Well Balanced Technique Sessions and Cross-Technique Benefits. Students often underestimate the importance of cross-technique benefits, that is, how some technique exercises can actually improve your other techniques. Aim to create a well-balanced technique routine to ensure you are benefiting from cross-technique contamination.
Examples:
- m-a scales can often improve the eveness of arpeggios and tremolo
- alignment and finger independence can help with slurs
- arpeggios gradually reduced to a single string can help tremolo
- staccato articulation can help develop speed
- many many more.
Here are some helpful lessons if you don’t know what a balanced session looks like:
7 Technique Categories to Practice Every Day – How do we conceptulize the use of hundreds of exercises? Thinking in terms of categories allows you to address specific issues related to your unique and personal development while also staying focused on a curriculum or guide.
How to Practice Music and Organize Your Practice Session – A lesson on how to practice music, classical guitar, and organize your practice session. I break down the areas of study you need to develop and give an overview of a basic practice session.
Check out more lessons at the Lesson Archive Page or check out the Q&A Page for specific questions and answers.
