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Jul 22 2011, 02:06 AM
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Rock on Mike! Welcome
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Jul 22 2011, 03:20 AM
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welcome dude!
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Jul 22 2011, 06:39 AM
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Hi Mike! Amazing history! It's really cool to know that your wife also decided to play guitar and to study it seriously!
 From my point of view both learning songs and practicing exercises are important things to improve our guitar abilities. The first one is more amazing than the second one but both are different for me... so it would be great if you can divide your time and create a good routine based on techniques, theory and songs. Enjoy the site and count with me if you need some help.-------------------- My lessons
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Jul 22 2011, 08:11 AM
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Welcome to GMC!
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Jul 22 2011, 09:24 AM
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Hi Mike and welcome to GMC!
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Jul 22 2011, 09:40 AM
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Hi Mike, we've already spoken quite a lot but this an official welcome to GMC !!
Good to see that you've introduced yourself. I think it's brilliant that your wife is also learning so you have a constant mirror of encouragement in each other As Gabriel said, the ideal guitar learning environment is a balance of song related playing and exercises. Exercise will allow you to narrow techniques down to focus on ther correct execution, wheras playing songs kind of lifts the pressure off a little bit whilst still utilising and improving techniques. I developed a lot of speed in my right hand by just playing rhythm.. eg. metal and rock riffs with a combination of chords and bursts of alternate picking. I have a lesson in the works which combines this but, in the meantime, I would definitely reccomend checking out this lesson https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-...t-Hand-Workout/ Stuff like that really helped me develop a relaxed way of speed, because it was allowed to develop under a relaxed way of playing, eg. rhythm. Generally, when we play riffs or strum chords we are more relaxed than when we sit down with a metronome to tackle an alternate picking exercise. This is because rhythm playing is something we can 'already do' so there is less pressure. For the fretting hand, if you're comfortable with pentatonic shapes etc then I would recommend acqainting yourself with 3 note per string shapes as these can be applied to any scale and used all over the neck, not to mention strengthening your fingers and freeing them up. I've got a legato series which might do it for you but it also may be a bit too intense to start with. It would be interesting to hear some opinions from other members on any lessons that helped them free up their fingers ???
This post has been edited by Ben Higgins: Jul 22 2011, 09:41 AM |
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Jul 22 2011, 11:05 AM
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That is awesome man, very cool that your wife and you are enjoying playing guitar together
If you need any help at all, feel free to let us know. We can make you some lesson plans, suggestions, or just general things that you can find on the site to make things interesting.
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Jul 24 2011, 05:36 PM
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QUOTE (Mike RR24 @ Jul 23 2011, 10:51 PM)  Thanks Nico. I appreciate it. That's what I always tell my wife, If we practice and want to learn it, theres no way we can not improve. I saw the REC and it made me nervous. The only song we really know most of is Seek & Destroy by Metallica. We don't or have not attempted the lead solo either... damn that sounds fast !!!! We probably are not perfect on our timing either. I'll talk to Laura and see if she will record it with me so at least you guy's can see our playing ability either way. Thanks for making me feel at home. Everyone has been so nice here. I never knew a place like this existed. Hello and welcome to GMC Mike! You are going to love it here. Hey - you shouldn't feel nervous about the REC. You can choose ANY lesson from the archive and record a video of you playing it. It's best to choose something doable for start. Recording yourself playing will be a great step forward as you'll get to both practice for the actual video but also see your playing from a completely different angle. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Jul 25 2011, 10:17 AM
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Welcome to GMC man
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