Where to look???

Pacs · Unread post by **Pacs** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:08 pm

Been playing a lot of songs off here and what's killing me is that I look different places while playing different songs. Like if I'm playing "Crash" I usually watch my right hand while I pick the bass notes and strum. If I play "#41" then I look at my fret hand making sure I'm getting the right postioning. Sounds good so far, right? Or wrong?

I get missed picks when I watch while I fret and dead notes or buzzes when I concentrate on my right hand. I don't know where to look! I try both but that doesn't really work either, especially for fast songs like WWYS.

LoL then you should try to see me sing and do all that. I look like I got freaking Partikans disease!

What am I doing wrong?

You_Enjoy_Myself · Unread post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:11 pm

Pacs wrote:Been playing a lot of songs off here and what's killing me is that I look different places while playing different songs. Like if I'm playing "Crash" I usually watch my right hand while I pick the bass notes and strum. If I play "#41" then I look at my fret hand making sure I'm getting the right postioning. Sounds good so far, right? Or wrong?

I get missed picks when I watch while I fret and dead notes or buzzes when I concentrate on my right hand. I don't know where to look! I try both but that doesn't really work either, especially for fast songs like WWYS.

LoL then you should try to see me sing and do all that. I look like I got freaking Partikans disease!

What am I doing wrong?

Partikans disease?????? sounds serious. But anyways, before you try singing and playing, really make sure that you have the rhythm DOWN. Once you feel like you've got the rhythm, make sure that you're confident with your picking and consisently hitting the string that you want to. And relax, and just try to let it flow, you'll get it.

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:53 pm

Dave usually looks at his fret hand when he is singing. you can usually see him looking out of the corner of his eye. Me in the other hand need to look at my pciking hand since I have no depth perseption without looking. it doesnt really matter. as long as you can play the rythm...you can always get someone else to sing :wink:

phatnev · Unread post by **phatnev** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:20 pm

It depends on the song, but normally Im watching the fretting hand

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:27 pm

its good to look up...away from your guitar. that's wehn you know you've mastered a song.

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:46 pm

If I look, I look at my fretting hand. But I dont really look that much. You'll get less dependent upon your eyes as you practice more.

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:00 pm

I always watch my fret hand.

davehead#34 · Unread post by **davehead#34** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:16 pm

Sometimes I will watch my fret hand in the mirror (laugh all you want) just to see what the stretch looks like if someone was watching me. The second I look in the mirror everything turns back asswards and I mess up.

I think the only 2 songs I can play/sing perfect from start to finish without looking at the guitar at all would be Crash and Where are you going.

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:19 pm

I dance in my mirror, but that is it.

GreyBlueAnt · Unread post by **GreyBlueAnt** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:10 am

I have a hard time playing when i'm looking at anything... I guess i'm easily distracted, I usually play with my eyes shut.

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:48 am

I try to kind of blankly stare at the middle of my guitar neck, with my right eye peeking at my fretting hand and my left eye peering at my picking hand. (I'm a lefty player)

Then I kind of track in between my picking and fretting hand using my eyes as a sort of guard tower looking down at my hands watching everything.

I'm sure that made no sense. Sorry.

Trippin Hillbilly · Unread post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:02 am

I look at the girl in the crowd with the biggest rack... :lol:

Buck23 · Unread post by **Buck23** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:44 pm

HA, the big rack is quite the crowd pleaser...I usually look at my fretting hand when I'm playing a song I know, just out of habit. when I'm learning a song I have to look at both cause I'll f it up otherwise

incubusdmb5 · Unread post by **incubusdmb5** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:17 pm

place your picking hand on the bridge. grow to feel comfortable and you'll know where all the strings are.

just practice accurate picking and stuff. i never look at my strumming hand anymore

JonTheSpaceMan · Unread post by **JonTheSpaceMan** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:00 pm

I just blankly stare off and get lost in the music im playing....it just comes ya know. the more you play the more the guitar feels like underware you dont even know you have it on.

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