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In terms of fretting hand technique, speed will require a light touch. As in if you’re gripping the neck hard or putting unnecessary pressure into fretting that will slow you down.
There’s also efficiency of movement, which as a concept is self explanatory but it does take time to develop so your fingers aren’t flailing around needlessly.
In terms of practising slow to play fast there are some split opinions on the topic.
Personally I do subscribe to the practice slow and clean method. But I think it can pay off to approach it like physical exercise training, and give yourself some short sprints afterwards.
So an example might be to spend 10 minutes on some exercises slow to a click, focussing on accuracy and technique. But then to spend a minute or two testing your top speed for the exercise.
It doesn’t happen overnight and takes a consistent effort though. Andy James is a beast so it’s a high bar to set yourself, but a similar level of technique is achievable if you invest in it.
I think as musicians (for want of a better term - that's a term I'd never use to describe myself), we/I expect things to happen overnight, but as you say, it doesn't. Your advice is invaluable, and balanced in terms of speed practice, thank you!
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I had my teen years to mindlessly practice Satriani and Eric Johnson for months, nowadays I barely find time to maintain basic shreddy speed.
TLDW: practice playing fast, not perfectly. Set your metronome beyond the point where you can play the part well. Just make sure you are playing correctly at a slow speed first.
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It's great
You reckon it's worth getting both if your book covers the fretboard knowledge too?
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I usually buy a few at a time but inevitably they all end up in a pile while one gets used, otherwise I will be flipping through books at random and not retaining anything pertinent
Work on accuracy and speed comes with it.
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You'll need to loose the first part of that! Otherwise you'll never get the motivation together to put in the time required to learn to burn. \m/
Second part: Small, achievable goals, ramping up. Top-level tuition material/tutors.
Go here: http://martingoulding.com/lessons/
Also check out Troy Grady's Cracking the Code (I've still not found time to delve into his forum)
If you post specific phrases that are frustrating you on here, folks will help out.
If you want a quick "turbo boost", learn some tapping licks! You can alternate between hands faster than between fingers on one hand. I saw Andy with Angel Vivaldi and was surprised at how much tapping both were using.
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You work out your breaking point (the point that you cannot play over the progression in 8ths or triplets without mistakes). You then take 3 marks of the metronome beat going back four days, so if you couldn't play over the progression at 99 bpm, you'd go back three days and start on 90, next day 93, next day 96 then you'd hit the target day of 99.
On each day you'd play through the progression for 2 mins without stopping, take a 2 min break, 2mins, 2 mins break, 2 mins...and that was it.
It had the effect of raising moral and helping you actually see the progress which is often hard to view when you are working on certain techniques.
Hope this helps and is food for thought.
Ged
The book gives no indication on whether I should be absolutely perfect in the slow tempo before moving up to the next tempo...should I? I feel like I should.
Obvioulsy there's only so many hours in a day and I can't dedicate enough of them to getting absolutely perfect the way I'd like in some of the tempo's. Yesterday, I had to compromise a bit and I don't like doing that as I feel I'm only cheating myself.
Then you've got the added problem of only one lick/exercise per day, I feel like I should practice some of them over a longer period...but then where do you draw the line and move on?
How do you approach it, if you don't mind me asking?
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My thinking is that the way this will work for me is that I’ll get some licks quite quickly, some I’ll enjoy, some I won’t and some will be too tough. So I guess I’m going to try and get them all in order but if I’m struggling I’ll park it and move on and try the parked ones later but naturally I’m sure I’ll find if there’s one I don’t like I’ll just leave it. Like you say though, I think it’s worth toughing it out as it will be worth the effort.
I think I’m going to go and check out Day 2 now.
My time spent on a lick varies. Some are much easier than others. On average I'd say I spend about 20-30 mins at it.
I think somewhere in the book he encourages 15 mins a day to help you progress. Don't sweat it if you struggle with a particular riff. It will usual be back again the following week with some variation
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