jumpinjeff
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I love those types of wins @lecassandra ! So glad you were able to oberserve it, congratulations to you for being able to do that!
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Hi There Jim, My advice is, “Don’t be fooled by what initially appears complex!” Jump into that daily with the curiousity of a five year old. Listen, watch carefully, Tony is a master of sneeking in the least complex way to face a challenge sqaure on, if only to get the first note in every measure or just the first measure by itself. This is an necessary part of learning guitar. If you ever need help simpliftying: Put it out there on the chat of the given day’s challenge and if that doesn’t help D/M me and we can work out a way for you to find success. We are burning daylight get on those challenges!
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If you guys get any better I am going to have to start paying for your music. Super fun to for me, the listener! Standing O. Who was that first voice. Lovely. : )
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I think I get what you are saying @BarbaraM , the fleshy part of your fretting hand right? Here is how I take care of that issue: when you need that fleshy part go away flatten your palm while keeping the thumb hooked with your thumb feeling the back of the neck hooking lightly, then roll your hand so only your hand pad connected to the pointer digit (that fleshy part of your hand) is touching and then roll back so all your hand pads are again touching on the bottom but with a flattened hand and thumb hooked. You can almost roll your hand away onto the side of your fretting hands index and back. Let me know if that is what you meant.
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Does that information get you closer to your guitar goal or the way I see it and also why my answer was direct….it is a distraction and will do nothing but get in the way of your progress. You are paying for a teacher….let the teacher teach. What is the point of knowing that unless you are unsure of the method? I am trying to drill down and save time and energy for play and progress.
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Hi Fingers!! @BrianSantos , I spent last weekend with him and we sang Apple Jack about a thousand times through. “play a song, let your banjo ringggggggg!!!!!” It is burned into my brain. Happily so with the memory of the joy it brings to the grand! Time for a Tone-versation Zoom?!
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the exact amount needed to get better without being bored!
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Been thinking about this question for a few days now, @Loraine lays out fantastic mechanics for how to get faster changes but there is a mindset also that takes much longer to develop (thus the need for ungodly repetition in order to achieve success). Mindset: embrace the absence of tension in playing…. I will say it one more time because it is that important to speed precision and accuracy,… the absence of tension is the key to those three things, speed, precision and accuracy. it all comes down to this, exploring the art of using the least amount of pressure to get a string to make the sound you want. I found this to be a long process but once clued in, it added a new level of enthusiasm and interest as things went into higher gear as a result of relaxing but it is more than relaxing. Relaxing may be less accurate than “removing tension.” Tension. That is the word. Mind tension, body tension. There must be enough to make the sound but not an ounce of pressure more. In mind time is the stressor creating tension. speed management it the key to mental tension. If I chased speed I was always behind, but I could slowly sneak up on it. Shout out to @Carol-3M-Stillhand for introducing this concept to me.
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spot on @petelanger !!
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Perfect! Now….when you get that Middle Finger over to the low E, that is when that hook made with your thumb gains importance. Let the fleshy part move away from the neck while keeping your thumb still hooked at the top so now nothing is touching the neck on the high E side leaving a small 1/2 inch gap between your fleshy part and the neck, this should give you enough finger length to get to the low E with your middle arched highly enough so it does not mute the A or D string or the High E for that matter. There should be only two things touching the neck here, Your thumb and the middle finger on the Low E string. If not keep moving the hooked thumb lower. This moves your hand away further making you fingers seemingly longer.
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yes!!! conceptually on the mark! It just does not feel the same in the mouth as the other. next morning and I am still chewing on it in the best of ways. Thanks Fletchy.
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How fun is that! Tons! says me. Oh man, there are some glittering lures hanging in those trees right above all the thorniest of weeds. Think I will keep going inbetween but every bone in my body wants to check out the glitter. Reincarnation anyone…no, I am staying on the path. SWR <3!!!
I almost forgot! You just wrote my favorite lyric: Truth a mantra, raison d’être. So much fun to roll around the inside of the mouth….words Fletch words. -
Bluey: I had to look that one up. Mom, Dad, Bingo and Bluey. At least there weren’t tons of lyrics to memorize. : )
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the best though is when they sent it out the window on a kite string and 20 minutes later they reel it in. OMG that was some musical bliss.
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The frame for the improvisation is definitely rehearsed and agreed. Within this frame the improvisation can be the melody exactly (if there is one) or you toy with the notes in the melody to see what else sounds good finding little motif variations. Two or three single notes can combine to make some fun, cool sounding combinations. Those notes plus your rhythmic choice is the nuts and bolts of improvisation.