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...yet I hate it. I'm not being big-headed, but I've been playing geetar for about 4/5 years. A couple of years ago I decided to do AS Level music, so I had to take up clasical guitar - which I got quite good at. I was entered straight into my grade 5 which I passed with merit (127/140) and the next grade I do will be my grade 8 (which is the highest before you do degree standard). But now I find that I'm really jealous of people that have just started playing, that come out with really stupid and crazy riffs through their lack of understanding of notes and stuff. I wish I could do that, but I find myself playing the same riffs over and over because I'm in this stupid academic rutt.
I used to be really 'loose' and play loads of different styles and come up with some really good stuff, but now everything seems more 'static'. This has to go here, those have to go there - I wish I'd never learnt all my scales and arpeggios. Of course I'm grateful to my teacher, he really taught me a lot, but now I find it difficult getting back to the music that I want to play. Does anyone else have this problem? It really makes me want to give up playing classical stuff (even tough secretly I quite enjoy it), but I want to pass my Grade 8.
Frustrated Monkey_Man
I used to be really 'loose' and play loads of different styles and come up with some really good stuff, but now everything seems more 'static'. This has to go here, those have to go there - I wish I'd never learnt all my scales and arpeggios. Of course I'm grateful to my teacher, he really taught me a lot, but now I find it difficult getting back to the music that I want to play. Does anyone else have this problem? It really makes me want to give up playing classical stuff (even tough secretly I quite enjoy it), but I want to pass my Grade 8.
Frustrated Monkey_Man
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Thats the reason I stopped lessons. I learnt the basic rudiments then went off on my journey of self discovery.
...yet I hate it. I'm not being big-headed, but I've been playing geetar for about 4/5 years. A couple of years ago I decided to do AS Level music, so I had to take up clasical guitar - which I got quite good at. I was entered straight into my grade 5 which I passed with merit (127/140) and the next grade I do will be my grade 8 (which is the highest before you do degree standard). But now I find that I'm really jealous of people that have just started playing, that come out with really stupid and crazy riffs through their lack of understanding of notes and stuff. I wish I could do that, but I find myself playing the same riffs over and over because I'm in this stupid academic rutt.
I used to be really 'loose' and play loads of different styles and come up with some really good stuff, but now everything seems more 'static'. This has to go here, those have to go there - I wish I'd never learnt all my scales and arpeggios. Of course I'm grateful to my teacher, he really taught me a lot, but now I find it difficult getting back to the music that I want to play. Does anyone else have this problem? It really makes me want to give up playing classical stuff (even tough secretly I quite enjoy it), but I want to pass my Grade 8.
Frustrated Monkey_Man
I used to be really 'loose' and play loads of different styles and come up with some really good stuff, but now everything seems more 'static'. This has to go here, those have to go there - I wish I'd never learnt all my scales and arpeggios. Of course I'm grateful to my teacher, he really taught me a lot, but now I find it difficult getting back to the music that I want to play. Does anyone else have this problem? It really makes me want to give up playing classical stuff (even tough secretly I quite enjoy it), but I want to pass my Grade 8.
Frustrated Monkey_Man
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