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Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 5 2010, 06:09 PM

Hey brother, we are starting a new month in the MTP, i really hope you are having fun!, we will continue this month with rhythmic and maybe next month we will mix it up a little with some leads, all of this so you can have a strong structure and you can start learning by yourself

So your first task is to master from 0:00 to 0:27 this awesome gabriel lesson:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Nirvana_Smells_like_teen_spirit/

hope you like nirvana!, go to the lesson you can find the backing track and all explanations there, i don't want you to use tabs for this one, it's better to train your ear and to jump into your own conclusions, maybe take you some more time, but it will worth it trust me

You have until saturday for this one, but remember, i'm always here so you can upload process videos

Posted by: Joruus Apr 5 2010, 06:26 PM

Hi Adrian
Having lots of fun sofar
Also learning alot more then i did before mtp!

Great song! looking at the lesson now and trying it out
Its in standart tuning right?

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 5 2010, 09:08 PM

very glad to hear that, yeah it is on standard !

Posted by: Joruus Apr 10 2010, 11:40 PM

Hey Adrian,

This one was pretty hard to learn, i made my recording with the 80 bpm backing because the 118bpm is just a bit too fast still..

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 13 2010, 04:31 PM

hey bro, that is pretty good, i know the muted strings are kind of tricky but you will get there for sure!
one step at the time

This is the next assignment, you have to record all the clean part of my lesson "one finger guitar", this is a mixture of lead and rhythmic playing, it will be perfect for you now!, here is the link!

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/One-Finger-Guitar/

record it from 0:00 to 1:50, and if you want you can leave out the harmonics part (if it's too hard for you) cool ?
we have until friday , this pro could be ur rec take.

Also try to upload progress so we can monitor where are we

Posted by: Joruus Apr 13 2010, 05:21 PM

Great
Hope i get the sound setup like that in my pod.
I will try the harmonics ( i know i can do them but ive never tryed with such a clean sound), if it doesnt work should i play these notes normally fretted on the 5th fret?
Will make a video as soon as i can play a bit

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 13 2010, 09:09 PM

great!!, if you wish i can send the guitar rig 4 preset
if the harmonics wont work just leave it, because those notes are going to sound weird there

looking forward to your take!

Posted by: Joruus Apr 15 2010, 06:37 PM

I dont have guitar rig :/
But i think i got a decent sound made in gearbox , couldnt find an envelope filter effect anywhere though..

Just recorded a take of how im doing now, im not yet sure how to play this one over the backingtrack, i get very lost on it

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 16 2010, 08:58 PM

hey benjamin, this is very GOOD!!, try to play it with the backing track, but if you can't it is OK too, doing it great so far bro!

Posted by: Joruus Apr 16 2010, 09:07 PM

I recorded it now just went very weird in the very last part.. but i thought the rest was ok so i didnt want to re-do it
Will be really cool if i can play this for rec end of month





Also yesterday i recorded just for fun When i come around, over the original song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P67hllM0Sw

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 17 2010, 04:42 PM

this is really good benjamin, i think you are starting to feel the music on your playing.
you need to work on the second part timing (the one which starts on the 1fret 2string), besides that it is really good, this can be your rec take for sure.

try to post one more take until sunday, and i will give you your new task!!

Posted by: Joruus Apr 17 2010, 08:27 PM

Thanks

Ill try to play that part slower a while to get the right timing on it then.
I i got a bit confused with the picking pattern too so i needed to think alot about that, but it was like that with the first part aswell at first, but now i just pick it right automaticly, so i can watch the timing more

Posted by: Joruus Apr 19 2010, 07:44 PM

Sorry for the delay, i didn't get any play time yesterday..

Recording this one is quite hard cause always something different wants to go wrong
But i think i got the timing of that 2nd part better now.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 23 2010, 04:30 PM

hey benjamin, whooo i forgot to give you your new task!!
so here is it, and i think you are ready for it!

i think you need to work on those arpeggios, so here is a pretty good lesson to work on em
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-guitar/I-got-rhythm-guitar11-arpeggiated-chords2/

play from 0:00 to 0:38, full speed this time

you have until monday/tuesday bro!

Posted by: Joruus Apr 27 2010, 09:03 PM

Hey Adrian,
sorry for the lack of replys, as said in the pm i planned to do a progress video the other day but didnt get it done..

Congrats on getting your own forumboard finally! (and the convenient alphabetic placing)


So here is my take for today, took some time to get the chord changes in fast enough but i think thats goes alright now
Sorry for the staring at my pickinghand all the time, normally im ok without but when recording i messed up the picking all the time

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 30 2010, 06:40 PM

very very VERY nice benjamin, best take so far, you nail it!
the last for the month now, it is my latest lesson, it is a little quick, but try to do it, just checking how fast can you go with rythmic playing, play from 0:00 to 1:31 of:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Los_Ramones/

you can do it at lower speeds if the speed don't feel right

Posted by: Joruus Apr 30 2010, 09:26 PM

Thanks

That new lesson sound great!

What to do with the rec-take though? should i do Joe's arpeggiated chords lesson for that?

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 30 2010, 09:59 PM

let's go with joe's, i feel you confident with that one !

Posted by: Joruus May 2 2010, 02:27 AM

Just made a take for the rec lesson, should i post this one to the rec-board?

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 3 2010, 05:10 PM

VERY NICE!!!
go ahead and post it brother!

also, dont forget to make the last task for the month man!

