Mental Practice

[Nikkorico_03]

How amazing is it to be able to practice guitar mentally? Several times while I'm watching TV I remember totally zoning out and making up licks, visualizing my fingers and picking hand playing them, and I grabbed my guitar and I played it just like I had imagined.

I did that when I was practicing Bird's Confirmation (head+solo) from the OmniBook. One time it was in a movie theater! Haha, I love being able to do that, especially when you don't have a guitar with you.

The only problem with this for me is that I can only do it at certain times. These times are the moments when I have something to WORK on. Like memorizing the Confirmation solo, or a head from a tune, or learning the same lick but on a different string set. I can't just Mental Noodle, which is probably a good thing because that's just a waste of time.

Nikkos

[jazzislander]

Had an interesting experience when I was just starting with guitar and working on triad inversions. Once when I was driving home in a car back seat(about 3 hours), I was mentally practicing triad inversions on strings 2-3-4 up and down. Although I practice triads evenly on all strings, these 2-3-4 inversions seem somehow more clear.

[Nikkorico_03]

Yeah dude, being able to practice in your mind puts you one step ahead of other people because while they are eating their lunch, you can be practicing!