Re: Speed MechaniX practice thread!
Speed MechaniX, phase one - and moving onward.
So, I decided it's time to move on to the next series of exercises. I spent about a month and a half on the following pieces, and this is how it went. I don't post this as any sort of self-gradiosing, but someone asked about my progress and I submit it as just as an example of the results of one person playing about an hour-a-day, pretty much every other day on average:
Exercises 1 through 17 are HO/PO type exercises, a definite weak area: I plan to continue for another couple of weeks. The others are in the rear-view!
Ex 1: I do as a warmup - no tempo practice.
Ex 6: Start 80 bpm, finish 140.
Ex 7: Start 80 bpm, finish 144.
Ex 8: Skipped. I should probably go back to it at some time. I'm a puss. It's a bitch of an exercise.
Ex 9 through 13: Start 80 bpm, finish 120. For this one I try to climb the neck using each sequence, so I made it harder than it is.
Ex 14: Skipped - too much stress on my wrists.
Ex 15: Start 80, finish 140
Ex 16 and 17: No tempo, just played how I felt that day.
Exercises 25 through 33 focus on alternate picking and coordination. I spent the most effort on these as they're dayamn tuff:
Ex 25: Start 80, finish 160 (one time high of 180 I was on fire that day and could never repeat it) - Goal was 150.
Ex 26: No tempo - this is my warmup and I'll continue with it.
Ex 27: The RR triplet exercise. Start 120, finish 180. Goal was 160.
Ex 28: Start 64, finish 100. Goal was 100.
Ex 29: Start 60, finish 114. Goal was 120. I think I maxed my abilities on that one.
Ex 30: Start 60, finish 116. Goal was 120.
Ex 31: Start 60, finish 104. Goal was 120.
Ex 32: Start 60, finish 104. Goal was 120.
Ex 33: Start 60, finish 96. Goal was 100.
So, not a bad 1st effort. I'll try to whip up some clips if I can. With two young boys in the house, stringing together 5 solid minutes is a toughie.
Next phase I continue with exercises 1 through 17 cause they're still weak, and will alternate with exercises #34 through #41. Alternate picking while changing strings - should be fun.
-Matt
