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[Cosmin Lupu]

Hey there Michael! Here is your personal thread! I named it so, because your goals are various and if pursued they can turn you into a guitARTIST

we can improve anything, as long as you are ready to improve - patient and focused, so that progress may occur naturally

Hillsong United are you a part of that group? I have heard about them from my Baptist friends - I listen to a lot of Christian bands

Now, let's see:

Speedpicking - I use AP, or more like economy picking across strings. Not looking to be a shredder but would like to add some faster runs here and there. I can probably only do 95-100 bpm on sixteenth notes right now.

Improvising melodically

Learning to change timings - going from 8ths to 16ths to triplets.

Use partial chord shapes - varying chords, like on highest and middle strings

Learning to use intervals in my playing (goes along with partial chord shapes)

Spice up my rythmn - Learn how to be proficient at extensions and licks while playing rythmn - Like Hendrix.

Better articulation fretting and picking - I seem to miss alot of notes, so I always just play it safe.

All of these are mainly phrasing related, but I was curious how much time do you have for practicing? In respect to this, together with you, I will think up a practice routine so that you may progress one step at a time.

all the best

Cosmin

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[Guitar1969]

Hey there Michael! Here is your personal thread! I named it so, because your goals are various and if pursued they can turn you into a guitARTIST

we can improve anything, as long as you are ready to improve - patient and focused, so that progress may occur naturally

Hillsong United are you a part of that group? I have heard about them from my Baptist friends - I listen to a lot of Christian bands

Now, let's see:

Speedpicking - I use AP, or more like economy picking across strings. Not looking to be a shredder but would like to add some faster runs here and there. I can probably only do 95-100 bpm on sixteenth notes right now.

Improvising melodically

Learning to change timings - going from 8ths to 16ths to triplets.

Use partial chord shapes - varying chords, like on highest and middle strings

Learning to use intervals in my playing (goes along with partial chord shapes)

Spice up my rythmn - Learn how to be proficient at extensions and licks while playing rythmn - Like Hendrix.

Better articulation fretting and picking - I seem to miss alot of notes, so I always just play it safe.

All of these are mainly phrasing related, but I was curious how much time do you have for practicing? In respect to this, together with you, I will think up a practice routine so that you may progress one step at a time.

all the best

Cosmin

Cosmin:

Thanks for setting up.


I am not part of Hillsong United - They are actually a very popular worship band that is
geared for the younger generation, that is internationally recognized. Very riff oriented, dotted 8th note delay, ambient type stuff. Kind of U2 - Edge style which is my favorite guitarist. Some other Christian bands to check out that I think you would like are : Kutless - their older stuff, Switchfoot - newer stuff.

I think at this point I can safely dedicate 20-30 min a day of practice, and sometimes more - Definitely more on weekends. Because my time is limited I really want to focus my practice time to get the most out of it.

Your the boss, so lead the way.


Michael

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This post has been edited by Guitar1969: Feb 26 2012, 07:29 PM

[Cosmin Lupu]

Cosmin:

Thanks for setting up.


I am not part of Hillsong United - They are actually a very popular worship band that is
geared for the younger generation, that is internationally recognized. Very riff oriented, dotted 8th note delay, ambient type stuff. Kind of U2 - Edge style which is my favorite guitarist. Some other Christian bands to check out that I think you would like are : Kutless - their older stuff, Switchfoot - newer stuff.

I think at this point I can safely dedicate 20-30 min a day of practice, and sometimes more - Definitely more on weekends. Because my time is limited I really want to focus my practice time to get the most out of it.

Your the boss, so lead the way.


Michael

Hey Michael,

since your time is limited, I would suggest going for 3 lessons/ month, based on the things you wish to improve - is that a too much?

First of all, my mind is taking me to Ben Higgins' wonderful https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/

this one will give you a wonderful and on the spot understanding and exercising of subdivision shifting

Once you're done with this one, we can tackle another subject from your list

what say you mate?

Cosmin

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[Guitar1969]

Hey Michael,

since your time is limited, I would suggest going for 3 lessons/ month, based on the things you wish to improve - is that a too much?

First of all, my mind is taking me to Ben Higgins' wonderful https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/

this one will give you a wonderful and on the spot understanding and exercising of subdivision shifting

Once you're done with this one, we can tackle another subject from your list

what say you mate?

Cosmin

Sounds Good - I should be able to manage 3 lessons a month, and then we can determine down the road if I can take on more. Ben's lesson sounds like a good place to start to determine what I already can do regarding AP and speedpicking. I do want to work on being able to switch timings fluidly for soloing - alternating easily between 8th notes, 16th notes, and 8th note triplets.

So should I only work on one lesson at a time or should I possibly do 2 at a time for variety. Also, how do I determine when I am ready to move on to another lesson?

I will get going on the lesson you gave me.

Thanks for all your help.

Michael

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[Cosmin Lupu]

Sounds Good - I should be able to manage 3 lessons a month, and then we can determine down the road if I can take on more. Ben's lesson sounds like a good place to start to determine what I already can do regarding AP and speedpicking. I do want to work on being able to switch timings fluidly for soloing - alternating easily between 8th notes, 16th notes, and 8th note triplets.

So should I only work on one lesson at a time or should I possibly do 2 at a time for variety. Also, how do I determine when I am ready to move on to another lesson?

I will get going on the lesson you gave me.

Thanks for all your help.

Michael

Good morning Michael - well, if you could record yourself while playing it would be a great way for knowing when you are ready to move on to a different lesson, so, tell me, can you video record? The quality does not matter, as long as I can see and hear what you are playing

all the best

Cosmin

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[Guitar1969]

Good morning Michael - well, if you could record yourself while playing it would be a great way for knowing when you are ready to move on to a different lesson, so, tell me, can you video record? The quality does not matter, as long as I can see and hear what you are playing

all the best

Cosmin

I think I can figure out how record video and audio together - I have been reading the posts and such on this as I was planning to get going on the REC and Collabs at some point. I have the equipment and the interfaces, just need to figure out how to combine a separate audio and video feed so my guitar part and backing will sound better than what my Webcam would produce audiowise (Looks like I can do it in Movie Maker)

So how does the mentoring work on an ongoing basis - Do we just touch base weekly or so, unless I am having a problem with the current lesson and reach out

I am all set at this point and am getting down to practicing that first lesson.

Thanks for all your help.

Michael

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