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Wednesday May 07, 2008 at 05:48 AM |
What do you play when you are just messing around? Do you rehearse old songs you already know? Do you play scales or improvise on them? Do you strum chords and try to string together a pleasing chord progression? Do you work on your finger picking?
I do all the above, usually with a balance between things I am comfortable with and things that are difficult for me.
One other thing: I try to make it all sound as pleasing as possible, both for myself and for those around me, since I often practice in public settings. I always take a guitar to my daughter's gymnastics lessons. That way I feel like I'm accomplishing something, too. And the instructors don't seem to mind my playing. They've complimented it several times. So, I try not to be too irritating.
My wife is my toughest listener. Her irritation level is more easily reached. With her, it is best to stick to finger picking, preferably on a 12 string.
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Thursday May 08, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Paul, sounds like you've got the important fundementals of potential performance excellance dialed in. My wife is my toughest critic alsc,I have only "Impressed"her three or four times in twelve years some people are easy to please not her .as to the rehersal thing I do most of what you said and finally the practice on my lead ability is comming along more now than in all my 40 years at it .The scales and improv's I play on my keyboard give me the most satisfaction though I never know where those routine mundane "Basics" will take me but through following them I always know how to end up.
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