Members Viktor Johanson Posted January 3, 2005 Members Posted January 3, 2005 About two thirds of the times I sit down and practice, I experience problems keeping time. When I play 16th notes with the metronome set to about 100bpm (and also when playing very slowly), I play some notes just a bit too early or too late, making it all sound like horse crap. I experience the same thing when tapping 16ths on a table with my hand, so it's not a technique related problem. The strange thing is that about one third of the times I practice, it works fine and I can alternate pick well over 10 notes per second without any timing problems what so ever. When these "good" periods occur, I can play perfect (perfect sounding to me anyway) 16ths at very low tempos as well. I would like to eliminate the two thirds (approximately) of the time when this problem occurs. How is it possible to achieve this? Perhaps just practicing with a metronome at low tempos is the solution (I currently do that a lot), but I think it's strange that I sometimes don't experience this problem at all. If you have any suggestion as for what do to, please tell me. Thanks in advance,Viktor
Members Little Dreamer Posted January 4, 2005 Members Posted January 4, 2005 Just a thought, but you might want to pay attention to if you're picking the strings harder sometimes and more lightly other times. It can be something you don't even notice unless you're watching for it. Picking too hard can produce the sort of inconsistencies you mentioned. Anyhow, it's a possibility.
Members Viktor Johanson Posted January 4, 2005 Author Members Posted January 4, 2005 Originally posted by Little Dreamer Just a thought, but you might want to pay attention to if you're picking the strings harder sometimes and more lightly other times. It can be something you don't even notice unless you're watching for it. Picking too hard can produce the sort of inconsistencies you mentioned. Anyhow, it's a possibility. That makes good sense. The intensity of the strokes seems to be consistent, I don't think I pick some notes harder than others. Since I'm experiencing the exact same thing when tapping on a table with my finger, I think it's safe to say it's not a playing technique issue.Thanks for your reply, though.
Members can't remember Posted January 4, 2005 Members Posted January 4, 2005 Originally posted by Viktor Johanson I experience the same thing when tapping 16ths on a table with my hand, so it's not a technique related problem. Viktor,I do time with a "bass" longer than the shortest/fastest note. For example, try tapping out the 16ths with your fingers and tapping the quarters or eighths with your foot. Perhaps, you are just getting lost in time :jb
Members Viktor Johanson Posted January 6, 2005 Author Members Posted January 6, 2005 Originally posted by can't remember Viktor, I do time with a "bass" longer than the shortest/fastest note. For example, try tapping out the 16ths with your fingers and tapping the quarters or eighths with your foot. Perhaps, you are just getting lost in time :jb As a matter of fact, it works MUCH better when I do that. I guess I use the quarters tapped by my foot as some kind of reference beat, which seems much more natural than relying on the metronome alone. It's probably because tapping the quarters sort of forces me to feel the groove.Thanks a lot!
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