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Originally Posted by Litterick
The recommendation was to record the chord progression into a looper and then play the melody and solos over that progression until one has the song down pat. Note that the specific songs mentioned were just examples.
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12-29-2022 06:02 PM
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I was thinking of the kind of jazz that does not involve playing songs.
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I don’t set goals, but I do select a theme for the year - 2023 is The Year of Classical Guitar.
The yearly theme is not exclusive - I’ll do other things, I’m sure - but it does name my primary focus for the coming year.
Happy New Year!
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I set goals, yes.
I'm a bit wary of setting them for a whole year, though, so those will be few.
A couple years back I set a goal of writing and recording a dozen songs and I did it. I felt good about that.
I was on track to repeat the feat this past year (2022) when a family tragedy turned everything upside down. I'm not sure now how many songs I wrote last year but I plan to check back and see. Maybe I wrote 12 or more but I know I didn't record that many.
This year's goal is to stop changing my pick grip. This may be the hardest of all tasks for me.
I've been working with Troy Grady (via his site's "Technique Critique" feature) and have made real progress. I want to solidify that.
Playing only acoustic guitar lately, focusing more on tone (and eliminating squeaking).
Working through Mimi Fox's True Fire course "Jazz Song Practice Playbook".
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
This is a true story.
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For 2023, my goal is to start in-person instruction. There are some sub-goals for practicing, etc., that I need to clarify. Thanks to this thread, I’ll write them down.
For 2024, my goal is to play at a jam at one of the two major venues in town without embarrassing myself.
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Originally Posted by StuartF
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My 2023 goal is to not die. Eat healthy, get a little exercise, be low-stress.
Had a heart attack in Feb. 2022. I'm doing good, lost 25 pounds, take my meds, and don't bother getting upset as I paddle my little raft on the ocean of stupidity that is the world.
Musically.....? Learn a few more standards. Find a good jazz guitar teacher in Buenos Aires, I'm moving there soon.
When you almost 'check out' it changes you.
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No goals other than learning tunes to the point of never forgetting them. The goal is to have 100 jazz standards fully internalized. Many I’be learned before, but forgot them or part of them. I want to never forget them, again.
Everything about playing guitar comes fully alive and real when you learn tunes-theories of improvisation, fingerboard knowledge, voicings and harmony. It all comes together when we learn tunes.
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Originally Posted by NSJ
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My goal for this year is to be able to set a goal for the next year.
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I stopped playing guitar like for 2 years, my goal for this year is to practice everyday at least (a couple of hours at least), i find incredible how music can keep you safe from madness
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So I began playing with a big band in February and it’s a steep learning curve. My goal for 2023 is a simple one.
“Be able to cleanly comp through all the current repertoire using the simplest chords as possible whilst keeping good time/rhythm”.
Easily stated, but for me at least, it’s not so easy particularly the faster tempo pieces.
Any tips much appreciated!
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Jazz (or any music) is about your soul and your feelings. You can't set goals the way a marathon runner sets goals. Don't fall into the trap like most [non-pro] jazz guitarists
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I have discovered that I like doing little projects. My goals was such are to complete the project then move onto the next one.
All practise for one project helps the next project etc.
I guess that my only long term goal is to be a better player then I am today.
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Originally Posted by Geospectrum
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Originally Posted by CunamaraOriginally Posted by DemianOriginally Posted by eh6794-2.0Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Seems like there are more troll and spam posts lately.
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I think its James W, he got injuried
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No more exercises-methods-method books-time wasting. Just learning tunes.
Getting 150 tunes from GAS (mostly show tunes) down pat. Going slow, but steady. Not ashamed to learn them from charts initially (helps my sight reading, for sure).
When I fully internalize these tunes, I feel like I will finally feel like I can arrive at a place where I don’t have to leave or think of the “next thing” to do. I can exist fully, happily, and with an immense sense of belonging somewhere, in this world of tunes. Tunes are the key to unlocking your instrument and music come alive, as an improviser. Always use versions by Ella Fitzgerald or Frank Sinatra as the musical compass, to get a proper grounding on phrasing. The world of rhythm-harmony-melody come together, in one place, fully, colorfully, like a the most sensory laden kaleidoscope one can ever imagine. Everything is there in the imagination for the taking.
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Originally Posted by NSJ
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No, I don't set annual goals, but I do set goals.
Guitar, as an instrument, is my new baby. It's turning my head around, as a (jazz/whatever) pianist and organist.
Fretting technique is a problem for me (larger chords, finger muting), picking hand technique less so.
It's bringing me back to when I'd spend hours, days, just writing out solos....and, yes, including by guitarists. I have full solos handwritten from Wes, Jim Hall, so many others. Back from when I wasn't playing or thinking about guitar. Jim Hall's line on "I've Got You Under My Skin" or Wes on "Gone With the Wind"? Get out, everybody knows those, regardless of instrument!
What I need to do, since I recently cheated and bought some of Wolf Marshall transcription efforts, as well as a number of other detailed transcription books is fire up my home office monitors (KRK Classic 5s) for good and not just watching some old movies.
Yes, I bought a new office chair a few months ago, specifically with no arms so I could sit at my desk off-work and stroke my guitar.
I don't actually like to listen to music much anymore...that feels like going backward to me...but I do listen in the car during my commute to my day job.
So, this year, I am actually going to start firing up Barney Kessel, and of course all others, and really hit "pause" on the digital transport and try to get it down.
Hell, I spent so many hours transcribing as a younger man, you'd think it wouldn't be difficult, but I'll get back there.
ALSO: guitar! Keep on this year learn *all* the Bird tunes I already know. But on guitar. Minor gripe: Mark Voepel, *Charlie Parker For Guitar*? WTF? How did the editor allow so many mistakes in the tab? It's wild, man.
Anyway, yeah, just go back to basics. Learn each head in a few different positions. And shred the voodoo down with the pick, and stop using my fingers as crutches. Clean picking, son!
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