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Re: Best way to increase speed and coordination in both hands?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's Sunbane [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
But yeah, I agree. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
When I started out, there was no one that could explain to me how to practice. They would tell me about what to practice, but not about the actual training process. And there was no widely available internet to scour for info. =/ I never heard about Troy Stetina until much later either.
But right now I'm quite content to work on my chops, even though I may never get to use them onstage. Getting better at guitar is something that is like a personal reward. =)
Another thought:
I think the most important thing to remember, is to have fun. When practicing the guitar becomes a chore, you're not going to absorb as much skill - and the more boring it gets, the sooner you'll be throwing the axe down, saying "fuck it". If you're determined to do boring chromatic excercises to improve your coordination, at least make something fun out of them. Change positions, fingering order, string climb etc, to make them challenging and interesting. Create some pseudo-shred lick out of it, that sounds cool and will impress the hell out of your bratty cousins or something. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
'bane
Originally posted by mt:
IMO, if Sundane had read some stuff, asked around, and realized the importance of picking technique and worked on it early on. He would have been shredding like a monster a lot earlier.
IMO, if Sundane had read some stuff, asked around, and realized the importance of picking technique and worked on it early on. He would have been shredding like a monster a lot earlier.
But yeah, I agree. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
When I started out, there was no one that could explain to me how to practice. They would tell me about what to practice, but not about the actual training process. And there was no widely available internet to scour for info. =/ I never heard about Troy Stetina until much later either.
But right now I'm quite content to work on my chops, even though I may never get to use them onstage. Getting better at guitar is something that is like a personal reward. =)
Another thought:
I think the most important thing to remember, is to have fun. When practicing the guitar becomes a chore, you're not going to absorb as much skill - and the more boring it gets, the sooner you'll be throwing the axe down, saying "fuck it". If you're determined to do boring chromatic excercises to improve your coordination, at least make something fun out of them. Change positions, fingering order, string climb etc, to make them challenging and interesting. Create some pseudo-shred lick out of it, that sounds cool and will impress the hell out of your bratty cousins or something. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
'bane
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