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My Breakthrough in Tremelo and Picado speed.
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BarkellWH
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 RE: My Breakthrough in Tremelo and P... (in reply to n85ae)
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How long had you been working on tremolo before the breakthrough two months ago? Something similar happened to me, but without medication or placebo effect. I had been working on tremolo for a couple of years, trying to maintain a dead-on steady tremolo, but it was "galloping," not fast, and not right. Then it seemed like in one day, my tremolo began to sound steady and I was able to increase speed, almost without thinking about it. I don't think it was due to "talent" (of which I possess little enough!), but it was just a breakthrough that sometimes occurs. I don't know if the muscle-memory finally catches up with the brain or what. Your breakthrough may be due to medication (or placebo effect) as you say. But it may have just been a breakthrough that would have occurred anyway. I have always been interested in "breakthroughs," whether in playing guitar, studying languages, or even in discoveries in physics. It is an interesting phenomenon.
Cheers,
Bill
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Date Aug. 27 2012 22:43:11
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mark indigo
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RE: My Breakthrough in Tremelo and P... (in reply to n85ae)
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quote:
I started taking "glucosamine chondroitin"
i started taking it too some years ago after a knee operation. It was actually suggested by one of the consultants, and the physio i saw afterwards told me that there was some study that suggested it helped reduce joint pain but only if you took 1500 mg a day, and it took a month to build up in the system and take effect.
I took it for a couple of years, but it's impossible to tell if it helped recovery or not, and if so how much. It didn't seem to help the joint pain in my right hand index finger that is still with me.
I have also read that it is a bit controversial and not entirely proven....
then there is the issue of whether to take just glucosamine (the supposed positive study only refers to glucosamine, not to chondroitin) on it's own or with chondroitin. Glucosamine is relatively cheap, but Chondroitin is much more expensive - so who says Chondroitin is good? Apparently only the people that make and sell it.
Then i have also read about there being two different forms of Glucosamine, with the claim being that Glucosamine HCl provides 40% more pure glucosamine per gram than standard glucosamine sulphate 2KCl..... so they sell you less of it for more money.
i hope this doesn't come across as cynical, that's not my intention. Sceptical, yes, and a bit confused by all the contradictory information.
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Date Aug. 28 2012 13:05:12
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