Finally got the hang of that Hendrix thing where "he bends a string up and catches the adjacent string to it and bends that back down" trick...
I just couldn't get it right without losing go of the first bent string which snapped back noisily as I was letting down the other string.
As with all these tricks - the knack is in not using them now all the time.
This trick occurs in the Hotel California solo (Joe Walsh part). You can hear that meow like yelp when he does it.
I had a similar experience with pinch harmonics. Once you've played one you realise the "how" of doing it.
(I first heard one played by a guitarist in Chuck Berry's pick up band and I had no idea how he'd got that squawk in the middle of his solo...).
I just wish I could nail chicken pickin' - it never sounds right when I try it.
...she's got Dickie Davies eyes...
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I have mastery of nothing in music!
But I do remember when I first got a faro shuffle perfect, and then again 10 times in a row.
Happy days (pre finger injury)
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I had the same thing with snowboarding. Lots and lots of pain and discomfort while learning to just stand up on the damn thing, then the first awkward turns, everything a battle with your body and the snow. Then suddenly it clicks, and you start to cruise, and you can then stop focusing so hard on every aspect and it elevates from a mere activity to something wonderful.
I'm hoping I get the same thing happen with guitar, when I can just play the thing without concentrating so hard!
For ages my fingers couldn't stretch to the right frets/strings of that G add 9 (or 11?) but I've worked through a lot of pain and just persevered. It was worth it.
Lots of small wins eh?
I could play them , I knew the nodes on the right hand where to pick but just could not get them guaranteed 100 % every time . I even marked with a pen or used the crease on the side of my right hand to line up where my hand needed to be to successfully get the node With my pick angle .
Sometimes I would nail them great I have no trouble with the general motion to get them and often hit them accidentally as I play with a Kirk Hammett jazz III in a grip that actually makes them pop out . Anyway I stopped playing that song because of this as it was eating up practice time
I wasn't going to be that person... :-)