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Jun 29 2016, 12:27 PM
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I didn't know if this should go here or in chill out.
What I am currently amazed with, guitar playing wise is how, you practise a new rhythm part with open chords that you aren't very good at. You struggle and don't improve much during the session then, the amazing thing happens. The next day, you pick up where you left off and after a couple of minutes you are better than your were the day before. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I know how muscles grow, you go into the gym, break them down, they re-grow and add a bit ready for next time hence, you have to add weight to the bar to keep growing but HOW, does it work with a dexterity thing like playing open chords??????? -------------------- 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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Jun 29 2016, 02:57 PM
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Things become ingrained with repetition (good and bad) so the brain connection to the muscles and tendons form a sort of memory.
It can take an age to rid yourself of bad playing habits in the same way. I'm currently trying to get my thumb in a different position to how it naturally has been for the last 20 odd years  it's a slow boring process!
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Jun 29 2016, 03:11 PM
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I find it amazing how it happens while we're NOT playing though. I do notice some improvement while practicing but, very often it's when I go back to the guitar the next day. The subconscious fairies have been at work
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Jun 29 2016, 04:25 PM
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I don't know, I'll have wait until I improve to answer that
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Jun 29 2016, 08:04 PM
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It's the subconscious improvement that amazes me. It's almost like your brain is working on it while you are sleep and working without your guitar. I think Kenny Werner says something about it in his book "The Art Of Mastery"
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Jun 30 2016, 07:14 PM
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Ahhhhh yeah, that's the title, I got mixed up with The Art of Practice by Howard Snell
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Jul 2 2016, 09:09 AM
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Todd, check your PM, Guerilla Practice is there, very interesting
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