Playing too fast habit

[keyboardkev81]

Whenever I listen back to my playing I think i'm going to fast when crashing the chords.

Any tricks to keeping it slow? It's probably not noticeable at the time and especially towards the end of a set after the beer if flowing.

I guess just tap food and listen to the drums closely and try and be late rather than early?

 

[delaware dave]

Just like my drummer. Like swinging a baseball it has to do with speed. If both of us swing a baseball bat at the same time but i swing easy and you swing hard you will finish your swing before i do. If you are playing with alot of force you will indeed be early and ahead of everyone else. Start playing less forcefully, this will add milliseconds to finishing your chord and slow your playing down. It worked for our drummer who was always playing ahead of us, swinging the sticks like a madman. As he started playing with less swing force his timing started to match ours.

 

[keyboardkev81]

Just like my drummer. Like swinging a baseball it has to do with speed. If both of us swing a baseball bat at the same time but i swing easy and you swing hard you will finish your swing before i do. If you are playing with alot of force you will indeed be early and ahead of everyone else. Start playing less forcefully, this will add milliseconds to finishing your chord and slow your playing down. It worked for our drummer who was always playing ahead of us, swinging the sticks like a madman. As he started playing with less swing force his timing started to match ours.

What a great idea. Hadn't thought of it like that thanks