I met you recently at the Positive money event in Hackney , at which I enjoyed your
presentation . We talked ” guitarists ” , I’m sure you remember , being a passionate
enthusiast as you are.
I had to leave the event before it ended so I did not get to continue our enjoyable
conversation nor impart to you some info about improving your playing skills QUICKLY .
I’m not sure if you have ever taken any formal tuition regarding guitar , I imagine you have.
Anyway the 3 most important things to improve your playing ability most quickly
(in my opinion) are as follows :-
1. consistent practice – this of course everyone will tell you and nothing new here and is very important.
these next two things are less well known , and I learned them on a guitar workshop I did many years ago with Scotty Moore – Elvis Presley’s legendary guitarist.
2. whenever you learn anything new or practice anything ALWAYS play it as SLOWLY as possible . ACCURACY with NO ERRORS is the most important thing as this
allows the neural pathway to register what you want to do much quicker. Once the neural pathway has been correctly imprinted , then fluency and speed will easily come.
3. The SPIDER finger exercise – for independent finger control.
make sure you do it EXACTLY as it supposed to be done and VERY SLOWLY .
I’m sure you can easily find this exercise demonstrated online .
If not I would be very happy to show you.
Hi Eric ,
I met you recently at the Positive money event in Hackney , at which I enjoyed your
presentation . We talked ” guitarists ” , I’m sure you remember , being a passionate
enthusiast as you are.
I had to leave the event before it ended so I did not get to continue our enjoyable
conversation nor impart to you some info about improving your playing skills QUICKLY .
I’m not sure if you have ever taken any formal tuition regarding guitar , I imagine you have.
Anyway the 3 most important things to improve your playing ability most quickly
(in my opinion) are as follows :-
1. consistent practice – this of course everyone will tell you and nothing new here and is very important.
these next two things are less well known , and I learned them on a guitar workshop I did many years ago with Scotty Moore – Elvis Presley’s legendary guitarist.
2. whenever you learn anything new or practice anything ALWAYS play it as SLOWLY as possible . ACCURACY with NO ERRORS is the most important thing as this
allows the neural pathway to register what you want to do much quicker. Once the neural pathway has been correctly imprinted , then fluency and speed will easily come.
3. The SPIDER finger exercise – for independent finger control.
make sure you do it EXACTLY as it supposed to be done and VERY SLOWLY .
I’m sure you can easily find this exercise demonstrated online .
If not I would be very happy to show you.
all best,
Tom
Thanks Tom – and great to meet you!