When it's going good... real good... I'll blow off everything to keep it going. I try (in vain) to keep THAT in my muscle memory. Make THAT my habit. Mike would probably say he does the same thing but his worst days are still better than my best. He can be annoying in that way ;)
Playing back by the bridge forces me to play more evenly, more accurately and apply the correct amount of force to the stroke. In my experience, there's a perfect amount of force--and it's probably less than you'd think-- that produces the most sound... and the right sound. Again, I'm not sure if my words will translate into the proper meaning... it's tough to describe. One bit of advice I always give that helped me a ton is this: practice in a mirror. Watch your right hand. Look at Mike's right hand and try to make your right hand look like his (or Bill's). Try, try, try, try, try. Now if you're practicing in the mirror you find yourself distracted by your own incredible good looks, you're probably a Sagittarius like me and you'll need to get a smaller mirror :) B On Jan 9, 8:47 am, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea of the pencil eraser and will think on that some. > > The Tater says I am only playing the top string of two sometimes. He > wants me to use the area just near the bridge more. I find it > difficult to push through...push the pick through the strings in that > spot. Am working on it. > Sometimes when I practice, I trying playing looser and give all real > attention to what the right had is doing, not worrying too much about > the fretting (which gets sloppy when not attending). So far, I find > there is improvement but I sure wish I had a way to know for sure when > I am getting it right. > Brian, you are right about getting it right and how it feels. Every > now and again in the lesson I get a thumbs up, which means I am doing > it the right way. > Feels like going to the moon in rocket.... > linda > > On Jan 10, 12:53 am, 14strings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Maybe the mental image of striking both strings with equal force and > > contemporaneously helps the process of digging in and keeping the pick > > on the stringS. Many of us have the poor technique (myself included) > > of catching just one string in a pair. That will give us half the > > volume and half the tone. Half the fun. > > > Perry
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