Comments on: 5 string banjo players: is your practice time productive? http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/ Banjo Blog Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-629 admin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:51:50 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-629 Hi Terry, I'm glad to help for sure and it sounds like you are on the right track. The loop method is a great tool and you'll want to be sure and continue utilizing it. Take your picking down to 2 notes if need be and drill those two notes until you can finally do them. (I once played a two measure section for 40 minutes straight. That'll drive you bonkers but it works.) Once the 2 notes, or whatever the problem section is, is down cold, widen out your focus and play the full measure or the surrounding measures until you can play that section well, including the original trouble section. The key is to play the trouble section IN CONTEXT. Just playing the trouble section isn't enough; you have to be able to play the section just ahead of it and just behind it along with the trouble section to simulate what you'll encounter within the song. Hi Terry, I’m glad to help for sure and it sounds like you are on the right track. The loop method is a great tool and you’ll want to be sure and continue utilizing it. Take your picking down to 2 notes if need be and drill those two notes until you can finally do them. (I once played a two measure section for 40 minutes straight. That’ll drive you bonkers but it works.) Once the 2 notes, or whatever the problem section is, is down cold, widen out your focus and play the full measure or the surrounding measures until you can play that section well, including the original trouble section. The key is to play the trouble section IN CONTEXT. Just playing the trouble section isn’t enough; you have to be able to play the section just ahead of it and just behind it along with the trouble section to simulate what you’ll encounter within the song.

]]> By: BuddyTer http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-628 BuddyTer Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:01:15 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-628 Paul, This article really came along timely for me. The hardest thing for me right now is to sit and play one measure or one lick over and over and over until it's just second nature. I'm tending to get impatient with myself because I'm not progressing as quickly as I'd like to, and this is a good reminder that I need to focus more on nailing it down than just getting it done. Paul,

This article really came along timely for me. The hardest thing for me right now is to sit and play one measure or one lick over and over and over until it’s just second nature. I’m tending to get impatient with myself because I’m not progressing as quickly as I’d like to, and this is a good reminder that I need to focus more on nailing it down than just getting it done.

]]> By: eknjr http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-627 eknjr Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:38:34 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-627 Having got into my * mouth now I have 8-9 songs under belt can do 6 1/2 down in memory , keep woring on the right speed and timeing but for a old fart I keep working on it one day I guess it will come. Having got into my * mouth now I have 8-9 songs under belt can do 6 1/2 down in memory , keep woring on the right speed and timeing but for a old fart I keep working on it one day I guess it will come.

]]> By: admin http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-626 admin Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:10:16 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-626 Hey Kathy, you know it's been fun watching you develop, and the last couple of things we've focused on in lessons have really come shining through nicely. I think 2010 is going to be a big year for you on banjo if you keep it up! Hey Kathy, you know it’s been fun watching you develop, and the last couple of things we’ve focused on in lessons have really come shining through nicely. I think 2010 is going to be a big year for you on banjo if you keep it up!

]]> By: PickinChick http://banjosrule.com/blog/5-string-banjo-players-is-your-practice-time-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-624 PickinChick Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:35 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=1057#comment-624 Having only played for a year, I'd have to say that I only have one song in my repertoire that I can play with relative confidence, and that is the one that I have practiced for that year every time I pick up my banjo. My, how the various things in life get in the way of an adult learner. But even though I don't have many songs that I can play without flubbing, it's still exciting to have another new song to flub and people that I can goof up in front of and still have fun. And I sure enjoy the journey toward perfection. Having only played for a year, I’d have to say that I only have one song in my repertoire that I can play with relative confidence, and that is the one that I have practiced for that year every time I pick up my banjo. My, how the various things in life get in the way of an adult learner. But even though I don’t have many songs that I can play without flubbing, it’s still exciting to have another new song to flub and people that I can goof up in front of and still have fun. And I sure enjoy the journey toward perfection.

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