Pretzel finger problem.

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As to the original question, I too suggest getting a metronome (if you don't already have one) and practicing your solos with it. Get to the point to where you can play the song at a faster tempo than the established one so that when you play it live, you can relax and focus more on making a good performance.

I couldn't agree more.

Windowman sounds like an experienced musician, but I couldn't disagree more with his implication that no good musicians use metronomes. This seems to imply that if you use a metronome, you will be a bad musician. That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard on on this board (except for some of Roel's posts ).


Matt

 

[charger]

Somebody up there said something like "then when they play with a drummer who keeps even time..." I was laughing so hard that tears completely obscured the rest of the posts...

 

[records4u]

records4u; Just out of interest, I don't get how that works. I know what your suggesting and how to do it but surely the problem is with the neck being to 'fat', not the distance of strings apart from eachother; unless you play strictly without the thumb over the neck.

But I guess I'm asking why would having the strings closer together improve speed? I'd think that it would create problems with bending strings , not to mention the fact that the pick-ups would be less responsive (on the neck position anyway) as not alined to the magnets.

The less effert and restriction needed to perform a task of any kind will make things easier. oh by the way this also works for strings hieght as well.