LEarning/Remembering new falsetas

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Gummy

Posts: 495
Joined: Nov. 27 2005
From: North Carolina, USA

LEarning/Remembering new falsetas

Hi,
Do you guys think it helps when learning new parts to practice without looking at the frets? I see several great player only glance at the fretboard while playing. Do you guys prectice early not looking or do you look until you get comfortable with the part then try to not look?
Rod

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 28 2009 7:44:18

xirdneH_imiJ

Posts: 1890
Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: LEarning/Remembering new falsetas (in reply to Gummy)

i spent (and still do) a lot of time practicing in front of the monitor reading tab and after a while you just don't look anymore because you can feel where every fret is, regardless of capo position...
however when i'm playing with no tab, for dance or for a performance, i find myself looking at the fretboard when the tricky parts come...it's just to make sure not to mess up...
i think it's a good habit to learn not to look, it helps to concentrate on the "how" rather than the "what"...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 28 2009 12:35:30