Hi, has anyone experience with this to share ?
Troy Nelson Guitar Aerobics (Book & Online Audio) (Book): A 52-Week, One-Lick-Per-Day Workout Program for Developing, Improving & Maintaining Guitar Technique
https://amzn.eu/d/hvka3kjMy teacher occasionally lobs me random individual exercises which are fine, but since later weeks seem to build on previous ones I'm wondering if I shouldn't just work through the whole thing.
My hesitation is that it's structured around a new exercise each day with a slightly more complex version each week for 52 weeks - and so far I've found I need several days to nail each one. Not that there's anything wrong with looking forward a couple of years, mind.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Miles
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it's repetitive exercises which are just boring.
I decided to use Paul Davids stuff.
I guess it's a case of 'what do I want to achieve' - Playing exercises fast, or trying to construct nice melodic phrases that I can use in composing.
Any suggestions?
With technique, there’s no ‘right’ way to do things - but there are countless ‘wrong’ ways. And the signifier is discomfort. If anything even slightly ‘twinges’, shake your hands out and go again. Remove the tension - it’s the enemy! Bursts help with this, as when you rest for a beat, say, you’re relaxed - there should be little difference between this rested state and how your hand feels picking / fretting. Everything should be loose and flowing.
Hope this helps. I’ve had a couple of drinks, so apologies if it’s a bit meandering ha.
That all resonates, and is sort of what I've been doing though not that analytically. I'm definitely a believer in "bursts" - they've really been good for me.
I can see the value of having a foundation outside of songs as well, e.g. already knowing certain arpeggios or funk strumming variations gives a head start when you encounter them in the wild.
But overall that's good advice thanks- especially the part about saying notes/intervals out loud - it's things like learning "that's the seventh AND a leading note to the IV chord", not just the fingering, that I'm missing. Cheers!
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