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langford.laura626
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langford.laura626
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05/04/2023 2:55 am

It's keeping me sane right now. Just lost my job, I'm incredibly pissed off and depressed, and if I practice it gets me out of my head. I don't feel the least bit musical right now, or creative. So today I am playing A minor pentatonic scales at 80 BPM in every f***ing position from open strings to the top of the neck. Over and over and over. Including going from the main fretboard, then playing an octave higher above the 12th fret. All 80 BPM, trying to get it so there's no breaks. Should keep me going for the rest of the evening, so far I'm two hours or so in.