Post by jack1982 on Apr 9, 2023 7:31:16 GMT -6
Happy Easter!
I practiced quite a bit last week, still grinding away at "Into the Arena." Making progress - very, very slow progress. The few parts I can play well I'm polishing up, the parts that give me problems are getting somewhat less problematic, and the parts I can barely play at all, well, now I can kind of, sort of play them a little bit
Full tempo still seems many miles away though. I'm always messing around with trying to stay relaxed; one day I'll be nice and relaxed but can't build up any speed, so I start putting a little muscle into it and I can play faster. The next day I'm putting some muscle into it, but then concentrate on relaxing and suddenly I can play faster. I thought this guitar playing thing was supposed to make sense?!?!
It's kind of my goal this year to increase my speed, so although I already have a half-dozen books on exactly that subject, I got a couple new ones. "Alternate Picking Guitar Technique" and "137 Guitar Speed and Coordination Exercises," both by Chris Brooks. Hoping to play like this by the end of the week
Hope you guys are all doing well!
I practiced quite a bit last week, still grinding away at "Into the Arena." Making progress - very, very slow progress. The few parts I can play well I'm polishing up, the parts that give me problems are getting somewhat less problematic, and the parts I can barely play at all, well, now I can kind of, sort of play them a little bit
Full tempo still seems many miles away though. I'm always messing around with trying to stay relaxed; one day I'll be nice and relaxed but can't build up any speed, so I start putting a little muscle into it and I can play faster. The next day I'm putting some muscle into it, but then concentrate on relaxing and suddenly I can play faster. I thought this guitar playing thing was supposed to make sense?!?!It's kind of my goal this year to increase my speed, so although I already have a half-dozen books on exactly that subject, I got a couple new ones. "Alternate Picking Guitar Technique" and "137 Guitar Speed and Coordination Exercises," both by Chris Brooks. Hoping to play like this by the end of the week
Hope you guys are all doing well!
