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Some martial artists can't kick to head height, but if they get a hold of you they'll choke you out in 2 seconds, they don't care nor necessarily need to kick you in the head to put you to sleep .
So in my opinion finger independence is only "the holy grail" if achieving a good level of finger independence is your ultimate goal, and I would argue that guitar is about music before it is about technique, so making it your highest goal isn't something I would recommend.
I know this thread is in the "Technique" section but I think it's good to never loose sight of the fact that we're playing a music instrument, so even if we master a particular technique, it is only a tool to allow us to express ourselves and translate our emotions more accurately through music. Therefore, making any mechanical skill the be all end all is foolish to me.
Tell me if I'm wrong though, or if I missed the point.
Cheers, Max.
Certainly our destination (what we want to play) is purely musical, but our journey (how we get there, the practice that improves us) is purely technical. Luckily we can make many stops along the journey (playing) to enjoy (and test out) the technique we have achieved up to that point.
I mustn't have been clear. The "stops along the journey" I referred to are I think what you're suggesting here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Falko_wwiGk
I found that quite natural and easy. The one I struggled with was two chords you showed, flipping between them. What were they again?
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
https://youtu.be/g3xbD3ppi2Q
I'm right with you that merely repeating spider patterns is probably not the best way to develop finger independence, or repeating any patterns for that matter. I had hoped I'd made that clear in the videos above, will take another look.