A bit late to the party but the double plucks trip me up on the string crosses in the patterns that bridge 3 strings.
I can’t seem to get my second pluck to land when returning to the root (the d and the g patterns).
If anything I feel like I’m getting worse the more I practice!
@JoshFossgreen it certainly is hard to get at 150bpm accurately twice in a row! Thanks for the challenge!
I realise that at some point I’m going to have to figure out the whole ‘post stuff on YouTube’ so that I can share videos on here, but that sounds like a problem for future me as I’ve got too many other things to figure out first…Including the double notes at 150bpm.
Currently I’m enjoying doing the practice at 150bpm with single notes and find it’s greatly improved by lots of head bobbing and general grooving. However whilst I can pretty much control my flying fingers at 132bpm it becomes much more difficult at the faster tempo. Who knew, right? Especially during the last two bars when it seems like my index finger wants to leave my hand entirely, free to pursue a life of its own as far away from my other fingers as possible.
Despite my emancipated index finger, and my face contorting into weird grimaces of concentration this is a great exercise to do not just for flying fingers but for MVP and keeping solid timing. It’s deceptively simple but tests a lot of skills and I’m really enjoying it. I suspect this will be something that I keep as part of my daily practice…just as soon as I’m reunited with my wayward finger.
So what fresh hell are you cooking up for the next Technique Challenge @JoshFossgreen ? Big jumps up and down the fretboard along with frenzied string crossing and blisteringly fast 16th notes?
Seriously though, these technique challenges are fantastic and are really helping me to improve my playing. I have incorporated them into my daily practice and warm ups and really benefit from the focus they bring. Thanks so much for putting them together for us.
I hate being on pictures and on video but did end up making a video for my own use to see where I was at for before and I’ll make another one after so I can compare. I’m definitely smoother on the quarter notes and can play both speeds well. I get tripped up doing the double eighths for more than a round or two. My alternating plucking starts reversing.
I reckon the next challenge will be the same pattern but in the minor key.
When should I try working on this? I’m still working on Module 5, lesson 6. I’m guessing I should get through the Modules with scales and triads, before tackling this to avoid frustration and be able apply what I learned. Very cool. Looking forward to learning it.