Feb 17th practice

C major scale - good in three positions. Decided to read notes out loud while playing backwards. (c,b,a,g,f,e,d,c).

Started extending-out each scale position, over all strings. Helps with right-hand discipline when done fast.

Did whole-neck cmaj @140bpm. Must practice this more, as not yet smooth!

Dmin arpeggios, practiced all positions.

Started Working on continuous arpeggios at 140bpm. This is good.practice and allows me to see the links between positions.

Also tried playing double-notes for root-root cycles in each position. Needs more practice, as very sloppy!

When playing loops, need to look attracting these backwards, or in the opposite diagonal (high string to low string), as this is a very weak area!

Noted I've lost ground with the fun bitnof 6:00. Need more practice on this and Donna lee!

Feb 13th practice.

1/2 hour on C Maj scales.  Much better and tried doing some looping ideas in the sub-12th-fret positions, with fair success.

Dmin arpeggios - ever smoother.  Need practice looping from first-finger (A string) to fourth-finger (E-string).

More practice with backing tracks required for Dmin.


Speed training - double-notes on alternate strings:  Ok at 120bpm, but a little rusty.  Definitely need to commit a little more time to this and similar dexterity and speed exercises!

Feb 12th practice

No practice yesterday, as Mum had a laptop emergency.

Today:

Cmaj Scales in three positions.  Much better than Monday, but still need more practice time on those.  Might start to loop around between two positions (a-la the arpeggio stuff).

Dmin arpeggios same as before.  Seem ever smoother with different position-swapping and with backing tracks.  Not sure where to go with them now though  - seems there's a leap to knowing them all.  I might have to try learning them on one-string, for each string.

ALSO:  With the Dmin arpeggios, found that doing loops over just two strings can be quite difficult, so do more of those!  (e.g. Start with D on the A-string, then move to F, A, C, A on D-string, then F, D, C, D on the A-String again (then loop).

10th February practice

No time at work.

Found some Dmin backing tracks and dud some slow arpeggio patterns. Used the looping pattern technique for this.

Need to continue work on second- and fourth-finger (tenth fret) positions, but much better today. Very few mistakes. :-)  feel that I tend to ignore 2nd finger positions a bit.

Scales: followed scott's first scales lesson (TN8pECkKO5Y). Need to learn focus on first finger and fourth finger positions!

Spent 10 mins on Donna lee @160bpm. Needs work.

Practice 9/2/14

C major scale up the neck @150bpm. Ok, need to work a little more and then speed up ~175bpm.

Dmin arpeggios: two-position loops and full-neck progressions. Struggling with some positions around 10th fret... Need practice here!

Peace

Peace, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

We took a trip to Ampthill last week and I managed to capture a few really nice scenes. I love this classic early sunset - it reminds me of 1960's and 70's photos.

The 50mm Summicron collapsible that I have flares like a B****, but once you know that, you can use it to interesting effect - like here!

Contrast

Contrast, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

The clouds and vapour-trails really caught my eye here and the conversion to black and white has really helped to enhance this scene. I love the contrast here!

Taken with: Leica M9 and Summicron 50mm Collapsible.