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Rays Pickin Shed - Posted - 09/28/2021: 21:12:38
I hear this a lot and sometimes it is a joke. Learn every lick you can but don't play em like that. I think they meant to learn the licks but create your own style. I try to pick the licks the way I feel them. I find it is much easier to flow with the music than to try to be someone else and for me that works. How about you?
Texasbanjo - Posted - 09/29/2021: 04:58:58
I usually try to stay with the melody, especially on a first break and use licks and runs at the end of a musical phrase. If I get a second break, then I may throw in a lick or riff in the appropriate place, trying to be sure I still keep the melody in mind.
Dick Hauser - Posted - 12/02/2021: 09:50:52
Here is what works best for me. The first step is to listen to various versions on the tune, and to do this until I have memorized the melody. Then, if one is available, find a tabbed out version that I think will fit my needs. This step can sometime be difficult to accomplish. Then, I learn to play the tabbed version of the tune. The last step is playing the tune often, and to gradually start making changes. Things like making very difficult things easier, making simple things more complex and more interesting. I use the "Flatpick Essentials" series books to learn new techniques. This series is most effective when the reader is familiar with basic music theory and can read standard music notation. Tab is also provided, but a person better understands what is happening if they have the knowledge I mentioned in the previous sentence.
Dick Hauser - Posted - 12/29/2022: 17:21:59
I think things work out best if a player listens to the tune often before trying to learn to play the tune. I once read the statement "You have to get the melody in your head before you can create it with your fingers". I think doing this helps even when are learning from a tab or notation.
I have worked years with one instructional. Learned lots of tunes. Over time I found myself unintentionally replacing licks I had memorized with different licks,
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