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hi everyone , just looking around my place its amess with music from all styles all of which i love but cant play ,
any one any ideas on keeping focus on just a few pieces yet , also having fun with other stuff - ive just got back into guitar again but - really find it hard to do anything but dream and noodle.
music from flamenco to nirvana , to R . rabello to G.sanz - really hard to stick to a plan and use a metronome so for the rant bit frustrating i do the same with most things
I have the same problem staying on track. I keep wanting to play something Brazilian or Villalobos or Barrios. My teacher gave me specific exercises and to play only one piece over and over which is a Juan Martin Farruca. It takes focus and discipline and I get really tired playing the same thing over and over, but I feel it is helping my progress and is still far from perfect. I do use a metronome more now and want to start recording myself but never get around to it.
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Ah well, there was a fantastic passion there, in my case anyway. I discovered flamenco very early on. It grips you in a way that you can't get away - Paco Pena
I usually schedule my practice into a couple of sections: warm up, reviewing/practicing old material, working on new material and then allowing some time for noodling. I've always found it helpful to work on a few things non flamenco as it helps in my flamenco playing. At least it gives me a new perspective. I would also agree with the advice to use a metronome. When I started with flamenco, I didn't use one and it was a mistake. When the time came to play for a dancer, my compas was s%#t. I focused on playing along in compas with a metronome and things got much better with my overall playing. Its tough but try to schedule some quality time with your favorite metronome!
thanku sig , yes its really a discipline thing i lack, but i actually wrote down folks advice on papar old style and will start i uploaded a track andit shows metronome is required otherwise it justsounds like a fee notes using phrygian mode
In the past few days I have been getting really serious with the metronome and recording. The end result is what I thought, my playing is much worse than i think it is. Even when I think I nailed a passage, I go back and listen to the recording and it just sounds barely intelligible. I notice the same thing when I have a lesson like yesterday, my teacher sounds so much better then me, well he is really good. It s a little discouraging but also motivating at the same time, lots of work to do.
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Ah well, there was a fantastic passion there, in my case anyway. I discovered flamenco very early on. It grips you in a way that you can't get away - Paco Pena
My goals are to continue steady improvement with all techniques, picado, pulgar, Alazpua, rasgueado, etc. Also to be able to play a piece all the way through with a metronome with out mistakes or stopping, I am getting closer to that one.
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Ah well, there was a fantastic passion there, in my case anyway. I discovered flamenco very early on. It grips you in a way that you can't get away - Paco Pena
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so for the rant bit frustrating i do the same with most things
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