Guys...
Need some help over here.
I'm playing the same things over and over, maybey in a different way, but it stays in a circle.
Are the tips to break out????
I know the ladders, but to make a different pattern on a bt is hard to come with something new (for me).
need help
- 2WheelsOfBlues
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need help
play guitar like the wind, mysterious but definitely present....
Re: need help
That's a tough one. I'm going through that right now. (I seem to go through it regularly. )
You might try switching guitars, trying a new sound (you got a cybertwin didn't you?), try learning slide, try playing with your fingers instead of a pick, try playing with a pick instead of your fingers. Anything to jolt you out of the rut. Playing with other musicians often helps a great deal. Even if they aren't as good as you, they usually know something you don't.
Good luck! The dreaded "plateau" is a major bugaboo for all guitar players. You can get through it.
You might try switching guitars, trying a new sound (you got a cybertwin didn't you?), try learning slide, try playing with your fingers instead of a pick, try playing with a pick instead of your fingers. Anything to jolt you out of the rut. Playing with other musicians often helps a great deal. Even if they aren't as good as you, they usually know something you don't.
Good luck! The dreaded "plateau" is a major bugaboo for all guitar players. You can get through it.
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- VikingBlues
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Re: need help
Not sure I can really add anything to Blindboys very good advice.
It is a problem that seems to strike so many of us. I do find a change in style for a while often helps me to come back to blues with something a bit different after a while - I tend towards jazzy or melodic modal sort of styles for doing this.
If you normally play with backing tracks try just playing around with a guitar on it's own, or the other way round.
Maybe listening to some different styles of music. Maybe try playing around with some open tunings even if it's not using a slide.
If playing lead stuff maybe try limiting yourself to just a few notes, so you have to get the maximum out of phrasing and dynamics.
Good luck anyway - hope you find something that'll help you get out of the rut.
It is a problem that seems to strike so many of us. I do find a change in style for a while often helps me to come back to blues with something a bit different after a while - I tend towards jazzy or melodic modal sort of styles for doing this.
If you normally play with backing tracks try just playing around with a guitar on it's own, or the other way round.
Maybe listening to some different styles of music. Maybe try playing around with some open tunings even if it's not using a slide.
If playing lead stuff maybe try limiting yourself to just a few notes, so you have to get the maximum out of phrasing and dynamics.
Good luck anyway - hope you find something that'll help you get out of the rut.
An improv a day keeps the demons at bay!
- 2WheelsOfBlues
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Re: need help
Thanks guys,
But what i meen is, i can't think of something else, when it's not on paper in front of me, then i do not know what to do.
Then i go back to the songs i know and play that in a different order or a different patern.
I will try the things you writing...
But what i meen is, i can't think of something else, when it's not on paper in front of me, then i do not know what to do.
Then i go back to the songs i know and play that in a different order or a different patern.
I will try the things you writing...
play guitar like the wind, mysterious but definitely present....
Re: need help
I know too good what you mean. Not having much time to practice at all (not even to stay up to date with the forum and all those great songs posted ) I usually fall back to play what I know. There are only a few songs I can play completely if anyone asks me to "play something". If I hear something that I like, I quickly fiddle out how to play it (one of the few things I'm good at) but as soon as I know it, I lose interest.
Currently I'm playing Metallica and Scarborough Fair , but I've already found another song from Bruce with a cool intro (Downbound Train) and started playing that before finishing the other one. That's me, and if I have more time I'll work on that. But for now I happy with what I do.
Currently I'm playing Metallica and Scarborough Fair , but I've already found another song from Bruce with a cool intro (Downbound Train) and started playing that before finishing the other one. That's me, and if I have more time I'll work on that. But for now I happy with what I do.
Re: need help
Metallica? Dude....... I thought u were a bluesman to the core ha ha thats cools since rock/metal grew out of blues anyways.....it's all good
Tytlblues
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BB King
Re: need help
I am , I am!tytlblues wrote:Metallica? Dude....... I thought u were a bluesman to the core
This song (nem) has a special meaning to me and it's the only one with James playing the solo... nice fingerpicking.