Watch attack of plucking fingers, condense motion to a snap.
Work on chunks by phrases if it makes sense.
Use the correct scale for the quality of chord at that moment.
Practice minor acale as well.
Discipline
Practice as slow as needed. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
practice to metronome at 60 bpm or slower in chunks using rule of five.
Focus on muting technique. Efficiency.
Focus on legato movement, combining all steps into one.
Break practice into various aspects, portion time for each day to keep throughput.
Intuition
Bring strap up at least one more more notch.
lock in to fundamentals of parts first, especially rhythm.
go back to book and metronome, dont forget to sing loud!
Loud Noises! (Update)
- work on tangled song b to e slide and quarter note progression.
- Legato. Make sure last note rings to next note.
- Play and sing loud and with aggression.
- Move on to next pages in book.
- Pluck without touching next playing finger until last minute. Keep off finger on upper string.
- Work on relaxing in general and whip slap motion.
- Make sure to hold last note on left hand until you have a good grasp on the next note.
Pulling Down
- Hands in a c shape, space in palm.
- Cock and twitch. Release should be same as start point. Not too far away.
- Pull down to next string.
- Pluck aggressively.
- thumb flat on apex burning through to pointer/middle, pivot on thumb.
- LEGATO! On everything.
- progress in exercises.
- Go slow and in chunks.
- play in pocket between pickup and neck.
- Watch forearm placement.
First day!
- Work on popping and slapping open strings separately slowly to a metronome.
- Work on note exercises singing to a metronome in chunks using the rule of five.
- Focus on sound and feel to dial in your form and technique. Keep higher thoughts to times when not playing.