thistle3585
Feb-12-2004, 4:51pm
Another thread inspired me to ask this question. Instead of what tunes should I learn to go to jams. How about what tunes should I learn to develop/workon/practice specific techniques. Ie:crosspicking, righthand technique, tremelo etc.
I asked my instructor what songs I should play when we started and he asked what I wanted to learn. I had no idea, so he said lets learn songs that teach techniques. So, I learned Blackberry Blossom to get familiar with the fret board in the first position plus to use my pinky, Roland White's version of Amazing Grace to learn tremelo and sustained tremolo, "I'll Fly Away" to work on right hand technique(kind of that chug-chuga sound I hear from Compton, Evening Prayer Blues to get an idea of "playing hard"(At least, thats how Frank Wakefield described it.) and swallowtail jig to get an idea of playing triplets. Of course, at the time, I didn't know that is why these were being suggested, but I have found that by working on the techniques, that I stumble less when I go to learn a new song. Also, I did a Thile song to get an idea of crosspicking. That'll take some time.
So, what songs really reinforce what techniques?
I asked my instructor what songs I should play when we started and he asked what I wanted to learn. I had no idea, so he said lets learn songs that teach techniques. So, I learned Blackberry Blossom to get familiar with the fret board in the first position plus to use my pinky, Roland White's version of Amazing Grace to learn tremelo and sustained tremolo, "I'll Fly Away" to work on right hand technique(kind of that chug-chuga sound I hear from Compton, Evening Prayer Blues to get an idea of "playing hard"(At least, thats how Frank Wakefield described it.) and swallowtail jig to get an idea of playing triplets. Of course, at the time, I didn't know that is why these were being suggested, but I have found that by working on the techniques, that I stumble less when I go to learn a new song. Also, I did a Thile song to get an idea of crosspicking. That'll take some time.
So, what songs really reinforce what techniques?