ykabban -> RE: How many hours a day do you practise? (Oct. 22 2006 1:43:42)
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I don't subscribe to this practice 9, 10, 12 hours a day. Todd's remarks are more on point with my belief. Someone's five hours could be another's 15 minutes. But...... it all really depends on the person and how he "sees" the guitar. Here is an observation(Please don't take this the wrong way, it's not a zinger, this is my perception alone. And I'm using an example that everyone can comment on). When I hear Ricardo play I think, " Man, this guy's got some chops". When I hear Todd play I think, " Man, this guy practices a lot". So..... strapping a metronome to yourself is great, but it depends on what you're trying to do. Both of you might be an "A", but the sound objectives and product is very different. And the pick has nothing to do with it. If you look at the big picture, neither "how long" or "how" you practice dictates the final result. Again, how does one "see" the guitar. I'll use a personal example that led me to this way of thinking: One day, quite a few years ago I sat down and attempted to execute a decent alzapua for the first time. Five minutes later, it sounded purrdy damn sweet. It has remained unchanged and sounds exactly the way it did the first day I learned it. To me, it's not perfect, but I'm very satisfied with it for the moment. On the flip side, I've been trying to develop a good solid picado for the past 5 or 6 years, and I'm nowhere near satisfied. In fact, I think it blows big time. You could argue that one technique is more difficult than the other, but I don't think so. Somewhere, the connection is not there. For some reason, the alzapua just "clicked in", like it was always there, and I'll put it up against anyone's. All goes back to one's way of learning. Some hear something only once, and never forget it. Some see or read something only once, and it's absorbed forever, while other have to read, and re-read and re-read......... Wow...this is my longest post, must be the fine wine talkin'. DISCLAIMER: The above post was written by a self proclaimed Bass Master.
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