Ten Commandments of Bluegrass Guitar - General Discussion

RE: Ten Commandments of Bluegrass Guitar

jerseychicadee — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 03:17:20 +0000

I use Devins playback speed and the A-B looper. That muscle memory is real! Today I went back to a lesson I hadn’t done for a while and set the speed way slow I laughed, silently, I could hear Devin talking really slow, but I think I got the run down. (Sorry for laughing at ya Devin)

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Susan Wagner — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:31:17 +0000

You bet. 😀

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Dan — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:26:29 +0000

@shysue Thanks Sue for the info!

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Susan Wagner — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:17:07 +0000

@dan I have a free app on my phone that I use sometimes. Or if I'm sitting at my computer they're easy enough to Google and find. I used to have a battery powered one when I practiced piano but I sold it a long time ago.

RE: Ten Commandments of Bluegrass Guitar

Dan — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:53:30 +0000

Great article and thanks for sharing. I need a metronome. Anyone have a good one they use. I saw one that was an app but costs like $7/month. Seems like a lot. Thanks

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Luc Guideau — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:35:53 +0000

Many thanks Sue for this sharing. I have read it far earlier but did not have much time to write on it until today.

I agree with jrick92.These commandments are all inspiring and confort me in the idea we are in the right lesson.

Indeed, rhythm and speed issues are very well handled with mp3 add-ons Devin puts in his lessons and with the speed set up we can use with a loop on his video.

I admit to use them and abuse of them on Devin's Blue Grass Solo lesson series as I struggle to ask my fingers to find the correct speed. It is working pretty well on me. My favorite now is to try a higher speed and miss it. Them come to a slower speed to find it is easier at such speed. I renew the exercise daily increasing the speed at every session. And guess... my fingers run faster...

It saves me a metronome... so far.

RE: Ten Commandments of Bluegrass Guitar

jrick92 — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:48:35 +0000

I have an app called Time Trainer that has some nice features. there was a small charge for it if I remember correctly. Really all that's needed is a click metronome, but some people find it useful.

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Susan Wagner — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:13:43 +0000

After I read that article I told myself I would try again, but I haven't done it. 🙄

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fransverboom — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:14:36 +0000

thanks for the article 👍. I don’t use a metronome yet , maybe later it will be handy to speed up my playing

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Ewart Boer — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 04:59:23 +0000

I read some things in the article I do and some I don't. I never have used a metronome but probably I should do to improve my rhythm. Recently I started to record my own songs to get something to work to. I like it to have a nice recorded song at the end of the evening to send to my girlfriend. It believe that it really improved my playing and singing as you are trying every time to get it better.