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Originally Posted by sun
Still wondering if vol 3 is worth of the effort...
Best regards
Vesa
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10-05-2020 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by VesaW
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Originally Posted by GTRMan
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Originally Posted by VesaW
Furthermore, I don't see any reason why a hobbyist/enthusiast can't take 5-7, or even 10 years to go through Leavitt's method and supplementary materials. There's a story about 40-year old contemplating earning his MBA. He said, "nah, if I do that I'll be 43 when I get out". A mentor replied, "well how old will you be if you don't go?"
Anyway, do you feel like you have a good path plotted for improv studies?
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Originally Posted by GTRMan
Trying to develop myself in both fronts. I'm 59, started playing 2 years ago after 40 years of break... Did vol's 1&2 in 18 months and now finishing Melodic Rhythms.
To answer your question - I guess I have a path plotted.
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Originally Posted by VesaW
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It's been said before by many others, but as I work through Volume 2 and review Volume 1, yes ... you really do need to go over a lot of other musical material as well as drills to get the most out of Leavitt. Two books that I discovered elsewhere in the forums, pair so well with Leavitt that I thought they need to be mentioned in this thread.
Mel Bay's Building Right Hand Technique, https://www.melbay.com/Products/9378...technique.aspx. Fantastic, tons and tons of drills as well as proper music around triplets, sixteenth notes, stroke direction, string skipping, etc.. I was starting to not see any benefits from doing the Leavitt ones over and over again, and this shook things up.
Masters of the Plectrum Guitar - https://www.melbay.com/Products/9529...um-guitar.aspx. I love the chord etudes from Leavitt, but I'd done them so many times I was starting to play habits and not improve. This book is a revelation, basically all the of the things learned in the Leavitt books can be brought to bear and because the music is so ... musical - I found myself really working on perfecting everything (for my current level of perfecting). I sometimes find this level of detail hard to muster when I'm just drilling or working on music that's clearly more of a technical study then a musical statement.
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