Thanks for the great video and useful information! How long would you estimate that one would start to notice the changes after practicing that finger independence exercise for the right hand? finger independence is such a big obstacle, and I've noticed that some people (even non musicians) have a naturally good finger independence which concerns me that whether this is only the matter of the anatomy, or practising?
Your anatomy plays a certain role in what level of independence you have as a starting point, but long term your anatomy can adapt dramatically. If you have a hard time with finger independence this drill will definitely expand what your anatomy can currently accomplish. But you need to supplement it with other exercises/drills that will facilitate independence in other ways. You can't just train using one exercise and expect to have a universal improvement in independence. It's like going to the gym, there needs to be multiple approaches to targeting the same set of muscles/tendons in order for that part of the anatomy to expand. If you'd like I can check out a video of where you currently are with your independence and offer some tips/exercises to help you improve. Feel free to email me...maxrichmusic.com/contact
How to organize a practice plan to get tremolo picking from 130 bpm 16th notes to 172 bpm for Dick Dale Misirlou? 1 minute straight for few sets? Something like a gym workout 3X5 ? 😁
No, I'd say the important part is how fast can you turn your pick around and play two notes back to back? The fastest you can pluck only two notes is the fastest you can possibly play. From there you attempt to hit that speed for three notes, then four, then five etc. What will stop you from hitting that speed for more notes is tension as you go longer and longer. It's easy to play two notes really fast cuz its so short you don't have time to tense, but when its 10 notes you can easily tighten your muscles as you do it...leading you to slowing down or stuttering.
@@MaxRichMusic Speed you have at the start is the speed you are stuck with? I just saw Micheal Angelo Batio doing 270 bpm 16th notes.. We humans should at least do 180.. 😁
No, I think you misunderstood me. How fast can you play two open string notes back to back? Probably over 200BPM. It's only two notes so you can surely play them really fast. If that's true, then what is stopping you from playing 4,8, 10, 100 notes in a row at that speed? The answer is increasing the tension in your muscles.
@@MaxRichMusic That makes sense. I can play most licks after warm up at least 125-130 bpm. So far I have seen 3 approaches to building speed: 1. Incremently using metronome (linear approach) 2. Short bursts at very fast tempos followed by 8th notes 3. Using accents on different notes to increase neuromuscular connections (for example emphasize 2nd, 3rd note or 4th note of the 16th in tremolo picking)
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Thank you for the lessons
My pleasure!
That finger independence exercise is savage. My pinky is a lot less independent than I thought.
Yeah man, it really brings out the flaws, which is great because then you can begin to fix them
Thanks for the great video and useful information! How long would you estimate that one would start to notice the changes after practicing that finger independence exercise for the right hand? finger independence is such a big obstacle, and I've noticed that some people (even non musicians) have a naturally good finger independence which concerns me that whether this is only the matter of the anatomy, or practising?
Your anatomy plays a certain role in what level of independence you have as a starting point, but long term your anatomy can adapt dramatically. If you have a hard time with finger independence this drill will definitely expand what your anatomy can currently accomplish. But you need to supplement it with other exercises/drills that will facilitate independence in other ways. You can't just train using one exercise and expect to have a universal improvement in independence. It's like going to the gym, there needs to be multiple approaches to targeting the same set of muscles/tendons in order for that part of the anatomy to expand.
If you'd like I can check out a video of where you currently are with your independence and offer some tips/exercises to help you improve. Feel free to email me...maxrichmusic.com/contact
Thank u so much, I'm Moh my question is about strumming and picking chords in a song.
Right on Moh! Thanks for the question and I hope it helped. Let me know how it goes and feel free to shoot me an email with an update.
How to organize a practice plan to get tremolo picking from 130 bpm 16th notes to 172 bpm for Dick Dale Misirlou? 1 minute straight for few sets? Something like a gym workout 3X5 ? 😁
No, I'd say the important part is how fast can you turn your pick around and play two notes back to back? The fastest you can pluck only two notes is the fastest you can possibly play. From there you attempt to hit that speed for three notes, then four, then five etc. What will stop you from hitting that speed for more notes is tension as you go longer and longer. It's easy to play two notes really fast cuz its so short you don't have time to tense, but when its 10 notes you can easily tighten your muscles as you do it...leading you to slowing down or stuttering.
@@MaxRichMusic Speed you have at the start is the speed you are stuck with? I just saw Micheal Angelo Batio doing 270 bpm 16th notes.. We humans should at least do 180.. 😁
No, I think you misunderstood me. How fast can you play two open string notes back to back? Probably over 200BPM. It's only two notes so you can surely play them really fast. If that's true, then what is stopping you from playing 4,8, 10, 100 notes in a row at that speed? The answer is increasing the tension in your muscles.
@@MaxRichMusic That makes sense. I can play most licks after warm up at least 125-130 bpm. So far I have seen 3 approaches to building speed:
1. Incremently using metronome (linear approach)
2. Short bursts at very fast tempos followed by 8th notes
3. Using accents on different notes to increase neuromuscular connections (for example emphasize 2nd, 3rd note or 4th note of the 16th in tremolo picking)