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Vaialation1232-joruus Mtp Thread |
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Jan 8 2009, 03:46 AM
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Hey Joruus,
I am very excited to be your mentor for this program, we seem to enjoy the same styles of music and hopefully this experience will be great for both of us! This thread where we are going to put everything related to this program...so all my lessons and advice along with any questions, comments, requests you have can go here as well.. First off, my username is a little hard to type every time, so you can just call me Matt if you'd like. Soon we will be getting a syllabus so when we get that i will give you more information as to what the format of the mentoring lessons will look like...however, it will probably be something like this... https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=3351 If you want to know anything about me, just ask...but for now here is my Youtube and my sign up for the MTP. https://www.youtube.com/user/vaialation1232 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...rt=#entry307539 I have many questions, but for now.... 1) How long have you been playing? 2) How much time do you have to devote to guitar (generally) 3) Do you have Guitar Pro? Also, i looked through your post on the sign-up forum to check out some of the things you wanted to learn, but if there is anything else you think i should know, make sure to post it on here....as well as your preference on what order you'd like to learn things or anything like that! I really look forward to working with you on your guitar playing in this next month! P.S. We have a pretty big time difference (i in the US, you in the Netherlands) so it may be hard to have live chats. However, ill make sure to reply as quickly as i can! This post has been edited by Vaialation1232: Jan 8 2009, 04:35 AM |
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Jan 9 2009, 08:52 AM
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"Last week i was just looking around on youtube and coincidently found your account there.
There is alot of Vai, Satriani, and Mattrach in there, wich all 3 i like very much " Awesome! I think my main plan is to teach you some of the techniques they use (many of which you mentioned in your sign-up post) as well as maybe a few of their riffs perhaps? "I play at least an hour a day, but i often try for 2 or sometimes 3 hours on weekdays, usually abit more in the weekend." That's great! I think you will get a lot out of this program with that schedule! "I do not have Guitar Pro yet but i could get it if that helps " Well, you don't need to buy it for this...however, in the long run i think that it is a great program to have because as you learn songs, tabs are okay but they are almost always wrong....with GP5 you have (IMO) better tabs *although still wrong sometimes* but most importantly you have the rhythm of the song and i just like using them as a backing track as well...so, i'd say it would be a great thing to have, especially since many of the GMC lessons here have GP5 tabs to go along with them. So, my main plan for this month is this... -To help you set up an effective, time efficient practice routine -To help you improve in some of the techniques you mentioned, specifically hammer-ons and pull-offs along with alternate picking. Also, i want to stress the importance (especially in the players we both like) of both bending, sliding, and vibrato to you and many of the lessons we do will have this theme in them. -To make sure you have good habits and to help you advance as a guitar player -To help you with any amp/tone related questions you have, as well as throwing in my own input on this area -To answer any other questions you have As for weekly, we will do one lesson from the syllabus (https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=23238) as well as one other, more personalized lesson (this will vary from week to week. It will mainly consist of other GMC lessons i think you would like, as well as lessons i make up). While i would like you to complete both, obviously things come up so its totally cool if you can't complete the second lesson, just make sure to try to finish the first lesson! Along with these two things, i will give you an exercise or two a week that i suggest you make part of a daily routine (a warm-up before you play is the best!). These will correspond with the techniques mentioned above....any other suggestions you have please don't hesitate to mention! Alright, so we got our syllabus today....it looks like this for the first week Weekly Plan Week 1 Timing & rhythm (Part 1) -Chords to a backing track Beginner- Strumming and Arpeggios Goal - To play the whole lesson. Purpose - practice timing and sense of rhythm. If this lesson gives problems - it will be a useful discovery. Dealing with the problem will help progress to the next level. instructions - A Video showing progress should be provided playing with the backing provided (slower backings can of course be used) So, this is a really good lesson by Muris that focuses on chords and arpeggios (picking the notes of chords). I'm not sure how you feel about your chord playing/knowledge, but tell me if this is something you really want to work on! The other important aspect of this lesson is the timing and rhythm, which is definitely a KEY aspect of ones playing because no matter how perfect you play the notes of a song...if its out of time nobody will enjoy it very much. So, i would suggest playing with a metronome or the backing