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Essentially, Denis Azabagic told me that it is advantageous to give your fingers (and any other arm/body movement) an ‘out loud’ running commentary when struggling with passages of music that are tricky for you. I find that when I really slow down and deeply look at what’s required to play the passage I often spot efficient fingerings that had I been rushing would not reveal themselves. If you add to this a spoken commentary whilst you are doing it then it seems to really help instruct the brain. When I had classical lesson with Mr Azabagic he was absolutely resolute in his belief that that any difficult passage can be overcome with slow, focused attention to detail and I’ve certainly become a better player because of this. |
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something (and how long to hold notes and accent them) I helps to play intermittently more up to tempo to discover what is most likely to work up to tempo and how you want to phrase it musically. That way you won't be practicing some way of playing at slow tempo that can not work when played more up to tempo.
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I am in the same boat as the OP, though I am about 5 months into my guitar life. At my weekly music gathering last week, I noticed that the other players were using the pinky to fret the 1st string, but I wasn't. When I tried it, I found it to be a challenge just to get the spread to get the finger to the string. I did not have the range of motion between the pinky and ring finger. So I have been warming up the digit by bending it all the way closed. And with the remaining fingers straight up and extended back, I press on the pinky to keep it compressed. For whatever reason, this has had the effect of stretching the ligaments on a way that has improved the range of motion, making it significantly easier to do the spread to reach the string. Now I just have to work on eliminating the 2-3 point landing. Adding that one to the list....
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You could of course be correct but from my experience when I really slow down and work out the real detail of how to play what I am perhaps struggling with I always find that the solution at an incredibly slow tempo works beautifully at full tempo. For me it has been a genuine game changer so many times. |