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All excellent tips, however, don't overdo it. It's quite possible to get really sick of a song after hearing it for like a 1000 times.
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I don't know if this is the best way and could use some help on that. But I fiure it can't really hurt. Even if nothing else is sounding right, my thumb is thumping along to the metronome. I start with the lowest note in time with the left side of the metronome. On this tune (Delia) the thumb is just doing a D note (dropped D tuning) alternating between octaves so it's easy to look at the metronome and know if I've gotton off the beat. ONLY if I've gotten off the beat do I stop my thumb, take a break and start thumping again. I'd love to know a better way in general or even for this particular tune. Oher easier tunes are a whole different process. I like Randy Newman (it's easy to arrange for fingerstyle guitar). For that, I'll get to know the chords, positions and voicings that I want to use. So I basically learn to strum the tune before I start committing to fingering patterns. Much easier than the David Bromberg stuff.
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What a great thread this is! I've learned a lot from it. My weak spot thus far is moving quickly and smoothly from chord to chord, so I've taken the month of September of from guitar lessons to focus mainly on chord changes, using a metronome. I started at 40 bpm and I'm at 52 bpm. My guitar instructor wrote out some chord progressions for me in various keys which is helpful. And now all the great tips in this thread...wow! I feel my enthusiasm returning!
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I dont know... Ive been playing for 30+ years.... and I stll dont know anything...
I never get thru anyones tabs... I learn alot by trying it, which often takes me off on really interesting (for me) creative tangents... like, well, I cant play that tab, but i can do this with what I just learned.. I bought Benjamin Woolmans tab for Novella a few years back... learned the first few measures.. still havent learned the rest.. I wish I knew how to stay on task... Rick
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You cannot get better advice from a better musician then this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ohW4mLrjCk
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