tracks provided (work your way through them from slowest to full speed). To be honest, I think backing tracks are a lot more fun to play along with, however metronomes are much easier to manage because you can change their speed to suit you. Here is a link to an Online Metronome i like to use... http://www.metronomeonline.com/ Now, as to the lesson itself. Most of the chords are fairly standard, however, i remember the F chord used to always give me trouble when I was learning it. So, if you have any trouble with this chord let me know! Also, i'd imagine that the second half of the song (with the mostly up strums) may be a little awkward if you aren't used to it, so let me know if this is the case. If i were to practice this lesson I would probably learn all of the chord shapes first and not worry about the arpeggios until i was fully comfortable with playing the chords themselves in a row (so including switching from one to the other). Then, after your fingers "know" where to go, it shouldn't be too difficult to focus on the arpeggios because the most difficult part about them is the right hand picking. Again, let me know if you have any questions or need help on this lesson... Now, as for your other lesson, i would like you to try this one i made...It is based off of Joe Satriani's Cool #9 and will help me see what you need to work on (as it focuses on some problem areas guitarists often have like vibrato, some bending...it also has a few hammer-ons and pull-offs). Since it is the first week, i wanted to start off with something fun. I know i always wanted to have a reason to practice the techniques i was learning, otherwise what is the point? So, hopefully playing this song (and other riffs i give you over the next month) will motivate you to practice your techniques and exercises! I explain all of the notes in the lesson, however if you would like a tab i could make you one..don't worry if the "feel/groove" of the song is tricky, just try to play it as accurately as you can..i would also prefer for you to alternate pick it, but if you don't feel capable of this for the whole song, we can work on this together! As for exercises...i would like to start with one hammer-on and pull-off one i used to do all the time. (Also, so can you do hammer-ons/pull-offs a little? or are you not able to and need help with how to do the technique?) I wouldn't do it too much as it may be painful (especially on your pinky). Work with the metronome as well, or drum machine is even better! It's pretty straight forward so hopefully not much explaining necessary in here (i go slow in the video, tell me if you want tab though!)..you can do this exercise anywhere on the neck, although i prefer at about the 5th fret...simply go 5h6, 5h6, 5h6, 5h6, 5h6, 5h6 from E to high e...then 6p5, 6p5, 6p5, 6p5, 6p5, 6p5 back to low E using your first two fingers. You then repeat the exercise using your second and third fingers, then third and fourth, then any other combo you want to try....make sure to practice accurately, and that all of the notes sound around the same volume...this exercise (along with others) will help your fingers build strength to do hammer-ons/pull-offs all day long! *You don't need to make a video of this, i'd just use it as a warm-up or maybe have some 2 minute sessions where you do this exercise* Since this is new, i don't know what kind of workload i should give you....so....if the weeks assignments are too much/too little work, please tell me so i can adjust them! Finally, i know that personally I have more time to practice on the weekends, so i will try to have these lessons up by Friday night (Saturday morning for you) so you have the weekend to start practicing and then Friday (for you) as a deadline (obviously i understand if a week is busy and you cannot make this deadline). As for what to do, i'd like for you to do two videos a week to show that you practiced both of the lessons. Depending on the difficulty level, full speed may be unattainable so as long as you are pushing yourself, any speed you play them at is fine. I would also like to have some time in the chat (on weekends) to talk in real time as this is easiest...so maybe Saturday at 10:00 (for me), 19:00 for you? If this doesn't work please suggest something else... We'll end with some more questions... 1) What would you consider your best area of guitar playing? 2) Worst? 3) What techniques do you want to learn (just for reference in this thread really, i read your sign-up) 4) Any interest in learning some basic theory? This i will leave entirely up to you ATM, but i would definitely suggest it in the long run, improvising and writing is much easier with this info...even just some really basic pentatonic work is good. However, i have found that forcing theory on someone is not the way to go as they will likely not care/understand anyway and it will waste both of our time(trust me when i was first playing there was nothing i thought was more boring than theory lessons...other than the metronome of course!) Truthfully though, were not talking anything too hard or confusing, just some basic scales/shapes (mainly the ones i like cause Satch uses them) that will help you improvise, write, be creative, etc. Keep in touch, good luck! This post has been edited by Vaialation1232: Jan 9 2009, 09:01 AM |
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Jan 10 2009, 02:08 AM
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Heres the Cool #9 Backing
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Jan 11 2009, 10:11 PM |
Here is the tab i made to check if i got it right.
