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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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Jan 4 2016, 04:40 AM |
Hi Echoshill! Welcome to your thread for Gab's Army.
Here I'll help you with guitar works, plans and routines in order to take your guitar playing to a new level based on your goals as musician. We've been talking via PM about your playing and future goals but it would be good to have everything here for future reference so please share again here some relevant info about your guitar goals, experience and musical taste. It would be really helpful if you share any video recording of you improvising over a GMC backing track. Thanks! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 15 2016, 02:45 PM |
Hi mate, thanks for sharing your info here.
So, if I understood well, your plan for this month is work on: - CHORDS (Inversions/Drops): major/min chords (Root 6/5/4) along with the Maj7, Min7, and Dom7 - TRIADS - SCALES / MODES You also want to train your fingers to get them in shape for speeding and phrasing. Am I right? How much time per day can you practice? -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 18 2016, 12:14 AM |
Hi Mark, this sounds good.
I think that the best you can do for this is practicing using a method called "Pitch Axis". Maybe you've heard about it but it is basically playing over a vamp that keeps the root and playing the different modes starting from the same root. For example, you can start with F#. You can record your own backing track using a drum loop and a bass / keyboard playing F, some kind of Steve Vai / Satriani Vamp. The first exercise would be to play the scales up and down with alternate picking in this order: Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian Always starting from F#, and covering the whole fret board but 1 position each time. This exercise will help you to re-learn modes, and it's also a good technique exercise. Then, in order to make the exercise more demanding you can work using sequences and patterns. For example, groups of 4, groups of 3, and same other patterns that like (1 2 3 - 4 5 6 - 7 1 2) or (3 1 2 3 2 1). Things like that. I'm sure that you know lots of sequences, but I can share some links if you need some ideas. Work on sequences using alternate picking, legato, and hybrid picking. -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 19 2016, 01:57 PM |
Well, at first you could do a work similar to this one:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...picking-thirds/ But based on pitch axis. And here you have more ideas for sequences and patterns: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Sequential-Patterns/ Let me know if the task is clear. -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 31 2016, 05:43 PM |
Hi mate,
All the scales and chromatic works for shredding comes from the 80's shredder who used to play that kind of passages and more "predictable" runs. Then, with the grown in popularity by fusion shredders like Greg Howe, and nowadays Guthrie Govan, shredders started to pay more attention to "jazz" approaches to phrasing and practicing technique. That's why working on sequences and patterns is a good first step but not the only thing you should do if you want to be able to play uncommon phrases at fast speed. The secret is being able to combines different patterns (and maybe techniques) on the same run. I don't think that "speed" trainers are really successful for this, but they are a good starting point to make our technique more effective. I think that the best way is to create your own exercises taken from solos and licks that you like and can't play fast, repeat them and create variations. Does it make sense? -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 17 2016, 07:14 PM |
Hi mate,
When building speed, I start at a comfortable tempo and increase by 2/5 bpm until I notice that I cannot play the things perfect. When I detect that tempo, I get back 5 bpm, and start practicing. As soon as I feel comfortable enough I increase 2/5 bpm. If I cannot play it right I get back 2 bpm, and so.... there is not one way, but it's very important to avoid practicing at a tempo in which you can't play the exercise clean and clear. Practicing something played wrong is a very bad idea. "Also, how in the world do you turn off the quote initial thread in a response? I always have to delete it. " I don't understand what you mean... -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 1 2016, 06:53 PM |
Hi mate, yes, I understand what you mean and I think that you are right. To much patterns and scale practice can make our lines sound as exercises. That's why we always say that it's very important to practice improvisation over backing tracks, and also to use GMC lesson to create your own variations and ideas. This is the way to develop our own voice on guitar.
Jazz and fusion players are great at playing uncommon and unpredictable phrasing so it's also helpful to learn licks from them. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/25-Jazz-Fusion-Licks/ -------------------- My lessons
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