"I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales."
"The joy of music is like the joy a runner gets from running, and, musically, I'm running. If music doesn't carry any deep emotion, then what's it for? You find notes that are more joyful to you, and you play them at a fast tempo, and people will get something from it."
I know. A webcam can be used to post videos to YouTube. It also can be used for skype lessons with Pebber, and the last thing you want is a shitty webcam that has latency or quality problems.
Zitat von nickjacquet w/o leaving the turf of pick- style guitar.
There is a reason they aren't using a pick... multiple voices need multiple fingers. But you can still do this with the "hybrid picking" technique. Classical guitar usually makes use of 4 fingers 98% of the time. With your pick, middle, ring, and pinky, you can get the same effect going.
This is considered a different style of guitar so I really don't get your problem.. If you want to play contrapuntal type pieces just lose the pick. If you wanna shred, use a pick.
Zitat von Slashiepie oi Jimi your post is like one year old, but im curious did you work your way up to 8 hours + ?
Unfortunately I wasn't able to work up to 8 hours... I've done a few 8 hour days but not consistently. My average is around 4 hours.. but I'm reorganizing my schedule at the moment to put more hours in since the semester ended.
Pebber's recent video "What to practice" again got me pretty motivated. I have to make sure to watch that and some of his earlier ones at least once every two weeks to keep the fire going.
No, I don't think this illustrates over practicing at all...
The pro is playing a completely different and more complex arrangement and so it can't really be compared with the amateur.
The only comparisons you can make are "Who comes up with the best arrangement?" Which you've done already and are favoring the amateur. Still this is all subjective and opinion based.
The pro completely blows the amateur out of the water.. no contest. IMO ;)
So, for example if I would playing "Alhambra"(Recuerdos de la Alhambra), my pattern would be: pick downstroke-ring finger-middle finger-pick upstroke or in classical fashion: P-a-m-P
Should I go: P-k-a-m - P-k-a-m?
For Recuerdos, you preferably need 4 "digits"... It is played using the classical tremolo picking technique which is:
P-A-M-I--P-A-M-I..etc..
If I was trying to play that with a pick.. I'd use my pinky like this:
Pck-pnky-A-M--Pck-pnky-A-M- etc..
Brent Mason, only uses his Middle and Ring finger to pick notes on the same string.. most often middle. But for any type of tremolo picking, I'd go with using all 3 fingers.
Zitat von DebiliusI like "result based practice" approach very much. ("Amount of time spent in the practice room is not as important as the results you get in the practice room")
What the heck does that mean??? The only purpose of practice is to get results...You think you'll get much results after 1 hour of practice? I don't think so... :P
So there is a big correlation between the time you practice and the results you will get.
Zitat von Slashiepie 1) Experiments and courses on the psychology of learning have taught me that we actually keep subconsiously learning while we take a break from a given task , having a positive effect on many fields. Does this in your opinion also tanslate to guitar playing?
Well, I do find that if I take a break from something and then come back to it, it's usually easier to do. But I don't really try to take breaks just because of that. If I practice for more than 1 hour in one session, I'll usually take a 10min break. I don't really like taking breaks because if something comes up then I'm not able to get back on the guitar...
Zitat von Slashiepie 2) On days whereI have 3 practice hours during the morning and when i get back home from college or work i have another 4, Is it more effective to start over or continue where i left ? Should I aim to practice all the modules during those 3 hours and then again practice all the modules for the next 4 hours ? or should I instead divide it so that i use the first 3 hours to work on the first modules and the 4 hours left to work on the rest ?
This is really up to you. I find that I like to think of my practicing in terms of a DAY. So what can I get done today? I really think it's best to try to get all the modules covered in your practice day. So figure out how many hours you can practice and then divide up the modules over those hours so you get everything done. Granted some days I'm struggling with a certain module, then sometimes I will come back to it, maybe even 3 times.
I like having a routine, but I also think it's important not to get burnt out. Try to mix it up every once in a while.
The whole point of practicing counting is to be able to perform different rhythms when sight-reading AND playing.
I'm pretty sure you don't really need to count at a high tempo.. because if I have trouble with a rhythm I slow it down and count it, then I've got the rhythm in my head and I don't need to count anymore. The point is you need to understand how the rhythm is counted.
Your counting methods are not the best..it's no wonder you have trouble pronouncing the syllables at a high tempo.
Here's the counting method I use:
Whole notes: 1234
Half notes: 12 34
Quarter notes: 1 2 3 4
Eighth notes: 1& 2& 3& 4&
Eighth note triplets: 1-trip-let 2-trip-let 3-trip-let 4-trip-let OR 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4 and a. There are numerous ways for these.
Sixteenth notes: 1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a (spoken as: one E and uh two E and uh, etc..)
Sixteenth note triplets: 1-trip-let-and-trip-let 2-trip-let-and-trip-let 3-trip-let-and-trip-let 4-trip-let-and-trip-let Thirty-second notes: I don't count these, just count 16ths and play 2 notes for each 16th.
Your syllable university for playing 5s is cool, another one you could use is hippopotamus.
When we sight-read rhythms at college, we speak them using the syllable "ta". When we clap them, we count them how I mentioned above.
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