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Chris Harvey

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 17 Dec 2008 9:00 am    
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I have had good luck thus far practicing scales, picking up speed and accuracy, and then moving on. THANK YOU FORUM! This has allowed me to learn songs much easier as my blocking technique is finally taking shape after a year. Don't get me wrong, I have been fortunate enough to have a teacher that has instructed me in melody as a foundation, not just speed. I have seen some nightmares online by players blazing through riffs that were not melodic.

Are there any other tips or training materials you recommend?

On another note...dang I love Tom Brumley's style.
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Joseph Barcus

 

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Volga West Virginia
Post  Posted 17 Dec 2008 9:44 am    
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allow your self about 10 years or more on this instrument speed is not something you need to worry about it will come in time as your thinking ahead gets better again 10 years is about the time frame
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Joey Ace


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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 17 Dec 2008 5:52 pm    
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Take some of the licks / melodies you know the best, and learn to play them in different positions, on different strings.

This will open up your thinking about the fretboard.
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Rick Winfield


From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
Post  Posted 18 Dec 2008 9:02 am     practicing ideas
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Great advice from Joey Ace.
One of my favorite things to do is take a song, (rock, blues, country, jazz) any venue, that has NO steel in it, and make up my own steel parts for it. It has taught me a lot of "what not to do", which is just as important as "what to do"
Rick
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