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This week I didn't learn anything new. My dad wanted me to practice Cripple Creek and to work on my timing. Last week was the first week I had learned all of the parts and put the two parts together so this week my dad wanted me to take my time to make sure I had gotten the timing down. My dad also said that if he was going to teach me another song that I had to practice a lot on my timing because it is a very vital part of being able to play the banjo. As the lesson got started my dad just wanted me to practice playing Cripple Creek a couple of times to make sure I could recall all of the parts and which order everything goes in. After I had practiced the song a couple of times dad stopped me. He said that as I started to play the song again he didn't want me to look at my right hand, the hand that plucks all of the strings, to try and make my timing faster. He said I could look at my left hand, the hand that plays the cords and presses down the strings, all I wanted, I just could not look at what my right hand was doing. I started to freak out. I felt like I was already struggling enough. How did he expect me to get all the way through this song without looking at what my right hand was doing? I asked if I could look at my right hand while I was doing the slide with the reverse roll because I struggle the most with that part and he said yes. I started to play Cripple Creek without looking at my right hand, for the most part, and it went a lot smoother than I thought it would. I surprised myself with how much muscle memory I had taught my right hand when playing the banjo. I still didn't trust myself with the reverse roll because it is still a little challenging. I kept playing the song over and over and it started to sound good without me looking at my right hand. I could also definitely tell that my speed had increased a good amount since first putting the song together for the first time last week. I have shaved my time for playing Cripple Creek almost ten seconds.
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December 2017
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