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Jazzaferri
Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG
I had the great fortune of learning music from an early age. My best friends father Joe Arseneau, was a fabulous swing guitar player in western Canada and I would like to pass on some of the wisdom that he passed on to me and to his son who went off track and plays trumpet, guitar, mouth harp sings and writes songs.
There are three stages in a musicians learning career. First stage the instrument plays the player, second stage sometimes the player plays the instrument, sometimes the instrument plays the player and the final stage is when the instrument no longer gets in the way.
Once at the instrument is not in the way one spends many years seeing how many notes one can put into a piece of music and following that phase many more years seeing how many notes one can take out of a piece of music.
If you want to be able to play really fast practice really slowly most of the time.
If you can't play the melody really well you can't improvise on the melody really well.
There are three stages in a musicians learning career. First stage the instrument plays the player, second stage sometimes the player plays the instrument, sometimes the instrument plays the player and the final stage is when the instrument no longer gets in the way.
Once at the instrument is not in the way one spends many years seeing how many notes one can put into a piece of music and following that phase many more years seeing how many notes one can take out of a piece of music.
If you want to be able to play really fast practice really slowly most of the time.
If you can't play the melody really well you can't improvise on the melody really well.
The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
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My first guitar teacher told me, "there are 3 important points to improve your playing: 1) practice, 2) practice, 3) practice". It's worth noting that it took me 30 years to understand what he meant, in that it's not only that your practice, it's what you practice, and put into it that matters. Only after I started planning my practice time out to focus on specifics, did I began to see real results.
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Thank you so much for the great tips, it is always good to hear stuff like you are saying.
I notice you are from B.C.; just curious if you knew of a jazz club in Vancouver called The Cellar. I played a lot with bassist Rick Kilburn this past summer and his dad used to run the club (and perhaps sitll does). Also I know Ron Johnston (piano) and Don Powrie (drums), anyhow these were some of the best jazz musicians I have ever played with..
All the Best,
Chip