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For a very long time (20 years I'd say) my approach was to nail songs as played originally and to attain a certain style/sound of my heroes. This put me in a constant state of dissatisfaction with my playing. Eventually I came to realize that I was approaching it all wrong. What I needed to do was develop MY voice on the instrument. I started to approach songs by trying to capture the essence of them and adapt them to my style of playing. This allowed me to learn how to play songs FAR more quickly and gave me much satisfaction. It also allowed me to be comfortable playing in a band for an audience. One of the best complements I got regarding my playing wasn't about my technical skill, it was that I "had something to say on the instrument and was able to communicate it". The "Inner Game of Music" is a great book. Another one I would recommend is "Zen Guitar". I still think there is value in trying to mimic others' playing and style because if we don't challenge ourselves our playing will remain largely static. However, it shouldn't be the primary focus, it should be with an eye toward further developing our own voices. |
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For me memorization is the key. Once a piece is memorized, then I'm not dividing my attention between charts/scores and my playing. I know the piece inside out, and I can relax and focus on enjoying the music I'm playing. |
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-Regarding emotion in playing: IMO it requires a good level of competency in playing a piece to be able interpret it emotionally
-Regarding mistakes: A mistake lots of players make when working on difficult parts is playing into them at a tempo than you can play the less difficult part before or after. When you do this you're practicing mistakes - not a good idea. You need to slow the transition into and out of as well as the difficult part down to a tempo you can successfully play the problem section. This is a great place to use a metronome to practice all of the above rhythmically, and bring it all up to speed as you can execute it cleanly. |
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