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In health related news, I went to the Doctor today and got a referal to see a Nuerologist about my arm. My MD thought it could be irritation of my Ulna Nerve, some inflatmation in the Carpal Tunnel region, or something back in my shoulder. It could also possibly be all three. Either way, he suggested I see a Neurologist to figure out where the problem is and how to get it fixed. After that, I can take that info and bring it to a physical therapist and then take it from there.
My MD's observations and comments were helpful. He explained where the Ulna nerve was and how and irritation near the elbow can affect the ring and pinky finger. I'm going to try to be a more delicate and mindfull of this area when I'm at the computer or guitar. It brings up a senerio where I could also be damaging myself while I'm playing the instrument. Because I sit down so much when I play guitar, I tend to put a little bit of weight or pressure on my right forearm while I"m playing. This is something that should probably be changed.
We'll see how it goes.
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My afternoon practice session was mindfull of my right arm position. I tried to use good posture and not to much pressure on my arm.
I started with my Joe Pass etudes; the blues one. I've got about all the licks down into a chord shape by now and I can play it at fairly fast clip. I'm using some of the reharms to spice up my own Jazz-Blues improvs. It's helpful, but I think I need a little while and a few more keys before I retain it all. Right now I can either think of chromatic approaches or reharms, not both at the same time yet.
After that I moved on to my random chord exercise. This is fun compliment to reading music and thinking hard on improv. I try to be extra creative with it, and use wierd looped click tracks to keep time.
I bounced back n' forth between playing it real well, and then not so well. Sometimes when I focus on my fingers, or the shapes I do okay, sometimes when I focus on the sounds, I do okay. And with both I screw up too. I'm still not sure where the connection is there for me to get these notes together. I want to continue to work on the Teoria ET drills, because I think I need a little more clarity to my playing.
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