Everything in here was really great and these are immediately applicable for me. These are things I've just been starting to understand after decades of practicing sloppy. There's also some kind of thrill-chasing aspect to playing things that are above your comfort level, and over and over again "getting close" to getting it. I could spend hours doing that but it's a huge grind and it really reinforces sloppy playing to have your brain releasing intermittent dopamine rewards while you're essentially playing the thing wrong for hours.
The part about paying attention to how you feel is really important too. I got this advice recently from a tutorial video by Lucas Brar and I can already say it has made a big difference in my practice. Just breathe and try to relax, when you get tense and stay tense trying not to mess up you're inevitably going to make a mistake, it's just a matter of when (not to mention just tiring yourself out)
For guitarists - turning this into a sort of string skipping lick using the D and B strings was the best way of going about it for me. It's either a decent stretch or learning to 'jump' the index finger up to the G on the D string after hitting the C on the B string, depending on fingering. Super fun exercise.
As my jazz sax Dad told me, "Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. " Careful listening, massive focus. Otherwise, you're just cementing bad habits and incorrect playing.
Very good tips! I’ve noticed these things in my own practice in the last year, which makes me feel like I’m on the right path. I am nowhere near Nahre’s level yet though 😅.
I know someone probably found this helpful, but I think it's hilarious that the tutorial is "Wanna play fast and soft? Then play fast and loud, but softer"
I played about 50 years in my life, jazz first, spontaneously, then trained in a classical environment (degree as well). There is a misconception about improvisiation. Musicians do not create on the spot anything new as far as notes or sequences. Jazz musicians learn patterns, or licks as they say, listen to others and replicate. When they "improvise" they just combine what they learned. That does not mean that it may not sound incredibly good in particular in they add some of their own. Classical musicians on the other hand cannot change notes or harmonies. However something they must do if we have hundreds of versions of the Bach Chaconne. I love music when it is not repeating. Jazz has a big issue. First the theme of the song, once or twice, then the improvisation on defined chord changes, then the theme again. Finished. Jazz scores are particular. You have the notes for the theme melody, and after only the chord changes. You really wan to improvise ? No chords written. Le'ts see how it goes whith a quintet that you just met. No rehearsal ! It also happens in classical music, but not to this extent. My sister asked me to explain her how to listen to non repeating music, and then to non harmonically defined. Not easy, but she loved it. Dont't worry about this. Just try to do beautiful music.
I would definitely recommend that you start playing guitar. I believe that two instruments can rub off on each other. And the difference between guitar and piano are many and big and interesting.. First of all, you play the piano with two hands working independently. On the guitar, the two hands are mostly tied up on the same job. But this gives you the possibility of expression, because you can strike the strings in different places, giving you different overtones. Also, on the guitar you can add vibrato and harmonies, as in, overtones, actually, but one string can play two notes in this way, tone; and overtone, or harmony. The piano is a physical model of the modern equal tuning, as well as of the 12-toned system. In that the whitekeys are C major and A minor. So it is a visual input that tells you about the theory. The guitar is free of fixed scales. Any major scale has the same pattern, no black keys.
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