tab_cool_9.txt ( 1.84K ) Number of downloads: 210 (not sure if i write tabs right but i think you ll get it ) -------------------- Gear:
Guitars: Ibanez Jem 7vwh, Ibanez RG 350 DX, Gibson Les Paul Studio Effects: Line 6 PODxt + FBV MKII Express pedal Amp: Line6 SpiderIII 15 |
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Jan 11 2009, 10:37 PM
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Here is the tab i made to check if i got it right. tab_cool_9.txt ( 1.84K ) Number of downloads: 210 (not sure if i write tabs right but i think you ll get it ) That looks perfect Just (we already talked about this in chat, i know) have 10/12 then a pick at 10 instead of 10/12\10 I will make sure to make tabs from now on! Although, i think there is a lot of value in figuring them out yourself! Also, here is a variation of the F-Chord arpeggio that may make it much easier for you! Good luck! This post has been edited by Vaialation1232: Jan 11 2009, 10:38 PM |
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Jan 15 2009, 05:29 PM |
Hi Matt,
I got my shirts this week http://www.cafepress.com/gmc_shop I got the $18.99 ones, one Black and one Navy (navy looks black on youtube.... ) They seem to be great quality. I thought the little weird sound in my backingtrack was where in your vid is a pickscrape sound, so i started after that without listening more closly. Now that i know i should be able to figure it out. I'll work some more on both lessons and get the new vids up tomorrow -------------------- Gear:
Guitars: Ibanez Jem 7vwh, Ibanez RG 350 DX, Gibson Les Paul Studio Effects: Line 6 PODxt + FBV MKII Express pedal Amp: Line6 SpiderIII 15 |
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Jan 17 2009, 09:21 AM
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Very impressed with the first video, no complaints there and i think you got the main points of the week completely (rhythm and timing)
Second video sounds much better this time as it has improved timing. If i were to be critical, i would say that you are maybe fraction of a second behind the beat still, but this is noticeable for me as Cool #9 is one of my favorite songs, mainly you got the concept of the timing well, it is just a hard song to get a feel for...that being said, playing was really good and the "dying out" of the sustain wasn't a problem i don't think Overall, excellent job this week, you accomplished everything that i asked you to (also the lighting for the videos is very good, probably better quality than mine are ) So, if you would like we can stick to the syllabus, but i believe you have tried some/all of them...so i decided to try something else for the first lesson (talk to me tomorrow if you wanna change this...) Lesson 1 I picked David's Slow Melody lesson, and i want you to try the first :40 seconds or so... https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-melody-lesson/ It is a great lesson to really focus on bending, timing, and vibrato..the timing is difficult so i would suggest listening to it a few times before trying it....as always, ask if you need any help Lesson 2 As for the second activity, i would like you to look over Andrew's theory lesson on the G Minor Pentatonic Scale It can be found here-https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=5023 Your goals are as follows 1) Learn two boxes of the A Minor Scale (i know his is G minor...this forces you to think about it yourself) Although, really all you have to do is shift G minor 2 notes (from 3-5, etc.) Hopefully you understand the concept that the boxes stay the same shape/pattern in all of the keys, they just shift where they start from (if that makes sense)...this makes it easy for us to learn only one scale and really basically have an idea about all the other ones (in minor pentatonic i mean) 2) Be able to play them up and down 3) Know where the root notes are (all A notes, so 6th string-5th fret is one) 4) Be able to connect the 2 boxes (will talk about this later in post) 5) Know the notes of the A minor scale (remember 3 2 2 3 2) As for an activity...i would like you to improvise for 30+ seconds over this backing track *it is in A minor *When i say improvise, i don't mean you have to "wing it"...i just mean compose something yourself instead of me just assigning you somebody else's licks...now heres some tips to help you... TIPS 1) Starting/Ending a phrase with root notes is a safe bet! Many famous phrases do! 2) Sliding is a good way to connect two boxes, bending works as well (will make a video of how i like to do this) 3) Make sure to not play the notes straight up and down in order...as this shouldn't be like an exercise 4) Don't be afraid to have silent breaks in your playing....this is blues and sometimes less is more 5) Also, blues playing uses a lot of repetition/recurring themes...so i don't mean play the same exact lick for the whole 30 seconds...but maybe play the lick and then add a couple variations (note choice, maybe an ending one would be good) each time...just a suggestion, however if you don't have any repeating licks for the listener to, it isn't likely that it will grab their attention Exercise An exercise GP5 tab is attached to this.. Just some basic alternate picking exercises.. This post has been edited by Vaialation1232: Jan 18 2009, 10:45 AM |
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