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Posted by: Alex Feather Mar 23 2012, 07:23 PM

Hello Superize!!! I am happy that you have decided to join!
If you don't mind to answer a few questions before we will start?
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
It will give me a better idea about you and your goals!

Posted by: superize Mar 23 2012, 07:52 PM

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Mar 23 2012, 07:23 PM) *
Hello Supersize!!! I am happy that you have decided to join!
If you don't mind to answer a few questions before we will start?
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
It will give me a better idea about you and your goals!


Hey man first of all i have to tell you that you misspelled my name, its superize not supersize(no worries you are not alone to have done that)

Ok my gaols are.

To write music for my band both instrument and lyrics
Be a good technical player and not be limited by it
Learn to play different kinds of music and not just metal
Get a better understanding about music theory

My weaknesses are.

Vibrato
My overall solo technique
My writing ability


My strengths are

Good sense of rhythm
A descent ear(Could be better)
Pretty good alternate picking
My metal rhythm technique

My favorite guitar players

Peter Stenlund-Laudamus
Rikard Sunden and Oskar Montelius-Sabaton
Luca Turili- Rahpsody Of Fire
Ritchie Blackmore-Deep Purple/Rainbow
Mathew Heafy and Corey Beaulieu-Trivium

This should be it

Looking forward to working with you






Posted by: Alex Feather Mar 23 2012, 10:31 PM

Lol sorry man! I got confused! I will fix it! smile.gif
I have created a backing track for you!
Here it is!
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/superize-mentoring

A minor
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

E minor
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

So to start I would like you to come up with a melody only for this track!
I want you to get out of your comfort zone and try new things!
The trick is to make it as simple as possible and be able to sing it!
Here are some tips!
Sing the melody first and try to transfer it to the freatboard
Be simple, do melody instead of technique!


I will limit you with with E minor pentatonic only
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

After you record something we will analyze your idea and I will show you tricks how to develop it and make it complicated but not overplay!
Also tomorrow I will post a new vibrato exercise for you it shouldn't be hard and will help you develop your touch and timing!
Looking forward to hear what you will come up with! Let me know if you have any questions!

Posted by: superize Mar 24 2012, 02:17 PM

Here is something i put togheter

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/assignment-1

Posted by: Alex Feather Mar 26 2012, 06:56 PM

You did a very good job!
I like you ideas!
The first part of the melody sounds very melodic I think second part can be developed a little bit more
What you can do is try Question and Answer technique!
You play a few notes in a lower register and than answering in a high!
Let's add another pentatonic
it will be
A minor blues
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

What I want you to do is to combine two pentatonics together
Here is an example
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

This exercise will help you create your own licks
The cool thing about combining pentatonics is that it changes the way you think and bring you into vertical thinking using different shapes!
You can try it out!
Let me know if you need any help!

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 1 2012, 11:25 AM

Hi! I just wanted to follow up and check on your progress!
So you have any questions or need help with something please let me know!

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 5 2012, 09:21 AM

QUOTE (superize @ Mar 24 2012, 01:17 PM) *
Here is something i put togheter

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/assignment-1

Hi! How is pentatonic combining coming along?

Posted by: superize Apr 5 2012, 07:49 PM

Sorry i haven't been active lately but i have been working on a lot of other stuff with my band. Now i got a four day weekend so i will work something out

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 6 2012, 07:35 AM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 5 2012, 06:49 PM) *
Sorry i haven't been active lately but i have been working on a lot of other stuff with my band. Now i got a four day weekend so i will work something out

Cool! I want to hear your band! And if you want I can help you with composing and arrangements! Just let me know!

Posted by: superize Apr 6 2012, 07:51 AM

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Apr 6 2012, 08:35 AM) *
Cool! I want to hear your band! And if you want I can help you with composing and arrangements! Just let me know!


Here is one of our own songs played at our first live concert



Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 6 2012, 08:36 AM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 6 2012, 06:51 AM) *
Here is one of our own songs played at our first live concert


Sounds pretty good!!! Which one is you? cause I can see two guitar players?

