Guitar Lab Picking & Strumming Assignment 5

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1 Guitar Lab Picking & Strumming Assignment 5 Objectives 1. Practise alternate picking on one, two, three, four, five and strings at a time 2. Practise your awareness of all the neuromuscular differences between the heavy downstroke and the light upstroke Materials Metronome, Timer If you do not have a timer you can get one like this from Dick Smiths. Or use a cell phone alarm. If you do not have a metronome you can get one like this from Atwaters at 141 Hobson Street or your local music retail store. Step # Time MM Action Focus 1 2 mins 40 Metally review and recall the previous picking study labs you have done. Recall the single string, two string, three, four, five and six string exercises. As you mentally recall, let your neurology and muscles recall too. You are not trying to remember detail here but memories and sensations and impressions. 2 2 min 40 Set your timer. Set your metronome. OFF YOUR GUITAR Review ALL the bars beneath. bell goes. Recognise the patterns rather than the detail. Learn only the information that is new to you. Notice the rhythm is constant and the rhythm-string pattern is constant. If you are not sure about the rhythm go to this URL:

2 Single String 1E B G D A E E B G D A E B G D A E E B G D A E E B G D A E do bo do bo do bo do bo 1E B G D A E

3 Two Strings 1E B G D A E E B G D A E B G D A E do bo do bo do bo do bo 1E B G D A E E B G D A E do bo do bo do bo do bo 1E B G D A E

4 Three Strings 1E B G E E D A E B G D A E B G D A E E B G D A E E B G D A E E B G D A E E B G D A E

5 Four Strings 1E B E E A E B G D A E E B G D A E E B G D A E do bo do bo

6 Five strings 1E E E E Six strings 1E E min Set your timer. WITHOUT PLAYING OR MAKING A SOUND Rehearse ONLY PROBLEM NOTES from memory by gently, soundlessly, silently, touching each string with the correct stroke. Get these corrections crystal clear in your muscles. timer goes. This step is not for your ears but for your muscles. This is an instruction from your mind to your muscles. It is not a performance. This is not about playing but about clearly instructing muscles and your muscles getting clear instructions. (This is you practising backstage before you go onstage)

7 3 4 min 40 Set your timer. Set your metronome. ON YOUR GUITAR. YOU MAY REFER TO ONLY THOSE PARTS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW Focus on playing accurately in time with the metronome. About right is not right enough. Accuracy is your goal. Play what you learnt in step 22 from memory. bell goes. Use RECALL and let any part of your mental and muscle memory tell you what to play. 4 5 min 40 Set your timer. Set your metronome. ON YOUR GUITAR AND WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE PAPER Focus on playing accurately in time with the metronome. About right is not right enough. Accuracy is your goal. Play what you learnt in step 22 from memory. bell goes. Use RECALL and let any part of your mental and muscle memory tell you what to play. ON the upstroke roll your wrist ever so slightly to turn the face of the pick 85 degrees away from the rest string before starting the upstroke. On the downstroke roll your wrist ever so slightly to turn the face of the pick 85 degrees away from the rest string before starting the down stroke. Relax as you say dobodobo as you play each stroke. Use your unconscious mind rather your conscious mind. ON the upstroke roll your wrist ever so slightly to turn the face of the pick 85 degrees away from the rest string before starting the upstroke. On the downstroke roll your wrist ever so slightly to turn the face of the pick 85 degrees away from the rest string before starting the down stroke. Relax as you say dobodobo as you play each stroke. Use your unconscious mind rather your conscious mind.

8 5 2 min Set your timer. TAKE A BREAK bell goes. Get right away from the assignment. Stretch. Get a drink of water. Whatever. Turn off your conscious mind and let your unconscious and neurological librarians file this accurate information. For more step-by-step lessons like this go to