Hi all! (especially Andy2)
I’ve been focusing on my speed, and think I’ve reached a level where I’m now more or less ok with the rhythm and am now hitting diminishing returns in terms of improvement:
(btw this artsy video style is cause I recorded on a webcam and the video quality was really bad, but this makes it look stylish n’ stuff and fits the mood)
for comparison, here is the “perfect” version by Jason Ricci
I think right now the biggest difference is note clarity (his aren’t muffled whereas mine often are) and also he is able to produce that “springiness” in them each time when needed. Also I find it’s often hard to both have the -3" bend AND have it sound beautiful at the same time.
- the biggest challenge for me isn’t really the “speed”, the 'rhythm", the enunciated notes or the bends, it’s hawing all 4 at the same time that’s the super hard bit.
- I feel a bit like one of those students in a parable where an art teacher comes in and draws a perfect circle on the board, and tells the student when they can do that they’ll know how to draw.
- Also, I feel like I’m going crazy a bit with trying to match the rythm of the original - like even though I’m playing the same notes it’s still not the same tune. I’ve tried many times to “play along” and then record soon after, to prolongue the first note, to enuciate the final two notes, it’s still somehow “different” even though by now I have the original literally etched into my memory like a .WAV file in my brain