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« on: September 14, 2003, 01:37 PM » |
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Say you have a new technique you're working on, and you start slowly at 60bpm, for example. As you get more comfortable with it, you keep pushing the tempo and eventually get to 100bpm. My question is: everytime you go practice that exercise, do you start at 60bpm again and do several repetitions increasing the tempo up till your top speed, or do you being at your top speed (100bpm in this case) and try to push it up from there?  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2003, 01:48 PM » |
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Say you have a new technique you're working on, and you start slowly at 60bpm, for example. As you get more comfortable with it, you keep pushing the tempo and eventually get to 100bpm. My question is: everytime you go practice that exercise, do you start at 60bpm again and do several repetitions increasing the tempo up till your top speed, or do you being at your top speed (100bpm in this case) and try to push it up from there? I would start at some tempo where you can play it with complete accuracy. So maybe turn the metro to 80 and see how that feels. If it's hard, back the tempo down. If it's too easy, aim higher. But definitely start BELOW your top tempo from your previous practice session. |
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2003, 01:12 AM » |
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I always start at 60bpm when focusing on a new technique, even on a new groove. And once I'm confident with it, I try increasing the tempo, stepping it 5bpm higher, and go on !
It works great (for me), as my brain an muscle get gradually used to it !
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2003, 01:28 AM » |
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Yes Floyd, but what I mean is on the next day, when you go work on that same technique or groove, do you start again at 60bpm, or do you go directly to the top speed you achieved the day before?
I'm asking this because on some stuff I've been practicing (single strokes using just fingers, for example), as I push up the speed I still start from 60bpm everytime I practice that. And what happens is, what I used to spend half-an-hour with, right now it's already taking up most of my daily practice time (because I go through all those intermediate tempos ).
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2003, 02:47 AM » |
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For instance:
The first day, I start at 60bpm
The second day, I start at 65bpm
The third day, I start at 70 bpm
and so on, in the same amount of practising time.
Consequently, I also increase the upper tempo. E.g.: if I start the first day at 60 and finish at 100, I'll start the second day at 65 and finish at 105 ! Till I reach my top speed.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2003, 04:15 AM » |
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Ahh, that's exactly what I wanted to know!! Thanks Floyd and Mr Acrolite!  |
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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2003, 04:24 AM » |
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Practicing at slower speeds, slower than 60 BPM, is another step you can take. Drummers often neglect practicing slow. As I tell my students, there are slow songs too!
Jumping around on the metronome( no not literally), slow, fast , slower, faster, intermediate, really fast, etc., is also a good way to make yourself more flexible when it comes to playing various speeds over a short time, like an hour long set. I find my students get a tempo in their heads and when I change the metro to a new tempo, they are unable to change with it .
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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2003, 06:23 AM » |
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I totally agree with you nudrum.
And sometimes, it's harder to play at 30bpm than at 60bpm !
Another practice routine is to start à 40, go step by step at 100 (for instance), then go back at 40, step by step. Not as easy as it seems !
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