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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Writing isn't the best analogy as there's no time constraint involved.
I wouldn't necessarily agree on that, human nature intervenes all too often IMO. If we measure, there's no debate about it, just facts.
Yes, and nothing too off the wall. Work to increase left hand finger strength and independence, and/or build strength and control in relevant picking muscles. How to do this is also debated, so I don't think there's any set method that will work for everyone. If you're measuring though, you'll be able to see what works for you, and just as importantly, what doesn't work!
While I think technique is important, I certainly practice enough everyday. I don't equate playing a fragment of notes fast successfully as being a guitar god.
Speed of thought, and the ability to move an idea into another idea is vastly more attractive. Technique is the vehicle to achieving that.
I understand what @sweepy meant; practicing a set amount of notes will make you great......at playing that set of notes. @Danji makes some good points too. There's a hell of a lot more to playing guitar than purely technical exercises.
Anyway, I consider my technique to be good enough to play the music I want without too much hassle. If I'm finding something difficult I isolate the tricky parts and spend more time on them
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One of my mantras .. "Playing and practising are 2 separate things." A topic for a future blog post!
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My sense of melody and phrasing (in other words my musicality) has improved enormously over the years - but I could probably play faster 30 years ago.....
It can be pretty boring at times but it's necessary if you wish to learn to play certain musical styles where speed is a vital part of the musical vocabulary.
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I agree though it's important to be able to quantify one's progress which makes practise more satisfying.