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Location: Michigan | i have not picked up any of my guitars in a couple of weeks and tonight when i did the fingers seemed to hit all of the notes that i miss all of the time on the songs i play but i played much better than when i play every day . what is up with that ?
it is like a good break from playing and i sound better ? is it the more you play the worse you get?
has that ever happen to u ?
maybe sometimes a lay-off is good for your playing. GWB |
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Posts: 14
| Yep. There have been times when I've laid off for a while and when I get back to it I don't even have to think about things that were killing me before. Not just in the physical act of playing either, things like a chord progression that I couldn't figure out for a new song just come out without thinking about.
Don't ask questions, just enjoy it. |
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November 2005
Posts: 4832
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I read an interview with Clapton once where he said sometimes the best thing he does for his guitar playing is go fishing.
'Course, that would be sometime AFTER putting in the 10,000 hours... |
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Posts: 1380
Location: Central Oregon | I practiced myself into some mild tendonitis last month & couldn't use a thumb pick for three days. I was smoother after the short break. Maybe a break relaxes some muscles or something. Music I'm practicing seems to play in my head a lot, maybe that's helping during time off. When I told my guitar teacher I had to take a break from practicing for a few days he even told me it helps sometimes. He's been a professional guitar player for 61 years. There must be something to it. Like QSE said up above, just enjoy it. |
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November 2008
Posts: 1119
Location: Michigan | I laid off for 15 years and it did not seem to help much? |
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November 2005
Posts: 4832
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Too much of a good idea... |
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December 2001
Posts: 7237
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | It seems what I loose is exponential to the time away from the guitar. Or, maybe style of music plays into it this as well. If I don't play a tune for a couple of days I not only start forgetting what to play, but the stamina to play it. |
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October 2004
Posts: 256
Location: chicago | Ive experience it too,sometimes the regimine of practicing and playing a lot of the same aproaches in retrospect leads you to believe youve gotten worse.Then when you have a gig after not playing and pull it all together you can live in the trancending moments of just making music.While it to me is a proven fact, I still lean to the geetar OCD in myself and never stray far.Ive tried! |
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January 2006
Posts: 5881
Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Here lately, I find myself not necessarily playing songs I know, but rather, just laying down a few chord tracks on the looper and then improvising over it, sometimes for a half hour or more with the same loop. I think it helps with technique. Even if it doesn't, I find it very enjoyable and it improves my listening skill, something that is important for improv. |
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Posts: 9301
Location: south east Michigan | GWB... time to lay off that laying off stuff.
You got a Harsens Island gig to get ready for.
I'm expecting big things. |
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August 2005
Posts: 3736
Location: Sunshine State, Australia | When I stop playing for any period of time, my wife says I definitely sound better.
Until I start playing again... |
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laid off playing the guitar and got better