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Topic: If you only had 30 mins to practice? |
Jason Schofield
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 1:58 am |
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| This may have done before but, if you only had 30 minutes a day to practice, what would you focus on to keep up your chops. I broke a string and had to re-tune and my time was up. Just kidding. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 2:14 am
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| practice? |
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 3:40 am
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| Really. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 5:00 am
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With limited time, play what's easy for yourself about 5 minutes (just to warm up), then just focus on the stuff you can't do. You should know better than anyone whatever it is that you're not very good at!  |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 6:03 am
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| If you only have 30 mins a day then practice things that you are going to do when you get to the gig. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 6:08 am
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| gig? |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 7:25 am
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| OK, then practice on things that you will play just in case you ever have a gig. |
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Roger Francis
From:
kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 8:29 am
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| If just 30 min., mostly finger exercise and maybe a lick i've had trouble with, and usally unplugged. |
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Al Udeen
From:
maple grove mn usa
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 9:25 am
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| I keep my practice board in my car, I practice a speed excersize on the way to the gig, right hand of course, have to steer with my left, makes that first set easier! Dont try this at home! Al Udeen |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 12:09 pm
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Anything other than the songs and solos you are going to play that night. If you don't have those down cold by now, you better not try to play them.
Finger exercises, forward / backward rolls, general warm-up exercises will do you more good than licks.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 12:32 pm
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| delete [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 03 December 2005 at 04:28 PM.] |
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Tore Blestrud
From:
Oslo, Norway
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 12:54 pm
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10 min E9 (that's where the money is)
20 min C6 (that's where the fun is)[This message was edited by Tore Blestrud on 03 December 2005 at 01:13 PM.] |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 2:40 pm
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Tony
Did you understand that I said 'anything OTHER THAN'?
What Al referred to -- or any other way to loosen up your picking hand -- works great for me. YMMV.
I only play two solos right off the record. If we don't do 'Just Pickin' or 'Night Life', I'm all on my own. Rarely play the same solo twice.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 4:16 pm
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| ok, I misundestood.. [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 03 December 2005 at 04:28 PM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 8:48 pm
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| Almost all of my steel practicing is dedicated to muscle memory exercises from Joe Wright's book, and scales. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 3 Dec 2005 9:24 pm
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OK, seriously this time.
I am in the process of editng my 3rd CD, and have decided to concentrate on live performance after this one is done. My ultimate goal is to perform as a soloist with symphony orchestras.
So my practice time is devoted to working out arrangements of material that I wish to perform.
I'm keeping the arrangements fairly simple, so that once I have them figured out, the actual execution is easy. I learned a long time ago that it's a good idea to perform stuff on stage that you can play in your sleep. Especially in a high pressure situation where you're bound to be nervous.
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John Egenes
From:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 2:13 pm
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Mike P:
Pedal steel with a symphony, eh? You're a braver man than I am. As they say here in New Zealand, "Good ON ya, mate..."
Having said that, I recently did a live performance with a string ensemble, doing a piece I wrote. I was playing the musical saw.... I've found that, in fact, it helps if nobody actually knows anything about the instrument you're playing. [g,d&r]
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David Wren
From:
Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 3:35 pm
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What Larry said... finger rolls (forward-backward, starting on the big strings to the little ones, and visa-versa), and blocking... I also spend about 5 min. massaging my right forearm and fingers.... hey the brain can't work without the fingers pitching in their share.
But all these responses assume you're going to a gig. I bought a 8 string dobro and tune it to a G6 (like your E9th with pedals A&B)tuning so I can utilize small amounts of time for practice, and not waste time with electricity... but I don't have a practice board, unless you count my Magnatone 6 string lap steel :-)
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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Session500; Hilton Pedal
www.ameechapman.com
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Jack Dougherty
From:
Spring Hill, Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 3:48 pm
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Practice what you don't know...
This will easily occupy thirty minutes of any hour...
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Charles Turpin
From:
Mexico, Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 11:50 am
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I'd say i would practice on my right hand and bar control. I would work a lot on blocking fast licks. You can learn a lot of fast licks in no time by practicing with the right hand and bar movement.
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