SoI've begun to start everyday with at least a half hour of exercises out of the Guitar Grimoire exercise book (green book). One thing that I noticed is that it has pages and pages of exercises in Fmaj, and then just goes to show the scale patterns in the other key but doesn't write out the exercises.
Is it best to first try to memorize all the exercises in Fmaj, and then just use the muscle memory to transpose to other keys? Or should I be re-writing out the exercises in each key I want to practice, and go from there?
First off, let me say that your idea to learn the exercises first and then apply them to the different keys is a good idea. First understand the logic of the exercise... is it a scale?? a series of arpeggios?? Intervals??? THEN, you apply it all to all keys and tonalities...
The fact that F Major doesn't seem to be a scale you use alot should not detract from you learning it, because one day it may become a cscale you either will use or will want to use... best to know these things before you are FORCED into a situation where you WANT to use it or NEED to and CAN'T because of lack of knowledge....
This is a big reason why most jazz musicians that I know try to learn everything in all 12 keys, be it licks, scales, chord progressions or even whole songs or compositions... This assures you that you are ready to tackle pretty much ANYTHING anyone throws at you....
Now, if you don't aspire to that level of proficiency, of course you can do less and just apply the knowledge directly to what it is that you are using at the moment.... However, if you want to improve EXPONENTIALLY, I would recommend learning a single song (melody, chords, arpeggios, improvisation, etc.) and then trying to do it in all 12 keys... Move in different ways, too... Try to move the song in the circle of fifths, fourths, chromatically, etc. This is a GREAT exercise that will surely help you get to know the fingerboard like the back of your hand...
I guess that makes sense, since my whole point in doing this is to increase my technical accuracy and fretboard fluency. My gripe with the book I guess is that it doesn't show the exercises in each key, meaning I have to spend practice time transposing them to each key.
Honestly, the best books (in my opinion) are the ones that DON'T give you the answers to everything... They give you INFORMATION.... then it is upto YOU to do what you think is best with that information...
Exactly! The idea is to move away from an indirect / externalized version of education in favor of a more direct, self-actualized version. Basically, the idea is to learn how to teach yourself. We all hear these things differently, so it's actually quite natural for us to learn these things in different ways and for different purposes.
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