what are you "thinking" when playing?

[kelvin]

do you have numbers (tab) in your head when you are playing (fast)?
or do you have note names?

and are you counting on "reference points"?

do you play based by "bar reference points" or on "beat reference points"?
(for example playing some fast and crazy quin-tipplets, but still know where the beat points (1, 2, 3,4) is?)

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

No thinking just big red ears......hehe

[3 cent hero]

when playing, i think of stuff like presa tito's avatars

but when writing riffs i count all of my strokes and junk so i can write down what i thought up

[Soulman]

When improvising I don't "think". If I do stop to think, I loose the groove.
It's like singing, you can't stop and think about it while you're doing it.

What's going on my head?
I'd really like to know the answer to that question.

[xerxes]

i normally improvise, so im thinking of what would sound great next, and sometimes, hitting wrong notes purposly to put me in a new position.

i allways have past learnings like scales and stuff in my mind, but they are normally subconcoiusly, because im normally just listening to the music and have that tell me what to play, and what it says is normally something i allready know.


you will never be able to play fast by thinking....

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Hehe oh but you can
Because you think alot faster than you ever will be able to play

[xerxes]

Because you think alot faster than you ever will be able to play

well, for me yes....lol

but if you think "ok, now im going to slide up to the 14th fret, play this note, then hammer on on the b string, then...." you will start to slur notes and miss notes...

[Marcel]

I think about nothing. The things have to come from their own. Sometimes i think the next part starts on B or something but often i think of some bs. It's cool when you stand next to you and can listen how you play if you know what i mean

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

To be honest, I hear lines in my head.....the hard part is making them come out.
Sometimes I have several parts lining up.
It is a thing between feel and knowledge for me.
I do not think in scales, I want lines and tensions and releases.

[3 cent hero]

To be honest, I hear lines in my head.....the hard part is making them come out.

same. i have solo runs in my mind, but the notes just don't happen on the guitar

[chcjunior]

Depends upon whether I'm practicing or playing. With enough practice I find myself playing without thinking.

I definitely agree the hard part is getting the music in your head to come out thru the fingers.

[y2stevo]

same. i have solo runs in my mind, but the notes just don't happen on the guitar

ditto

[tone4days]

"dont screw up ... dont screw up ... dont screw up ... damn my tone is happenin' ... dont screw up .. dont screw up ... dont screw up ... "

[Cory_Dylan]

"dont screw up ... dont screw up ... dont screw up ... damn my tone is happenin' ... dont screw up .. dont screw up ... dont screw up ... "

lmao

[xerxes]

"dont screw up ... dont screw up ... dont screw up ... damn my tone is happenin' ... dont screw up .. dont screw up ... dont screw up ... "

hahahahaha

[Marinblues]

I'm thinking how my 15 month old son is pulling the jack out of my guitar!

[xerxes]

I'm thinking how my 15 month old son is pulling the jack out of my guitar!

hahaha, thats cool though!

[yes-fan]

usally when improvising try to play something that i have never played bofore. it doesnt have to be hard but i just neads to be diffrent to keap listeners interested. i have recently ben taking licks and moving one part of it up a string so i do alot of string sckipping. i think all of my soloing is just picking exercises.lol.

[Curly]

I, Iv, V

[xerxes]

I, Iv, V

a bluesman we have!

do you think of that while soloing as well?(a seroius question)