Posted by: Joruus May 3 2010, 11:07 PM

I posted it to the rec

Im working on the last take aswell, sorry it takes a while:/
Hope to get it recorded tomorrow, else i will wednesday cause i have a day off of work then

Posted by: Joruus May 5 2010, 08:09 PM

Well i recorded the ramones lesson, but its really not great..
Specially the palmmute part i keep getting confused and everything.
I used the 130bpm backingtrack for this one

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 7 2010, 04:31 PM

benajmin! how can u say is not great?!, you improved a lot that timing, maybe you mean it isn't perfect yet, but it's a pretty fast tempo to keep, i feel like you almost got the palm mute right!!

i will give you your next assignment ASAP!

by the way your rec take is almost flawless man! congrats on that one


here is the summary of april's MTP:

this month was very productive, you really started to grow as a guitar player.




the first take, you had serious problems with the rhythmic of the song, we had to work on that!





you second take is already sounding way more confident, good job!






the third take, very good man, starting to sound in time and good.








the speed almost killed you, but at the end it came up very good, is not easy to play like johnny



the rec take:




overall very nice job, you did passed this one!

Posted by: Joruus May 7 2010, 04:38 PM

Thanks alot
I thought the middle part didnt sound so good, but i guess it just needs more practice to sound perfect at that tempo

Can't wait to see the rec post being moved back to the normal board now


Is it possible for you to make a subforum in your own board for mtp?
Like its in Bogdans forum (look at the top): http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showforum=95
That would probly make it easyer to check the mtp posts, but maybe only Kris/admins can make a subforum like that.. i dont know

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 11 2010, 04:30 PM

Hey benjamin, i can't make a subforum now, but for next round everything should be in order .
Now i leave with the first assignment of the month, you really improve a lot in this time together, so let's finish the last month with some new approaches to keep growing your technique:

how's your solos playing?, i wanna know!
next task, play all this lesson:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Guns-N-Roses-Dont-Cry-solo/

it is a very classic and amazing solo, but before you start, let me know if you feel like it is too much for you, i personally think you can do it

Posted by: Joruus May 11 2010, 06:49 PM

Awesome
I was looking at that new lesson earlyer this week, id sure love to give it a try.
One thing in it will surely give me trouble though, those notes on other strings while bending, it sounds horrible when i try that, probably partly cause of my floating bridge..
Also it normally takes me a long time to learn all those parts but ill do my best to hurry it up


I'm really happy with how much i learned from you in these 2 months, feels like i learned more then in the almost 2 years before this

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 15 2010, 01:46 AM

how is coming man ?

Posted by: Joruus May 15 2010, 07:30 PM

Im about half way learning it (parts 1,2 and 3) ill make a recording of that tomorrow, to see if thats going alright.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 15 2010, 08:08 PM

cool! i know this is prob a hard one

Posted by: Joruus May 17 2010, 12:27 AM

Just made my recording of the first 3 parts
I can't keep up with full speed yet (think im close to it though) so i can't really try on the backingtrack, there is only a full speed one.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 17 2010, 05:32 PM

you got some timing issues here benjaming, it is a pretty "groovy" solo to play really, maybe you can practice this the whole month and keep going with more tasks?, today is 17 and you need to make 3 more tasks before your end of the month rec take

Posted by: Joruus May 17 2010, 06:40 PM

Yeah that sounds good, ill keep practicing this one, while doing other assignments
I think it ll be better when i can practice playing it over the main video to get the timing.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 17 2010, 06:47 PM

great man! that's the spirit!!
we are going to return to the groove for this next task, not sure if you like the police, but this will help you developing your tempo ear, and is always great to play some regaee stuff

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/The_Police-Walking_On_the_Moon/

from 0:00 to 1.:02, have fun!!

edit: also, i have posted a song of my band on the chill out forum, would like to know what u think!

Posted by: Joruus May 21 2010, 10:56 PM

Hi Adrian!

This one was alot more fun to play then i thought it would be
Hope im doing ok on it.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 22 2010, 01:54 AM

very nice!! i see that you worked out a very nice tone for this one, very cool!
you got a little bit of timing issues, but not too dramatic ones, keep practicing this lesson for some more time if you wish, it is very very groovy and it can help to deliver a good timing!

maybe this could be your rec take, you are almost there!

new task!, and this is gift from me to you, not sure if you like blues, but you have to get there eventually!, here's the first step:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Blues-Chords-In-E/

you have 3-4 days only!, almost the end of the month!

from 0:00 to 0:33!

Posted by: Joruus May 25 2010, 09:30 PM

I had to learn all these strange chords, so i can't change fast between them very well yet..
So here is best i can do sofar:

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 25 2010, 11:03 PM

very nice man!!, you can't image how useful are those chords on songwritting, when something is sounding too pop or nice, just add those blues chords, and you get rock n roll!

try one more take, you are getting there, also check the B chord, you are playing it wrong

Posted by: Joruus May 27 2010, 10:48 PM

Oops i did know the b-sting should be open at the B-chord.. just messed up with switching and didnt notice

And they do seem to be real cool chords indeed starting to get used to playing them now.

So here is a new take

Posted by: Adrian Figallo May 27 2010, 10:57 PM

VERY VERY VERY VERY NICE MAN!
i see you are playing with more confidence now!, very proud here .

now, we need one more task, and the rec take, maybe the rec can be the police song?, your call dude!
for this last month's take, and sadly our last session together for this mtp period, will be (and hope you like the chili peppers):

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/red_hot_chili_peppers_californication/

from 0:00 to 0:37!

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Jun 1 2010, 12:21 AM

how is it coming buddy?

Posted by: Joruus Jun 9 2010, 04:36 PM

Really sorry for the long delay..
I didnt get to pracice for a bit more then a week, but i should have posted here

Im working on that last assignment at the moment but its pretty hard, specially the last part i cant figure out the strumming pattern..
Ill try to post a video for it soon.

I really loved these 3 months mtp with you, i think i learned alot and sure had much fun learning, thanks alot!