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Originally Posted by GodinFan
As for what I am planning on doing with it, I am planning on getting a repertoire of solo jazz/fingerstyle guitar music together and then go busking to make some money.
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06-13-2009 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by TheViking
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Originally Posted by Jazzaluk
Sure. Got the idea from a couple of pros I know. They encourage me to turn off BIAB, leave Aebersold on the shelf and ignore my looper in favor of expanding time within the tunes, and workout ideas phrase by phrase, bar by bar, along with the melody. That way, when you play up to tempo with others, you have worked out a whole bunch of possibilities, and can just edit/choose what you want to play each time.
Hadn't thought about improv first then melody. Seems obvious. Sometimes I don't see the obvious. Thank you for the suggestion.
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Originally Posted by TheViking
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If you don't know what to practice... you're not practicing, you're playing. there is nothing wrong with that. Just realize that the people who are "great" HAVE TO BE for one reason or another.
I really believe that forceing yourself to practice does absolutley nothing at all for you because you have no use for the skills or reason for practiceing.
You need a goal and that is all you need. It will really help you if someone you respect is counting on you to achieve that goal.
I may be cynical, probly because I am a full time working musician and don't ever get enough time to practice, but i really believe that you are, and always will be just as "good" at the guitar as you honestly believe that you HAVE TO be.
so here is the big question you should ask yourself, not "what to practice" but "why am I practicing?"
basically, if you don't know what to practice. go for a walk.Last edited by timscarey; 06-13-2009 at 09:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by timscarey
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Originally Posted by TheViking
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Originally Posted by timscarey
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I don't have any specific suggestions. So much depends upon your learning style and where you are in your musical development...
Take a look at iBreatheMusic.com - Professional Music Theory and Lessons for Guitar & Other Instruments . There you'll find a number of articles written specifically to help players who find themselves in your position.
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If that's your goal. Why not make song-learning the focus of your practices at first? Try to be able to play a memorized 30 minute set in 3-4 months time. Or something like that. Assuming you have arrangements that you want to learn ready and chosen.
I did something similar almost 2 years ago starting from almost zero, jazz-guitarwise, and I can play unaccompanied for well over an hour now. It's very slow and daunting but it gets much easier as you go on.
When doing this you'll probably discover techniques that need work - so you practice those in isolation outside a tune, after finding a good exercise for them. After a while you'll learn how to work on 3-4 tunes at the same time efficiently and those 7-8 hours a day that you want to be playing will become much more interesting because you're able to effortlessly fill them up.
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Originally Posted by peterk1
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Yo, man, I've noticed you philosophy and thanks for the links ibreathemusic and lamkins-guitar.com
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