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Learning To Play: Basics and Practicing
I’ve always made the comparison of learning to play music with learning to build a vocabulary from the time you’re born. One must learn basics to begin with and continue to build on those basics for the rest of one’s life…hopefully anyway. Just as your first words are simple so are learning the basic chords and scales of whatever instrument(s) you decide to play. I’ve been playing for 38 years now and I still hope to learn a lot more before I’m done and to tell the truth my vocabulary could use a little beefing up also. I’m not sure of how much work I’ll be putting into that though!
I started out back in the day making cassette tapes full of pieces of breaks I wanted to learn. I would slow down the record player to 16 speed and record that and then again at regular speed. I have boxes and more boxes full of those. So I’ve always played with records. That also leads to a lot of time practicing these licks just alone without any distractions. By my early teens when I realized what a metronome was I started using practice time for that as well. Now it’s usually a drum machine but either will work. I’ve really used this tool to work on my technique and to clean up my notes as much as possible. The final and one of the most vital ways I think I’ve progressed, as a player is playing with different people in many different situations. Play with as many players as you can. Something can always be learned from watching and listening closely to everything going on. There’s no substitute I think for any of these and all of these combined will make you a better player.
I’ll be adding more songs on tab from time to time so check back in to see what’s new. Happy Jammin’!!!
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