Keeping up Repertoire
Hi David,
What is your recommendation for practicing songs you already know to have a repertoire ready for jams etc... while also working on new songs and technique. How do you fit it into a practice routine?
Al
Hi David,
Thanks for the CD idea. Sounds like a plan!!
Al
David. From the study song up to the end of level 3 and including Strut and Gary's blues should I be able to play them from memory or from the PDF when I submit them to you. Also which ones or all should I go over once a week ? I see that songs like I want you with me and others have more than one version so those probably should be played off of the PDF's. Long storie short should all the study songs be retained to memory along with solo study materials or just some. I'm deep into Theory and Accompaniment before trying my hand in jam sessions etc.
Hello molnardesign. I recommend you play all of your study songs once a week (pick one day). Leave out the songs you don't like as much. When you submit, you don't have to have them memorized... that's a goal over time. The eventual goal is to memorize all of your songs. Slowly ween yourself off of the notation, playing to the original track first and then eventually to the jam track. It would make sense to read from the sheet music for I Want You With Me until you get to the final version.
Great question. Make yourself a CD or playlist and once a week play all the songs you want to be jam ready one time through. This will simulate you out there playing them on a regular gig.
If you have jam tracks that are close enough to the originals, those are better to use than the originals... it's easy to "think" you can play them when playing along with the original. If a song is still too new to do that, have the original precede the jam track on the CD.