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That sounds good. It's up to you to decide really. Most of the time these little changes will make it sound a little different. That's why I said to experiment. Recording and a mirror are your friends. Listening to the recording is like your friendly critic and a mirror gives you instant feedback to visually see and hear what some of these small changes bring.
Branko Macic told me the pick strokes need to be really fast. How can i make my pick strokes fast when playing slow?
How can i make my pick strokes fast when playing slow?
It's just putting in the work bro. Might take months, might take 4-5+ years like it did for me but yeah, that's usually the reality. And even then, as with any skill it's a process of continual improvement/refinement as well.
That said, and while it's been posted many times, I'll do it again now because of how much it helped me build up downstroke speed when switching strings - Adrien's arp warm-up exercise:
Just a fantastic exercise even, might be a bit frustrating at first but really worth wood shedding on and incorporating into your practice routine.
i tried that exercise and it sounds like shit when i play it. i cant play simple licks, arpeggios are hard for me.
Sounds like a really simple solution. Practice! I've been playing (or trying too) Montagne Ste Geneviève for 4+ years, and it's still not there. It's all a work in progress. If something doesn't sound good the first 100 times around, you probably need another 1000 times to get there. As Stephane likes to say, you can't build a tree. The secret to playing better? Practice. There's no trick or get rich quick guide for the majority of players. It sounds like you might be looking for quick fixes, and at least in my experience, the majority of time it's learning a way to approach the problem, and then spending hours and hours over weeks and months and years to get it there.
But what if i keep practicing mistakes? When you practice it needs to sound good if not then you are mistaking. Every note must be clear and of equal volume if not done properly its just a waste of time (that's what my teacher said).
I've seen Yuhri that played ukuele. She plays gypsy jazz for three months and she plays a section of Montaine st. almost perfectly. Some people are gifted im not. I try very hard every day and still can't play any song properly. My teacher said im wasting time and should work on delicate wrist tremble on a single string because im not ready to play a simple Bistro Fada waltz (which is the easiest of all) (still beautiful waltz must say).
I think you answered your own question. If you are playing a phrase and it is wrong, you probably need to go much slower. Take a measure at a time until it's right. Slowly. I don't want to sound mean, but you're experiencing things even the masters encounter. A good teacher and methodical practice, there's no trick or secret. If you know you're playing something incorrectly, go slowly until it's correct.
I'd make the argument that Bistro Fada is not at all easy to hit at tempo. It's a fantastic tune, but it's not easy to play IME.
I'd also make the argument that practicing doesn't need to sound good, but you need to play correctly, with an effort to correct what doesn't sound good. Take your example of notes being clear and equal. How are you practicing that? For me, as part of my daily warm up, I practice the Segovia scales, and every day I try to focus on something different. Say my timing is off, I'll do a cycle of whole notes, then quarter notes, then triplets, and lastly sixteenth notes with a metronome. Or if it's sounding like my downstrokes and upstrokes aren't even in tone or volume, I'll do the scales with all downstrokes and then all upstrokes.
I'm not a guitar teacher and I am a mid-level guitarist at best, I can't diagnose your playing or offer you suggestions other than what has worked for me. But I don't think that anyone can offer you a silver bullet for what ultimately comes back to intentional practice with guidance from someone that knows how to teach and how to teach you. As an aside, I always find it interesting that I very rarely encounter many pros spending a great deal of time on message boards. Perhaps a lesson there for me as well.
I get more even tone when i make bigger pick slant then 45 degrees. It sounds thinner but it gives me more even tone because there is smaller time of travel (pick to next string (rest stroke). Is it okay to play with a bigger pick slant or should i return to 45 degrees?
is this okay tone?