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On playing fast
I chatted today in practise club a little about playing fast. For me it goes like this…
Muscle memory (scales, enclosures and learnt lines)for eighth notes
Your ear for more “soaring” long notes that are more melodic
Think in rhythms above all else.
In the session today
We worked on playing a scalic line through the changes that goes from the top of first position, down to the bottom.
Listen to me play here at my gig last night, I did something like that about 10 times…
Pick a starting point and an end point on your instrument and change the scale you use to fits the chords.
For playing fast, it’s really got to be something that fits under your fingers and feels good to play, otherwise it just isn’t coming out.
It’s not quite “beautiful” music of course but it’s how I manage to keep up with creating something interesting at fast tempos.
Message me or comment on this post if you want to try a practise club next Monday at 6pm.
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On playing fast
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