Cripple Creek
Last night
While forcing myself to watch the remake of The Longest Yard
I sat in front of the television, practicing my banjo
In my lesson on Wednesday my teacher gave me things to practice
In addition
He showed me "how" to practice
With all the lessons Ive taken over the years
Violin
Saxophone
Guitar
No one ever did that before
Most of my lessons were always:
Review last week
Now try this
Ok
Were done
I feel like Im actually being taught
Like Im actually going to learn
My teacher gave me a sheet with 12 exercises
Then gave me a sheet of how to do the exercises (which were basically measures or half measures of a piece)
Play each for at least two minutes at a comfortable speed
Its all about repetition
Teaching my hands the patterns
After the two minute drills
I take the piece
In this case, Cripple Creek
(This version is a little different but you get the idea)
Play each measure for at least three minutes
Then play each pair of measures for at least three minutes
(Measure 1 & measure 2, measure 2 & measure 3, measure 3 & measure 4, and so on)
And after all that
Play the whole piece for at least half an hour
Last night I got through all the exercises and half the piece
I started to get pain in the tips my fingers
I used to be able to play for hours
But I got lazy
Got soft
My calluses are gone
But for the 1st time since I was 20
Im excited about music
Anyway
This is what I'm singing today
Green Day rules
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives
Tomorrow is too late to pretend
everything's all right
I'm not getting any younger as long
as you dont get any older
I'm not going to state that yesterday never was
Bloodshot deadbeat and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
tears down your face
leaving traces of my mistakes
when I say
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
I hereby solemny swear to tell
the whole truth
And nothing but the truth is what
I'll ever hear from you
"trust" is a dirty word that comes
only from such a liar
but "respect" is something I will earn...
If you have faith
Bloodshot deadbeat and and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
tears down your face
leaving traces of my mistakes
when I say
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
Last night
While forcing myself to watch the remake of The Longest Yard
I sat in front of the television, practicing my banjo
In my lesson on Wednesday my teacher gave me things to practice
In addition
He showed me "how" to practice
With all the lessons Ive taken over the years
Violin
Saxophone
Guitar
No one ever did that before
Most of my lessons were always:
Review last week
Now try this
Ok
Were done
I feel like Im actually being taught
Like Im actually going to learn
My teacher gave me a sheet with 12 exercises
Then gave me a sheet of how to do the exercises (which were basically measures or half measures of a piece)
Play each for at least two minutes at a comfortable speed
Its all about repetition
Teaching my hands the patterns
After the two minute drills
I take the piece
In this case, Cripple Creek
(This version is a little different but you get the idea)
Play each measure for at least three minutes
Then play each pair of measures for at least three minutes
(Measure 1 & measure 2, measure 2 & measure 3, measure 3 & measure 4, and so on)
And after all that
Play the whole piece for at least half an hour
Last night I got through all the exercises and half the piece
I started to get pain in the tips my fingers
I used to be able to play for hours
But I got lazy
Got soft
My calluses are gone
But for the 1st time since I was 20
Im excited about music
Anyway
This is what I'm singing today
Green Day rules
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives
Tomorrow is too late to pretend
everything's all right
I'm not getting any younger as long
as you dont get any older
I'm not going to state that yesterday never was
Bloodshot deadbeat and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
tears down your face
leaving traces of my mistakes
when I say
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
I hereby solemny swear to tell
the whole truth
And nothing but the truth is what
I'll ever hear from you
"trust" is a dirty word that comes
only from such a liar
but "respect" is something I will earn...
If you have faith
Bloodshot deadbeat and and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
tears down your face
leaving traces of my mistakes
when I say
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you
and this compromise
kiss_kiss_luxury:
i used to play the violin too...long time ago though