky parts) Increase speed using Metronome until I get to a Backing track tempo Play to backing track, when done well Increase speed by 5 bpm up to next backing track etc -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Aug 27 2012, 12:25 PM |
I like backing tracks or full song playbacks to play along and practice, cause it just feels better for me thanb playing to only a click or a drum loop.
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Aug 27 2012, 12:29 PM
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I think the best way of learning is playing in a BAND, but you didn't put that as an option in this poll !
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Aug 27 2012, 12:48 PM |
Playing in a band is the ultimate thing, but when we rehearse with BG everybody has to be able to play his chops already, so band rehearsals are only finetuning, the learning takes place at home in our case But in general you are absolutely right of course, forget about playing "with" clicks, backing tracks, drum loops or CDs, get a bunch of guys, go to your rehearsal room and PLAY!!!
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Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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Aug 27 2012, 09:43 PM |
Lately I've strayed away from a normal. I use to just do an exercises with a click track, but I get bored fast. So I've started doing backtracks with a drum to keep it on beat. Then I add my practice over that, it makes it more fun to me. It makes me practice more on the clarity of everything. Got a buzz, bad palm mute, or a note? Finish that session out and repeat it again and keep going, while slowly speeding it all up. This and I've been slowly working my ears with simple songs that I hear in my head adding bends and vibrato. Since you need to use not only feeling but hearing with them as well.
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Aug 29 2012, 02:31 PM |
But that's not an excuse for not working at your part at home Do you know how many rehearsals Dream Theater had with Mike Mangini, before hitting the first tour together? ONE rehearsal out of what I have heard Maybe that's exaggerated, but when you join a band, you most certainly don't learn the songs in the rehearsal room. When you write music together, a good idea is sparked at the rehearsal room and then pre-production kicks in at home on the computer. That's where the idea starts to shine. It's like digging a out a diamond - you know it's valuable but it won't shine until a jeweler will give it its facets This is my approach. That's what I call being professional! I think that as Marcus said, everybody must go to the rehearsal with the parts learnt and well played so one rehearsal could be enough if each member does his homework. I like practicing in front of the computer and use drum loops, songs and metronome to do it. GMC backing tracks are also one of the things that I mostly use for practicing. -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 29 2012, 02:32 PM |
I usually just kind of pick the notes to get used to them. Then I try to play them video by video and then I'll go for the backing track and start playing from memory.
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