Practice Thoughts | 03: Hang Out At The Jump
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In this practice thought, we dig into the idea of getting to know the areas you need to practice and separating them out into sections to focus on more in depth.
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Thanks, Ot!
Scott Paul Johnson
2022-02-15 23:59:27 +0000 UTCthis series is so important and well thought out. As a mountain biker myself, the analogy is pertinent. As a guitar student, understanding how to practice and what to practice is so important. This is the "boring" part, but you make it relevant and interesting. 👍
Ot Ratsaphong
2022-02-15 00:34:21 +0000 UTCI said this before: i am so thankful to have found you as a teacher!
KENNETH Fiend
2021-08-18 09:49:55 +0000 UTCYou forgot to make available the pdf from the drawing. 😁
DeDé
2021-02-28 22:07:55 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this. My drum teacher taught me something cool when a beat is just too hard or complicated he said "I stopped taking no for an answer" and what he meant was he broke down any beat into each single note if necessary but yeah it's important to realize you need to be doing that, hanging out at the jump. And my voice teachers were also big on the whole thing of needing to work to be good and the myth of natural talent. cool! slowly working my way through the videos hah
Leah Nicole
2021-01-25 04:11:11 +0000 UTCI just watched a vid where Phil X had some good takes on practice (and everything else) https://youtu.be/LsfoqTyzmGc
EZ Whip
2020-05-20 21:00:41 +0000 UTChaha!
Scott Paul Johnson
2020-04-10 06:02:39 +0000 UTC#HangOutAtTheJump
George Sarnetsky
2020-04-10 03:10:12 +0000 UTCEven the great players have had Jumps to get over too.
Dave
2020-04-09 06:59:12 +0000 UTCGood point made here Scott . Practice the part your having difficulty with but do it slowly at first until you get better with it ? If having great difficulty break it down more ,leave and go back do something else then go back try again that part .Well explained Scott.
Dave
2020-04-09 06:58:01 +0000 UTCThanks for being here and thanks for sharing your story!
Scott Paul Johnson
2020-04-08 21:34:51 +0000 UTCPS...Here is a link to a song from my old band. I wrote the music, my friend writes the words. I play rhythm on this and my friend Pat plays lead. He looks kinda like you. We are gonna start playing again and have already started writing. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o6Af6pxo8eyY8posS17Ea9tJV1GyHwYX
Mark Estrada
2020-04-08 20:00:20 +0000 UTCThe statement you made about some days are better than others is a factor as well. I have played for probably 30 years, self taught, and had a really good band for a while. We opened for all the big Reggae band who came through Eugene Or, and played a lot in Portland too. I even fell asleep onstage in the middle of a set once up there (thats another story). Anyway I went to this Blues jam in Eugene one night and I was on FIRE, this happens to me sometimes and it's almost like I'm possessed...seriously. I can't hit a bad note even it I tried. I was the star of the show that night. Next week, I go back and had trouble just playing an E chord and could not bust a lick to save my life. So when I can't seem to get into the groove when I'm practicing, I just stop and go do something else. I quit playing for around 12 years, that is why I'm here Like I said I taught myself, and I just play by ear, I have a good ear, but I want to learn theory and more scales etc. The only thing I had to guide me when I was learning was a Mel Bay book of chords, and If I wanted to play or fake a song I would just work it out. Sometime taking hours. I had a muse visit me a few months ago and I can't put the guitar down, and because of internet teachers like you, I'm 10x better than I ever was. I will practice all night a lot of time and not even notice the passing of time. Hours will just vanish. I did hit one roadblock, and that was sore hands and fingers. I googled it and found a guy talking about what he called 'Gorilla Grip"...That was my problem. That one thing had been holding me back for so many years. I used to wonder how guys like Jerry Garcia could just effortlessly glide all over the fretboard, now I can do it. If my first and only other guitar teacher has showed me how little pressure it takes to get a tone, I would probably be dead, because I don't think I would handle fame well. He turned me off because I wanted to play 'Live and Let Die' and he had me playing 'Red River Valley' . 'Tom Dooley' and 'House of the rising sun'...I didn't like any of those songs, and it hurt my hands. A friend of my step-mother had gifted me a beautiful F hole Gibson, I wish I still had, so it wasn't about it being a cheap guitar. Another thing you mentioned was about not doing the whole course, and just the jump, well there's another disorder that a lot of us have, and dont even know it. Where sometimes after you repeat the same thing so many times, your brain kind of locks up. The best way to get over it and kind reboot your brain if you can't get something is to do it very very slowly a few times, almost like overwriting corrupt information in a computer. It was a Bass teacher youtube and I can't find it, but I will. You're a good teacher Scott, I like your style. Sorry I didn't break this into paragraphs, but the app won't let you.
Mark Estrada
2020-04-08 19:28:08 +0000 UTCThanks a lot. Let's call this jump a 'problem'. How long would you try to solve this problem until you give up and leave it for next time/day? When is it time to be stubborn and when to sleep over with it and try tomorrow?
Linas K
2020-04-08 11:21:12 +0000 UTC
