Okay, so I started practacing guitar 2 days ago. I have decided not to even attempt learning any songs or chords before I can properly play pentatonic scales and improve my motor movements. For the first two days I practiced doing the minor pentatonic scale in 12 different frets, this I have practiced for about 3 hours all up and it is getting a little easier...
Then I tried doing this new exercise this morning, you put one finger on each fret, so 5, 6, 7 & 8 on the top e sting, then move your index finger down a string, leaving the other fingers in the same position, then move the next finger down a string, then the next and so forth...
I found this exercise REALLY hard! For the first 20 minutes my brain was trying to make a specific finger move and a different finger would respond! It felt like I was in some type of rehabilitation.... after a little more practice I could get the right fingers to move but it took quite a while (about 3-4 seconds) and a lot of concentration to do so. I ended up trying this for half an hour...
what I want to know is, Obviously I have to train my brain and muscles to interact with these fine motor movements, but what do you think is the ideal practacing time frame to make the most effictent learning happen in my brain?
Do you think it will consolidate better if I do three sets of half an hour, sprad appart, or is it better to do a while hour and a half at once?
And did anybody else have this problem, feeling like a cripple when trying to move specific fingers up and down...?
Do you have any other tips?
Then I tried doing this new exercise this morning, you put one finger on each fret, so 5, 6, 7 & 8 on the top e sting, then move your index finger down a string, leaving the other fingers in the same position, then move the next finger down a string, then the next and so forth...
I found this exercise REALLY hard! For the first 20 minutes my brain was trying to make a specific finger move and a different finger would respond! It felt like I was in some type of rehabilitation.... after a little more practice I could get the right fingers to move but it took quite a while (about 3-4 seconds) and a lot of concentration to do so. I ended up trying this for half an hour...
what I want to know is, Obviously I have to train my brain and muscles to interact with these fine motor movements, but what do you think is the ideal practacing time frame to make the most effictent learning happen in my brain?
Do you think it will consolidate better if I do three sets of half an hour, sprad appart, or is it better to do a while hour and a half at once?
And did anybody else have this problem, feeling like a cripple when trying to move specific fingers up and down...?
Do you have any other tips?