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  • Series of articles on the art & science of effective practice.DateSun Mar 20, 2016 7:59 pm
    Forum post by TConnelly. Topic: Series of articles on the art & science of effective practice.

    Huh, that seems to work. Wish I could edit my first post now.

    Cheers..................Todd

  • Series of articles on the art & science of effective practice.DateSun Mar 20, 2016 7:55 pm
    Forum post by TConnelly. Topic: Series of articles on the art & science of effective practice.

    Thanks Pebber, I did that but it came up with an error and said I had too many links, "Your posts contains to many links. A maximum of 0 links is allowed.". I'll try it again. Nope didn't work. I'll try it with video ienfugen :) What the heck maybe it'll work.

    http://clawhammerbanjo.net/the-immutable-laws-of-brainjo-the-art-and-science-of-effective-practice/

    Cheers.................Todd

  • Series of articles on the art & science of effective practice.DateSun Mar 20, 2016 4:40 pm
    Topic by TConnelly. Forum: PB Guitarstudio FORUMS

    Greetings all! Stumbled on this series of articles and they struck a chord so to speak. They're written by a neurologist and Banjo player. The articles are about Banjo playing of course but if you just substitute guitar for banjo anywhere in the text you'll be golden.

    clawhammerbanjo.net/the-immutable-laws-of-brainjo-the-art-and-science-of-effective-practice/

    I see so many parallels between this and PBs teaching style. From Pebbers techniques for learning chords to visualizing where he mentions an example of walking the motocross track back in the day. (Something that I can relate to since I too raced motocross back in the day. Poorly granted but still.....) This series of articles explains the biology of why it works. I found it fascinating and I'm hoping you will too. I'm hoping this series will continue, the last installment was only posted a couple weeks ago so hopefully....

    Cheers...................Todd


    P.S. The forum won't let me post the link so if you just add http:// to the above and past it in your browser it should work.

  • Help!! Right Hand PracticeDateSun Dec 27, 2015 9:10 am
    Forum post by TConnelly. Topic: Help!! Right Hand Practice

    Greetings! No expert here, in fact I'm just starting out myself. So just a couple of general comments from me.

    First, at 10 notes per beat at 40 & 45 bpm it's very difficult to tell if your timing is on. It might be better (and more practical from a musical stand point?) to do 5 notes per beat at 80 & 90 bpm for your videos instead.

    Second, as you progress you're going to want your guitar in a more vertical position with the neck up almost by your ear. See the thread entitled "Check out Jorge Caballero" for one and also videos from the guys here. Might as well get used to it now. No sense "grooving your stroke" this way and then have to change up later on when you're trying to concentrate on something else. Get yourself a strap as Pebber Brown suggests in some of his videos. Trust him it helps a lot.

    Cheers...................Todd

  • Want to play my guitarDateSun Dec 13, 2015 3:39 pm
    Forum post by TConnelly. Topic: Want to play my guitar

    Hi there. I'm Todd, 55 year old auto mechanic from Sandy Oregon. My first post here as well. Although I've only been messing around with the guitar for a couple months I'm in a similar quandry over taking lessons locally or subscribing here and doing the on-line lessons. On the one hand I like the flexability of on-line lessons but I think it would also be nice to take them from someone in person. I like Pebber Browns philosophy of teaching guitar. Very sort of "wax on, wax off" if you'll forgive the obscure movie reference. Also in looking around the web at various other guitar teachers I've come to the conclusion that Pebber Brown has forgotten more about teaching guitar than most of the rest of them will ever know.

    I'm not the instant gratification sort but the post a little ways down the forum about not hearing back from Pebber after two weeks has me a little concerned. That said I think if it were me -in addition to sending the link to Mr. Brown- I'd also post a link to the forums. It seems like there are only four or five guys posting videos of their playing. That seems a shame. It seems like there are a lot of very knowlegable guys here that are happy to offer suggestions. If more subscribers posted videos this would be a much more interesting place than it already is. Anyway, good luck with it.

    Cheers...................Todd

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