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It's very important to switch up your metronome and explore all the different settings.
Whether you're playing quarter notes and you just try to match the click or you're playing eighth notes, it's going to be easiest to hear the click on all of the beats but playing on two and four is going to completely change the way you hear and express music.
Within any open string chord, we can find melody notes that exist around the shape of the chord to create little embellishments.
Let’s use D minor as an example.
A lot of times people try to approach playing bar chords with the bar flat on. They'll try to approach hitting the strings flat on the finger.
What you really want to do is angle the hand so that your strings are touching the side of the finger.
With any exercise to get your right hand up to speed I really love this very simple, super simple, most simple thing you could do which is play slow and play each note four times
I'll demonstrate on a regular scale and then you can decide if you want to bring this into whatever pattern you're working on.
A lot of us go through different phases of practicing. They're all valid and they're important to pay attention to and look at and respect when they are shifting.
Each week we offer our students a Livestream Q&A where they get to deep dive into all things music with an expert in the craft.
This week we had one of our world-renowned mentors, Curt Henderson show us some amazing tips on how to add chord voicings and color tone extensions into your practice.
Each week we offer our students a Livestream Q&A where they get to deep dive into all things music with an expert in the craft.
This week we had one of our world-renowned mentors, Rotem Sivan go deep into rhythm and offer up some real gems for anyone interested in mastering timing.
