Today I didn’t have much time to practice so I just repeated every yesterday exercise, some with the metronome speed increased.
1234 on the 1-12 frets
I repeated it at 300 bpm. There were errors but not so many. I missed a string with a pick a few times, messed up timings of my ring and pinky fingers a bit and messed up with transitions between the frets once or twice.
1234 on the 5th fret
I continued to practice different combinations of fingers at the same 220 bpm. It’s quite hard for muscle memory and for the brain to master all combinations at once so I decided to practice them one by one for a few days each to get to the consistent playing at 300 bpm or so.
1243
1324
1342
Chord transitions
I practiced the same transitions as yesterday at the faster speed.
A/E transition
Did it at 120 bpm. Because of the way I play the A chord this transition is easy for me. Tomorrow I’ll increase the speed even more.
A/Dm transition
That’s more tricky, but not impossible, especially at 100 bpm. Tomorrow I’ll increase this value.
Strumming
I started with practicing it a bit more without the metronome, because I did’t quite mastered it yesterday. Then I tried to do it on beat. After several attempts this chord and strumming progression was written to my brain and I managed to do it pretty seamlessly and clean.
This is my last attempt, I recorded it separately to have it in other video.
Fretboard knowledge
Maybe I need to practice more of it every day or maybe it’s really hard to get below 1:30, but I didn’t get closer to it yet. My first attempt was in 1:42.
My best one for today was in 1:38 and the last one I recorder – in 1:41.
Summary
I don’t have much to say today. It was quite an eventful day, so I got only 1 hour or so in the evening to practice. I did nothing new, just repeated the previous day routine. But that’s ok, I think. The best thing is that I find some time to do it. And my consistency with these daily posts is what makes me happy.
