[osian]

Hello.
If like me you practice a piece of music and are put off by 'bum' notes buzzes etc. then this may interest you;
I read this in a magazine a month or two back it was an article by a lady guitarist...can't remember her name sorry,what she recommended was to take a sheet of kitchen towel (the soft paper) fold it and place it under the strings near the sound hole...now when you practice that piece you're not going to hear any music from your guitar just a soft plucking sound,her theory was it allows you to concentrate on the fingering without the distraction of the 'bum' notes.
I know it's said you should carry on through the piece regardless but I found I was distracted by the bad notes and invariably started the piece over again from begining,this method allows me to get right through and as the lady said allows me to get the 'muscle memory' into my fingers.
I'm new here so if this is an 'old' trick or if it was covered recently;apologies.

[GotDeeBlues]

I never heard that one before, I'm a plodder and keep going, mistakes and all, over & over. Interesting, though.

[scotty_b]

Originally Posted by GotDeeBlues

I never heard that one before, I'm a plodder and keep going, mistakes and all, over & over. Interesting, though.

hey
that approach just reinforces the mistakes. You should break down the piece, and isolate the sections that are causing trouble, even if it is only two notes. And practise them very slowly and work on control, before taking them up to speed.

[fireblade]

Originally Posted by scotty_b

hey
that approach just reinforces the mistakes. You should break down the piece, and isolate the sections that are causing trouble, even if it is only two notes. And practise them very slowly and work on control, before taking them up to speed.

Ditto

[derek6107]

I agree with scotty_b and witchywoman, I think it is best to break down a piece into small sections or phrases and practise each, slowly building the whole piece. Osian, you have the right instinct to go back and start over just dont sweat the big picture until you're ready.

[osian]

Thanks for you view's tried this on several pieces and I found it helped....admittedly I wouldn't use it all the time but it's another 'device' I'll use from time to time.