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Hello all timing is incredibly dependant of the state of mind and physical posture you're in when you play more than 20 years of guitar teaching and rythm practicing have definitly proven to me that when you let it go, relax , _not_ focus on _the_ spot you try to play/press but just play it without any concern if it will work or not, your timing will improve imensely AND calm and stop ALL your upper body moves/shakes/nervous tics untill you feel deconnected to your playing untill you feel like a spectator of your playing. Also try to search for any tension in your neck, shoulders, elbows etc and dissolve them AND correct the verticality of you spine neck system All this can be an immense change of perception of who you thought you where while playing, and, may confuse you for a while but it is worth it if you feel your rythm playing is deserves it. an excellent book by Pedro de Alcantara http://www.pedrodealcantara.com/index.html Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique for those interested by a big rythm massage check my "polyrhythm for the fingerstyle guitar player" article on www.claudevoit.ch relax relax relax Claude > it may help to imagine that footstep as a part of the piece, like a drum > beat to be played > with the foot. dancing around and incorporating that step into the >groove. > > i had an interesting expierience trying to loop on the last beat four of >a > four bar phrase. > it was much harder to do than stepping on the big one, although that > particular beat four was a pause... > > my timing got better by stepping with verve, stomping hard down on that > mother. > it was loud, so when i heard these stomps in the loop, i practiced > stomping rhythmically precise but soft. > > well, all you loopers out there will know what it means to have to >listen > to a badly closed loop > until your piece is over... > > > smooth looping to everybody! > > tilmann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:56 PM > Subject: Foot timing > > >> >> The problem of anticipation is, perhaps, the most common problem for >> rhythm students. One can focus on counting the spaces as well as the >down >> beats,1e + a 2e + a etc,and practice entering on each of the >> subdivisions. Slower tempos are harder. In several ways it's harder to >> play slow than fast. Empty space can be the most difficult element in >> music(and in shooting pool,maybe in life in general.) >> Another thing that can help is examining the actual foot technique- is >> it stable, Is the heel on or off the ground ,is the motion throwing the >> rest of the body off balance,such to throw timing? Also how long does >it >> take the pedal action to work It's necessary for the action to complete >> on the beat ,which may mean it has to start slightly before. This is >why >> some people play shakers or tamborines off time ,they aren't thinking >> about the travel time for the moving parts,another empty space issue. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Watch free concerts with Pink, Rod Stewart, Oasis and more. Visit MSN >In >> Concert today. http://music.msn.com/presents?icid=ncmsnpresentstagline >> > >