WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY

how do my fingers feel this morning? i am allowing myself to play a simple exercise. just repeating a finger movement.  i try to stay with one exercise. maybe i play it a little faster after a while. then i go back to the tempo i started with.

i like to practice my technical exercises at the end of my practice session. i try to eat my frogs first. transpose a tune. learn to play a melody with chords. and improvise on my own. 

when my practice session comes to its end i start practice technique. it´s like a cool down i  know i have been working on the things that are really important to me. and now it´s time to relax a little bit. no more decision- making (which chord? which notes in an improvisation?)

just playing a "stupid" little finger exercise. it makes me happy. i just really like the feeling of my fingers on the strings and the fretboard. and i like that i can really listen to what i am playing. 

at the moment i am practicing four little exercises. they are actually a part of kurt rosenwinkel´s masterclass on technique. i never realized how weak my 3 finger is. you can play them on all strings and in every postion of course.