Givone phrases learned... now what ??

anthon_74

Jazzaferri wrote:

That it usually took about 6 months for the stuff he was practicing on to show up in his playing.

Lango-Django wrote:

okay, this top player is likely ten times better than me and practises ten times as much... so... let's do the math... hmmm... six months times ten..

Well, I would remind you that this guy probably already has a massive treasure chest of licks in his repertoire. So new licks may very well have a lot more competition to get into the regular playing.

From my point of view, with givone I'm not really learning new licks, but rather position based note maps of the fretboard from a GJ perspective. I can already tell that many licks I've already learned are covered by these maps, and I intend to adjust any new lick I learn to fit into one of the forms.

Frankly, the more I practice these forms, the more I think this is the best book by FAR that I've seen in terms of general phrasing/not getting lost/ etc.

Anthony

Spalo

Frankly, the more I practice these forms, the more I think this is the best book by FAR that I've seen in terms of general phrasing/not getting lost/ etc.

Anthony

Agreed. It's the most helpful method I've used (and I've tried a few!). AND... I'm enjoying it.

Sp