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Topic: C6 v E9 Practice Time. |
Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:20 am |
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Howdy folks,I'm 1yr on E9 and I've recently started on C6.How do you guys balance your practice time?Do you do C6 one day and E9 the next,or split your time in 1/2 and put in your 2nd brain?Is jumping from neck to neck positive practice or confusing?What has proven to work for you?Any advice would be greatly appreciated,thanx good people.
Cheers,Shane. |
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Robert Thomas
From:
Mehama, Oregon, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:33 am
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My input would be to learn to switch back and forth from one to the other, practicing the same song. I personally have used both and interchanged whenever I felt the need for somehting different to put into the mix, of course I have played as a solo for over 8 years now and that might make it easier for my situation since I don't have to please the man in charge.
Learning to use both is the best or why have a C-6th. |
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Joe Smith
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Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:43 am
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| Shane, I most times start my practice on the C6th neck and then go over to the E9th neck. I also like to be able to play the same song on either neck. Comes in handy some times. If you happen to break a string on the E neck while doing a gig, you can finish the set on the C neck. I guess I split my practice about 50/50. |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:45 am
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Thanks Robert,that makes sense,I got some advice to split them up,but it seems you should practice what you might do in a "real" playing situation.I'll keep that second brain handy.
Shane |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:47 am
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| Hey Joe,any reason for starting practice on C6 first?Is it just your preference? |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:51 am
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| I got some advice to split them up,but it seems you should practice what you might do in a "real" playing situation.I'll keep that second brain handy. |
Well, if you're playing gigs, you might want to consider just playing through your set list, which will likely require you to switch back and forth between the 2 necks. Now, that doesn't necessarily improve your thinking on either neck in the way that concentrated practicing does. For that, I do think you should block out concentrated time for each neck to work on understanding relationships, "seeing" patterns on the neck, etc. |
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:58 am
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| Ok Jim,good advice.By the way what did you call your album?That was one of the funniest threads I've read.I thought you should call it What's Cohen On?Cheers. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 9:21 am
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Man! Why didn't you suggest that?? That's a GREAT name! I might well have chosen it! Really! Too bad...
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Shane Reilly
From:
Melbourne, Australia
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 9:27 am
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I wasn't a member at the time but I was shouting my ideas at the computer screen through tears of laughter from some of the other posts,couldn't you hear me?.Hillarious stuff.
Cheers. |
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Joe Smith
From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 1:42 pm
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"Hey Joe,any reason for starting practice on C6 first?Is it just your preference?"
I just like to warm up on the C neck first. It really doesn't make any difference. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 2:29 pm
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primarily E9th...90%..pretty much the exact same exercises...over and over and over and over..
although I have lately gone down to the lower 10...
it's nice down there !
t
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 2:42 pm
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| I'm a little more familiar with the C6 tuning as I also play non pedal steel so I usually like to spend more time with E9 then when my attention span starts to give out I can practice stuff I know on C6. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 2:48 pm
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| Can play e/9 but have always been a c/6th nut ,so I spend 100 percent playing and practice time on c/6th,why? Because I want to.I found most people[not all] but most like it because it's different from what they are used to hearing.If I can please 80 percent of them,and 100 percent of me,that's good enough for me. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 7:51 pm
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I usually start on C6, till I get redundant, then try to add something new to it.
Then do the same to E9.
I also try to find the same patterns
working in C6 on the E9 neck afterwards. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 8:49 pm
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| May not be the best way, but I do what Jim says. On my uni, I don't practice E9 or B6, I practice songs. Some require one, some require the other, and some require both. But maybe that's just me and my bad practice habits. I have never had much time and patience for instructional material and exercises. However, sometimes I just take off in one mode or the other and make up stuff and just explore what I can get. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2006 9:24 pm
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| I spend the first half of my practice time doing non-musical exercises that can be done on either neck, from Joe Wright's Technique Bundle book. Then I play whichever neck I feel like playing for the other half of the session. |
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Larry Lorows
From:
Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 2:11 am
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I agree with Charles, I just prefer C6th over E9th and most people don't know or care what tuning I'm using.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 7:28 am
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i prefer C6 so i often start off practicing on it
i enjoy both necks tho'
i often look for the similarities on the E9 & play 'em so as to get the chops down
i don't necessarily spend 50/50 on each neck
i just play whichever neck the tune or riff calls for
recently i've been practicin' more on E9 cause of the PF pedal i'm discoverin'
Well, i find that two necks are better than one & yes, it can be fun to go from one to the other
[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 31 July 2006 at 08:30 AM.] |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 8:29 am
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My solution (that really means nothing) to the above is to have a list of songs that collectively use all of the mechanical crutches (pedals and levers) available on my guitar, and to run through them on a daily basis for familarity.....on both necks.
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 8:38 am
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Yes, "two necks are better than one", but you need not have two different heads to use both.
Work more on the one that has the most need,
or the one you can most see,
that you have things you need to discover,
for the music that you are playing now. |
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Jody Cameron
From:
Angleton, TX,, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2006 9:49 am
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I'm sure this is not the "correct" way to learn, but I would (and still do) go through spells to where I would work feverishly on one neck, then drift out of that and work on the other. I get on different kicks at different times.
JC |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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Posted 1 Aug 2006 6:57 pm
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I play a U12- the same practice time on each tuning  Joe |
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