
pikingrin
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For you guitar players out there...
I've been playing for about 10 years, quit really working on technique when I joined a band, and have been out of that band for almost a year now and feeling a bit rusty. I got a promotion at work from production (hard work, very physically strenuous) to a desk job (sit on my ass, taking phone calls all day when I'm not travelling), and have since noticed that my weight has stayed relatively the same, but I have a gut now.
My question here is this: does "physical strength" (having muscles that are in shape, in this case forearms, etc..) relate to playing better and maybe having more control? I play every day and it seems to me that most of the time my fingers kind of freak out and don't exactly do what I want them to.
Also, along these same lines, I really want to get that speed back that I used to have, are there any particular exercises to do as far as practicing that would "speed up" progress, and get my fingers more independant like they used to be as well? I have started practicing more on my acoustic because I heard that builds up finger strength quicker. Yay/nay?
Sorry for the long post, but this is starting to be a little bit aggrivating, and I find myself (at times) really losing my patience, but I can't quit - I don't want to quit.
Thanks in advance!
I've been playing for about 10 years, quit really working on technique when I joined a band, and have been out of that band for almost a year now and feeling a bit rusty. I got a promotion at work from production (hard work, very physically strenuous) to a desk job (sit on my ass, taking phone calls all day when I'm not travelling), and have since noticed that my weight has stayed relatively the same, but I have a gut now.

Also, along these same lines, I really want to get that speed back that I used to have, are there any particular exercises to do as far as practicing that would "speed up" progress, and get my fingers more independant like they used to be as well? I have started practicing more on my acoustic because I heard that builds up finger strength quicker. Yay/nay?
Sorry for the long post, but this is starting to be a little bit aggrivating, and I find myself (at times) really losing my patience, but I can't quit - I don't want to quit.
Thanks in advance!