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It's not so much my fingers as my brain being worn out after a heavy practice- fingers don't stumble, but I miss out verses, jump to the wrong place, play one song and sing another. It usually applies only to the stuff rehearsed, too- I can play other stuff, but not what I played in the long rehearsal.

Days of a gig, and the rest of the day after, I can do anything. Leap tall buildings, climb mountains, save damsels in distress...adrenaline is a wonderful thing.

But the day of is too late to do much fixing of the set.


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Ande]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ande https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363996 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363979 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:48:47 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363979 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363962 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:34:26 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363962 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363960 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:19:58 +0000 same thing's happening here. your fingers are tired, even if you don't notice it. either increase the amount of time you practice every day, take a day off after the long sessions, or accept that it's gonna happen.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363960 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363941 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:51:25 +0000
You have to pick up your guitar and start gently the next day; don't try and just launch into something you were playing fluently the day before. Approach it like it's music you've never seen before.

And I've no idea why that works either.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-363941 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/day-after-rehearsal/#post-40818 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:18:26 +0000
Days the band rehearses, though, I play a lot more- usually an hour or so before rehearsal, to have everything fresh in my head and as ready to go as I can. (This is important to me- I'm the least experienced, and weakest, player in our band. THere's stuff I can't do, but they're never going to say I don't put in my time and come prepared.) We rehearse for 3-5 hours, depending on when the next gig is and what we're playing. I often play a little after coming home from rehearsal to get the new stuff we've played "cemented" in my head and hands. All in, on rehearsal day, I'm always playing a minimum of 4-5 hours, though not all consecutive. SOmetimes as much as 6 or 7.

And the next morning, when I go pick up my guitar for a little before-work noodling around, I feel...guitarded. My fingers just don't go where they're supposed to, where they went with ease the day before. Stuff I can play with my eyes shut, now I can't play with a tape player.

Anyone else get the day after rehearsal blues?

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