January Mtp Thread - Mirkoschmidt |
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January Mtp Thread - Mirkoschmidt |
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Jan 3 2010, 08:15 PM |
Hi Mirko!
How was your new year's? Let's get started with January's program! These are the three assignments for this month: * First week: Due January 10th - Post rhythm exercise no.1. We are still gonna drill the 2/4 time signature, this time is going to be a little more demanding. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post riff assignment. This is the main riff for the song "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns and Roses. It's a great exercise and it's got some interesting mixture of techniques in it. Mr. Brownstone the riff appears at 3:17 as in the GP file. - Post speed exercise no.1. Start from a comfortable speed. All alternate picking starting on a down stroke. This is a must-know type of pattern to develop speed. Go up to the fastest and cleanest speed possible and post it. week_1___Rhythm_exercise_no.1.gp5 ( 2.12K ) Number of downloads: 192 week_1___Riff_assignment_No.1.gp5 ( 17.47K ) Number of downloads: 159 week_1___Speed_assigment_No.1.gp5 ( 2.06K ) Number of downloads: 184 * Second week: Due January 17th - Post rhythm exercise no.2. For this exercise start at 60bpm. And work your way up. The goal is 160, but post your fastest possible take at the time. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post solo assignment no.1. We'll keep on working on the bendings. This time let's do the first solo for "November Rain" by Slash. Play the "guitar solo" part on the GP file attached. November Rain backing track The solo part appears at 3:48. - Post speed exercise no.2. This exercise has some different patterns in it and it's not square. Do it with alternate picking but don't be restricted to it if you need to use a couple of hammer-ons or pull-offs. week_2___Rhythm_exercise_no.2.gp5 ( 2.01K ) Number of downloads: 170 week_2___Solo_assignment_no.1.gp5 ( 31.56K ) Number of downloads: 155 week_2___Speed_assigment_no.2.gp5 ( 1.86K ) Number of downloads: 169 * Third week: Due January 24th - Post Rhythm exercise no.3. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post solo assignment no.2. This is a really fun excerpt from "Mr. Browstone" solo. Challenging but I think it will really help on your bending technique. - Post speed exercise no.3. The idea here is to break the regular up and down patterns and start combining different runs "arbitrarily". A chromatic exercise. Start on a comfortable tempo and work your way up to the fastest and cleanest possible. week_3___Rhythm_exercise_no.3.gp5 ( 2.13K ) Number of downloads: 178 week_3___Speed_assigment_no.3.gp5 ( 2.64K ) Number of downloads: 180 week_3__Solo_assignment_No.2.gp5 ( 17.47K ) Number of downloads: 145 * Let me know of the REC lesson you want to submit for this month. The REC take would have to be posted on the 29th on january. Let me know iif you have any comments and questions! This post has been edited by Daniel Realpe: Jan 3 2010, 08:21 PM -------------------- Visit my:
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Jan 30 2010, 07:37 PM |
needless to say, that i havent worked on that very much... i havent the time this week to practice much, sad... i love that solo lick! have to work much on them, sounds great! i hope to make the rthym stuff on saturday! thanks for the feedback guys! im glad to get response! yeah, i have to buy some recording stuff! i opened a thread in the gear.forum for that! Hi Mirko, The first Mr. Brownstone lick sounds pretty cool! Very good job. A couple of things, at 0:16 there’s a slight timing issue, very small but let me mention it. And next, get it up to tempo, I’m pretty sure you can do it. To achieve that, don’t change your technique, use the same exact technique you are using at that slower tempo. Just do it faster. The second lick is played very well, although the point of it is to play it as fast as possible, so set a goal for it and keep on building up speed. To me it still sounds too slow at that speed. Again, use the same technique you are using at that tempo. I guess what I want to tell you is that you should go ahead and start taking more risks regarding speed. I think you are playing too safe which is good to start with but I think now you can challenge yourself confidently. Don’t worry about mistakes, it’s impossible not to make them in the first place but you have to go through that before mastering speed. How did you go with the REC take? -------------------- Visit my:
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