OK,
I realize a new thread about this may be just wrong... Because I know there is so much already here.
I stopped taking lessons a little while back. My teacher and I just stopped connecting. Since then I have gone from having stuff to practice to just playing/noodling.
I want to develop a practice routine that will help me improve and learn what I need to learn to get where I want to go. My worry is that without a teacher and without a curriculum I won't learn.
I lack a lot of Garcia vocabulary, and it is partly because I don't quite have a good mastery of the fretboard and theory. I lack a good sense of tempo sometimes. I lack also the complete memory of all the chords changes and song structure for the repertoire, so that feeds the losing tempo thing. Also, technical ability needs improvement—running triplets, 16th notes, doing it in scale patterns (ascending, descending, string skipping, intervals, etc). Putting it all together with solid phrasing (especially trying to hit Garcia's musical sensibility with all its nuance) is also a challenge. That fairly well sums it up. I realize that by identifying these things and having the goal of improvement, I could devise a course of action, but I do need to learn more in the process.
I would love a solid practice regime designed for these goals. Plus the learning of new things... Any advice/suggestions/ideas?
I realize a new thread about this may be just wrong... Because I know there is so much already here.
I stopped taking lessons a little while back. My teacher and I just stopped connecting. Since then I have gone from having stuff to practice to just playing/noodling.
I want to develop a practice routine that will help me improve and learn what I need to learn to get where I want to go. My worry is that without a teacher and without a curriculum I won't learn.
I lack a lot of Garcia vocabulary, and it is partly because I don't quite have a good mastery of the fretboard and theory. I lack a good sense of tempo sometimes. I lack also the complete memory of all the chords changes and song structure for the repertoire, so that feeds the losing tempo thing. Also, technical ability needs improvement—running triplets, 16th notes, doing it in scale patterns (ascending, descending, string skipping, intervals, etc). Putting it all together with solid phrasing (especially trying to hit Garcia's musical sensibility with all its nuance) is also a challenge. That fairly well sums it up. I realize that by identifying these things and having the goal of improvement, I could devise a course of action, but I do need to learn more in the process.
I would love a solid practice regime designed for these goals. Plus the learning of new things... Any advice/suggestions/ideas?