Posted by: superize Apr 6 2012, 02:04 PM

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Apr 6 2012, 09:36 AM) *
Sounds pretty good!!! Which one is you? cause I can see two guitar players?


The one to the left in red and white

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 6 2012, 05:42 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 6 2012, 01:04 PM) *
The one to the left in red and white

Cool! You guys are doing a very good job!
Do you need any help with solos or rhythms in your songs?

Posted by: superize Apr 6 2012, 05:50 PM

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Apr 6 2012, 06:42 PM) *
Cool! You guys are doing a very good job!
Do you need any help with solos or rhythms in your songs?


I could use some help with solos for two songs. I cant figure something out that is both shreddy and melodic.

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/co2-solo

Here is a solo that i have written for another song that i am pretty satisfied with.
(The drums in it are only meant to be used as a metronome)

Posted by: superize Apr 6 2012, 06:20 PM



Ok here it is

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 6 2012, 10:21 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 6 2012, 04:50 PM) *
I could use some help with solos for two songs. I cant figure something out that is both shreddy and melodic.

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/co2-solo

Here is a solo that i have written for another song that i am pretty satisfied with.
(The drums in it are only meant to be used as a metronome)

I like solo you did! I have noticed a couple of things
1) Your bends are not very accurate and sometimes it's a little off
2) When you are playing fast part I believe you are using part of the scale some notes in the first part out of key
I can help you with solos! Can you upload the track you need to play solo in? Or at least a chord progression

Posted by: superize Apr 7 2012, 08:45 AM

Here is the guitar backing track for the solo

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/co2-solo-backing

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 9 2012, 03:50 AM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 7 2012, 07:45 AM) *
Here is the guitar backing track for the solo

http://soundcloud.com/isac-lundqvist/co2-solo-backing

Sounds good! So let's do that! I need a chord progression for the solo part so I can prepare some licks so you can start practicing!
I will do some sweep and shred smile.gif You will have a lot of fun learning them and also will be able to create your own solo using ideas I will give you!

Posted by: superize Apr 9 2012, 08:06 AM

Not quite sure how to say the chord progression.

I think its something like this

First part: Am Em Am F x2

Second Part: Dm Am F G x2




Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 9 2012, 04:50 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 9 2012, 07:06 AM) *
Not quite sure how to say the chord progression.

I think its something like this

First part: Am Em Am F x2

Second Part: Dm Am F G x2

This is good! I will put together a few ideas for you today!

Posted by: superize Apr 9 2012, 08:36 PM

That would be awesome i really need help writing solos

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 11 2012, 07:31 AM

Hi! I came up with a few ideas
First let's analyze this chord progression

First part: Am Em Am F
Second Part: Dm Am F G

The whole song is in a key of A minor
There are three different pentatonics that can be played over those chords:

A minor blues
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

D minor Blues

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator

E minor blues

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator



So what I want you to do is to create licks combing those three pentatonics in the positions I gave you!
Try to use parts from each and create short phrases!
Please let me know if you have any questions!



Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 11 2012, 08:18 AM

Here is one licks that I came up with it has all three pentatonics

E |-----------------------------------------------5----|
B |--------------------------------------9--8--6-------|
G |--7--5--------8--5--------9--5----------------------|
D |--------7--5--------7--5--------7--5----------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|


-----------5--8--6--5--------------------5--8--5L---|--5----|----|----||
--------6--------------3--------------5-------------|-------|----|----||
--5--7-----------------------2--3--4----------------|-------|----|----||
--------------------------2-------------------------|-------|----|----||
----------------------------------------------------|-------|----|----||
----------------------------------------------------|-------|----|----||


 licks3.gpx ( 15.23K ) : 107


 licks3.gpx ( 15.23K ) : 108
 

Posted by: superize Apr 14 2012, 11:09 PM

I will check out and see what i can come up with.

