A tip for improving your playing in one hour...
Do what I did and try playing J.S. Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude for an hour, with all of its unusual timings, and movements across strings in short sections, and (for me) completely counter-intuitive chord changes. I failed hard but I tried and tried and tried....
...THEN....revert back immediately to the normal tunes that you play. In my case Traditional Irish Music. I am learning Off to California this week and have found it slightly tricky, but I absolutely nailed it first go!
Playing your tunes after trying Bach just seemed to transform my playing - it seemed so much easier and comfortable.
In all seriousness, I am using the Daniel Sellman J.S. Bach The Cello Suites for Mandolin book which is great to dip into, especially if you love Bach like I do. It really challenged me, and going back to the comforting arms of my ITM made me wonder why I was struggling with Off to California so much!
Anyone else had a go at the big man Bach?
Eastman MD305 - set-up by Simon Mayor.
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