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Originally posted by Bill_K
I can not remember exactly where I read it, but it was a classical guitar instruction book. The author states that she learns a new piece by playing extremely slowly- for example sets the metronome at 60 beats per minute and plays one note every four beats!
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I suggested this type of thing a long time ago in some post about Limiting Rhythm....got about as much attention as my goony-bird mother-in-law would get at a party at the Pl...........ok , leave it there....
There are many practice techniques that fall under that general umbrella of restricting the rhythm of what you are playing..... and they are insanely effective for developing technical skill, working knowledge of theory, fretboard memory, etc........
that's where that practicing scales post is going.....start with some whole notes....4 beats on a chord tone, 4 beats on a non-chord tone...we've got tension...we resolve it with 4 beats of chord tone again(release of tension ) follow with a silent measure that'll get filled with monstrous licks in no time at all if you start building up the phrase utilizing the basic but powerful concept of rhythmic relatives......