Re: The need for speed

2009-03-19 Thread 14strings
Me three! Conventional wisdom says to play fast you have to learn to play/practice slow. That's safe wisdom. I'm in the other camp. I say in order to play fast you have to play fast. So practicing the tunes at 155 and above even if I can't get all the notes makes 130 bpm smootheralso those

Re: The need for speed

2009-03-19 Thread Jonas Mattebo
What are these 'Monroe shortcuts' you speak of? Can you give examples? /Jonas 2009/3/19 14strings perrypale...@gmail.com Me three! Conventional wisdom says to play fast you have to learn to play/practice slow. That's safe wisdom. I'm in the other camp. I say in order to play fast you have

Re: The need for speed

2009-03-19 Thread 14strings
I'll tryfor example where the typical melody would call for three different pitched notes Monroe might play the same note three times in a row. Yet he would still capture the essence of the melody. hard to describe in words. Tater? On Mar 19, 9:30 am, Jonas Mattebo

Re: Dawg clip guest staring Compton/Long

2009-03-19 Thread malagrass
Man, just got a chance to view the clip and had goose bumps. Grisman is fantastic, have loved him for years and didn't know he recorded Stomp. Guess I should have looked at the liner notes, I will now. Did anyone catch the look on grismans face when tater was recording..that is priceless.

Re: Happy Saint Patrick's Day

2009-03-19 Thread ljtom
Mates, in Hobart, its St. Paddy's YEAR. On Mar 20, 6:40 am, Mike Romkey mrom...@mac.com wrote: What's all this then about St. Paddy's Day? It's St. Paddy's MONTH! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups