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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  February 2018 Posts: 4,732

  Great point Jay, when practicing to push the time or be lazy while soloing.
  
  I wasn't making a case against using it to be clear, I'm just not convinced it's as essential as it's claimed to be a lot of time.
  Like, I noticed Remi has a number of videos on YouTube where he's improvising with a metronome on 2/4. And he's certainly among the very best in the genre with a pulse in his playing, it's incredible. So if he thinks it's worth doing it then...

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Jon melbourne, australiaProdigy Dupont MD50B, '79 Favino

  February 2018 Posts: 391

  So many good ideas here. It's funny how little this stuff is discussed in improvised music, but I guess we've also got to focus on inventing the notes a lot of the time.
  
  I've been studying classical bass this last year, and practicing a lot. The lessons have been very interesting from a technique perspective. My teacher (who went to the same uni I attended almost 20 years ago, at the same time, but on classical bass) has so many insights on how to get things up to tempo and in tune - little tricks and techniques that as a university educated jazz guitar player, I never learned before. She said to me once "But you're a professional musician...how do you practice this stuff?", and I didn't really have a good answer. Before last year, my answer was just to sit in a room for a long time gradually bringing up the metronome speed and trying to be accurate, but there's so much more to it.
  
  Good topic!
  
  Jon

  

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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  February 2018 Posts: 4,732

  A blog post I wrote back in 2014 when I discovered the joys of slow practice:
  https://365of251.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/slow-is-faster/
  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Jazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG

  February 2018 Posts: 3,707

  My best improvisation comes when I don't focus any attention at all on what I am playing. All my focus is (and I believe should be) on what is going on around me.
  
  Never lose the groove to find a note.

  The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
• diminishedrun New

  February 2018 Posts: 36

  Buco wrote: »

  A blog post I wrote back in 2014 when I discovered the joys of slow practice:
  https://365of251.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/slow-is-faster/

  
  Nice post - enjoy reading it.