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10-08-2007, 03:31 PM
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As a guitarist, my worst, bad sounding habit, is while soloing I don't end measures on key relative notes on time. That causes my phrasing to be late - not at the end of the measure.
Yours could be anything - like always screwing up raking or something.
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10-08-2007, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Houston | | | I tend to play more percussive on parts I should be grooving a little smoother. I also overplay a tad when I get bored. I probably noodle too much during practice too. All things I'm aware of, and hope to fix someday..... |
10-08-2007, 03:49 PM
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10-08-2007, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada | | | Probably most of my flaws come from my lack of knowledge when it comes to music theory. I need to force myself to learn more theory somehow. It would allow me to improvise with more confidence. |
10-08-2007, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by need4mospd  I tend to play more percussive on parts I should be grooving a little smoother. I also overplay a tad when I get bored. I probably noodle too much during practice too. All things I'm aware of, and hope to fix someday..... | +1 on the overplaying. Less is more.
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10-08-2007, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by StanFan Probably most of my flaws come from my lack of knowledge when it comes to music theory. I need to force myself to learn more theory somehow. It would allow me to improvise with more confidence. | Yes. I have to wonder though, about just playing by sheer feeling - maybe the theory has to be internalized so deep that your playing style is what it is BECAUSE of your knowledge (or lack there of).
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10-08-2007, 05:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | really overplaying. |
10-08-2007, 06:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Oceanside, CA | | | Probably with practice I have a lesson plan set-up, I dwell on that not as long as I should, then I revert to my same ol licks and grooves I know. I play alot but it is based on the things I know, I need to get through that pain zone of playing things I stuggle with ! |
10-08-2007, 06:16 PM
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10-08-2007, 06:16 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | I tend to be a sloppy bassist. A lot of my fills aren't as clean/fluid as they could be if I had more time to practice. |
10-08-2007, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ThomasG Probably with practice I have a lesson plan set-up, I dwell on that not as long as I should, then I revert to my same ol licks and grooves I know. I play alot but it is based on the things I know, I need to get through that pain zone of playing things I stuggle with ! | This is HUGE. You have to take those risks (and sometimes screw up bad) it seems, to advance to the next level. I'm glad you reminded me of that. It's pretty much everything that really matters in playing.
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10-08-2007, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa, Fl GO BUCS! | | | I don't play half as well or as confidently when I don't like what i'm hearing, tonally. Too middy, clickety-clackety, boomy, i'm just not as on top of my game as when I hear something sweet. I think it's because I try to react and correct what i'm doing, technique-wise, rather than just relaxing and making the best of things, and ultimately having a good time.
It's a pain, and has led me to dislike playing really big rooms/venues: i've yet to hear a good bass sound coming out of the monitors at me in the big places, and it hurts my confidence a bit.
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10-08-2007, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by pigpen02 I don't play half as well or as confidently when I don't like what i'm hearing, tonally. Too middy, clickety-clackety, boomy, i'm just not as on top of my game as when I hear something sweet. I think it's because I try to react and correct what i'm doing, technique-wise, rather than just relaxing and making the best of things, and ultimately having a good time.
It's a pain, and has led me to dislike playing really big rooms/venues: i've yet to hear a good bass sound coming out of the monitors at me in the big places, and it hurts my confidence a bit. | I found this out from George Lynch of Dokken. Your tone dictates how you play (to a significant extent anyway)
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10-08-2007, 06:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa, Fl GO BUCS! | | | Well, there's a floor below I don't think my playing ever falls below, even with the worst sound in the world. But, i'm definitely at my best when I like what I hear.
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10-08-2007, 06:55 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas TX | | | I never learned scales or how to read. No music theory. I just guess |
10-08-2007, 07:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada | | I play root notes too much.  |
10-08-2007, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 00Funk I never learned scales or how to read. No music theory. I just guess | Reminds me a lot of a guy named Paul McCartney. He sucked.
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10-08-2007, 09:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | I improv too much, I've jammed way more than I've wrote songs, so I'll never play a song exactly the same way twice. I think that's cool SOMETIMES, but with me, it's all the time.
I'm also super sloppy... I could be here all night pointing out my flaws...
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10-08-2007, 10:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa, Fl GO BUCS! | | | Also, I learn things seated on the couch, and then try to whip 'em out standing on stage....gotta learn/practice/noodle in the same position i'll be performing, I reckon.
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10-08-2007, 10:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | i dont really woodshed and take the time to learn songs, mostly do my own thing and work with chord changes.
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