I'll try........for example where the typical melody would call for three different pitched notes Monroe might play the same note three times in a row. Yet he would still capture the essence of the melody..... hard to describe in words.
Tater? On Mar 19, 9:30 am, Jonas Mattebo <[email protected]> wrote: > What are these 'Monroe shortcuts' you speak of? Can you give examples? > > /Jonas > > 2009/3/19 14strings <[email protected]> > > > > > Me three! Conventional wisdom says to play fast you have to learn to > > play/practice slow. That's safe wisdom. I'm in the other camp. I say > > in order to play fast you have to play fast. > > > So practicing the tunes at 155 and above even if I can't get all the > > notes makes 130 bpm smoother....also those "Monroe" fiddle tune > > shortcuts make faster speeds > > easier.....sometimes > > > Ever since I started taking the Tater Tutorials and attempting to > > incorporate the right hand tremolo technique I've noticed that I don't > > mind playing the fiddle tunes slower. > > They sound full at slower tempos because of all that rhythmic nuance > > and constant pick on the strings fiddle bow thing. > > > After every lesson where Mike shows me one of his or Monroe's > > shortcuts I think why didn't I think of that? But I never can. They > > are deceptively simple but really ingenious. > > > Perry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