In the meantime i have done the latest melody task. check it out

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 14 2012, 11:55 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 14 2012, 10:09 PM) *
I will check out and see what i can come up with.

In the meantime i have done the latest melody task. check it out

It's very important that you will start creating solos yourself! I will guide you through and will help you develop new ideas!!!!
How can I check latest melody task?

Posted by: superize Apr 15 2012, 06:37 AM

i posted it before but here it is again


Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 17 2012, 04:49 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 15 2012, 05:37 AM) *
i posted it before but here it is again


You did a great job with this take! I like how melodic you are! Very nice!!!! Your one was great! I am very impressed!

Posted by: superize Apr 21 2012, 01:37 PM

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Apr 17 2012, 05:49 PM) *
You did a great job with this take! I like how melodic you are! Very nice!!!! Your one was great! I am very impressed!


Thank you. So whats next?

Posted by: Alex Feather Apr 21 2012, 09:45 PM

QUOTE (superize @ Apr 21 2012, 12:37 PM) *
Thank you. So whats next?

How is pentatonic combinations coming together?
I made assignment based on the solo you needed to create let me know how it goes and if you need any help or have any questions! Also the licks I made will fit your song as well! I did it to give you an idea!

Posted by: Alex Feather May 2 2012, 06:14 AM

Hi I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing! Do you have any questions or need help?
Please let me know!

Posted by: greatwhitepine May 8 2012, 11:15 AM

Definitely not wanting to hijack this discussion but would you be able to explain to me or point me in the right direction to understand which scales can be played over which chords/chord progressions?

I have some basic knowledge... I (think I) understand the relative major/relative minor stuff. Before I really started to try to understand lead playing I probably would have just played Am pentatonic over the entire progression. Now that I know a little more, I would have guessed D dorian, E phrygian and A aeolian over the respective chords. Is that wrong because this is a minor song? Each of those modes has all the notes in their respective blues scales minus the blue note.

Also, you seem to be stating that it is also ok to play only a Dm blues scale over an Am chord (in an Am song)... or do they have to be mixed? Haven't tried it yet just trying to work out the theory.

I'm confused!

QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Apr 11 2012, 06:31 AM) *
Hi! I came up with a few ideas
First let's analyze this chord progression

First part: Am Em Am F
Second Part: Dm Am F G

The whole song is in a key of A minor
There are three different pentatonics that can be played over those chords:


Posted by: greatwhitepine May 8 2012, 02:19 PM

QUOTE (greatwhitepine @ May 8 2012, 10:15 AM) *
Definitely not wanting to hijack this discussion but would you be able to explain to me or point me in the right direction to understand which scales can be played over which chords/chord progressions?

I have some basic knowledge... I (think I) understand the relative major/relative minor stuff. Before I really started to try to understand lead playing I probably would have just played Am pentatonic over the entire progression. Now that I know a little more, I would have guessed D dorian, E phrygian and A aeolian over the respective chords. Is that wrong because this is a minor song? Each of those modes has all the notes in their respective blues scales minus the blue note.

Also, you seem to be stating that it is also ok to play only a Dm blues scale over an Am chord (in an Am song)... or do they have to be mixed? Haven't tried it yet just trying to work out the theory.

I'm confused!


Oops! just figured out how this works! :-) please move this to another thread... my immediate goals are to become a better lead guitar player and to be more accurate with my sloppy hands. I'm learning scales/modes right now... currently I'm practicing pentatonic major/minor and major modes. That's about all I know about scales... I know how to build major and minor chords and a few others (just need to know the pattern).

Posted by: Alex Feather May 8 2012, 07:51 PM

QUOTE (greatwhitepine @ May 8 2012, 01:19 PM) *
Oops! just figured out how this works! :-) please move this to another thread... my immediate goals are to become a better lead guitar player and to be more accurate with my sloppy hands. I'm learning scales/modes right now... currently I'm practicing pentatonic major/minor and major modes. That's about all I know about scales... I know how to build major and minor chords and a few others (just need to know the pattern).

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