what happens when my hand can suddenly execute with ease a finger movement and stretching sequence on the guitar which I found physically impossible a few days back?

Question

Does my brain adjust? Do my fingers stretch more? Do my hand muscles build up?

In: Biology

Answer 1

This is a really interesting question and I’m glad someone asked it.

I think a lot of it is psychological, as is most of guitar playing. Practising really hard can have you overthinking it and hyper-focusing on perfection. Once you come back to it a few days later, you aren’t so tense. You’re thinking “yeah, i practised this for hours and hours. I just wanna practise and get this over with” and then, hey presto, you’re playing better because you aren’t so tense or intimidated,

Muscle memory is a huge thing too. Once you play something 1,000, 2,000 times, your hands remember it better than your brain.