Slow Practice for Classical Guitar: The Fastest Route to Good Playing
https://ClassicalGuitarShed.com/slow-practice-classical-guitar/ Practicing slowly can be tricky. It cancels out our muscle memory and forces us to remember the music from some other place in our minds. It gives us time to focus on smoothly connecting notes, and on playing the details of our music beautifully and intentionally.
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I practice slow but sometimes it is sooo frustrating. At first it feels I am under control of everything but as I practice the piece more times, I find my mind starts to wonder off the sheet notes, and stupid mistakes begin to creep in. And, the more I practice the piece the more these stupid mistakes take over.
Sometimes I stop and focus on the measures giving me the trouble, However, when I practice these measures by theselves, I find I have no trouble. It’s mostly trying to play the whole piece slowly without making a mistake.
Do you have any advice on this? Does this go away with time as the mind is trained to keep focus? Or is it a matter of moving to something else and coming back to the piece at a later time or another day?
If you can practice slowly, you can practice quickly!
I really like the term that you use: "duct tape" because that's me. After watching this video I have slowed down to a crawl when I practice now and it's much more enjoyable. I appreciate your videos not only because you teach me how to play but how to deal with the psychological warfare that goes on in my head when I'm playing!
thats a big problem of mine, probably a beginner thing, my problem is its a natural progression to play faster once we memorise and learn the pc better, then comes the mistakes.
Like they say: slow is smooth, smooth is fast
"speed is an illusion of a perfection"
what the fuck, what a word….
you can literaly make a power metal lyric from what he said
Love these tips
Thank you so much ????????????????
Great video. I took lessons a long! time ago and I always practiced a piece tapping out at a breakneck pace. This lesson just makes so much sense. THANK YOU! And a safe and peaceful Christmas/ Hannukh to all.
I thought strumming 4 chords was the end of guitar playing
My metronome doesn’t go lower than 40 bpm.
Hi, please advise about getting discouraged and what to do.
Great stuff Allen. My membership with the Classical Guitar Shed means that I am in a safe pair of hands.
At what bpm should we start?
Playing slowly with a metronome is torture! Probably necessary though.
Can I use this for acoustic guitar classical music?
Dude… this is gold.
Thank you, Jude Law's doppelganger!
Thank you.I have admittedly been doing it incorrectly all my life.Will give this a shot and also start at the end of my next piece and go backwards.Also,love that Spruce top Ramirez 1a you're holding.What year?
Great video, your videos are an incredible and valuable resource. And why does your guitar appear so large?
but i dont have the time to practice slow… does this technique work if we record while practicing at regular tempo and then play it back slow?
Really good advice Allen, Thank You.
Slow is Fast.
This is extraordinarily good advice. Too few instructors teach this. Thank you. Well done.
I've seen a few of your videos since starting Classical Guitar and I must say this one has to be one of the most important to grasp. Thanks Allen.
Thank you
Great advice.I will adopt this always from now on.
I read the article on your website about slow practice. It's quite good! My question about this topic is: After you can play a piece
smoothly at a slow speed; when is the right time to increase the speed of the piece to its full tempo?
This is ESPECIALLY true for classical guitar 🙂
Have to say Thank you. I am feeling guilty otherwise for learning so much and giving nothing back. Thank you. I will check out your website.
Just find the background a little distracting would prefer one solid colour lol
Right on bro!
very good advice