Spasemoonkey's Preparation Frenzy Options

[SpaseMoonkey]

Hey Travis! I hear improvement of course and you're nearly there man! You tend to slouch a bit when shifting positions which is normal when you're training with legato at the beginning. Be more precise and in time when shifting the positions, k? One more?

We could also go for some bending and vibrato in the mean time if you'd like so that you won't grow bored

Oh I'll try and give you another recording tomorrow or later today since I will have some free time. But sure go for throwing a new task at me sir! Will help break that monotonous feeling of a single lessons since its all I play when I have my guitar in my hands.

Will the legato help other aspects of playing? Because I'm seeing/hearing in my playing that if its even the slightest bit off it seems sloppy. Where as AP you can be a bit sloppy and it gets hard to spot out. And thanks for all the pushing my timing has been horrible for as long as I can remember. Feels good being on time!

This post has been edited by SpaseMoonkey: Apr 2 2012, 12:50 PM

[SpaseMoonkey]

http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/bens-legato-01-05

Hudokin! So I did a few runs with Ben then did it against my old recording, I see what you mean, its tiny changes on certain sections so I hammered down on them slowly then did a few more runs with Ben, set up the DAW took a few loops and here she is! Also boosted the guitar up so its easier for me to even spot some changes. I hear one towards the end but the jump from to 15 I even got it without the slide sound! I am actually happy with this progress a simple slide less sound and I'm kinda giddy! Wanted to post an update back to playing!

[Cosmin Lupu]

http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/bens-legato-01-05

Hudokin! So I did a few runs with Ben then did it against my old recording, I see what you mean, its tiny changes on certain sections so I hammered down on them slowly then did a few more runs with Ben, set up the DAW took a few loops and here she is! Also boosted the guitar up so its easier for me to even spot some changes. I hear one towards the end but the jump from to 15 I even got it without the slide sound! I am actually happy with this progress a simple slide less sound and I'm kinda giddy! Wanted to post an update back to playing!

Hey Travis it's better and better man! Don't pump the gain up too much as I don't want you to lose focus on playing clean due to the fact that gain might cover some mistakes

Let's try the vibrato lesson k?

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey/

I'm very curious to hear your vibrato in action

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

Hey Travis it's better and better man! Don't pump the gain up too much as I don't want you to lose focus on playing clean due to the fact that gain might cover some mistakes

Let's try the vibrato lesson k?

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey/

I'm very curious to hear your vibrato in action

Cosmin

Ever hear a cat get its tail stepped on? Then you've heard my vibrato!

[Cosmin Lupu]

Ever hear a cat get its tail stepped on? Then you've heard my vibrato!

C'mon man, it can't be that bad

[SpaseMoonkey]

C'mon man, it can't be that bad

Better than I thought!


But I also went out of my way and tried to watch and listen to people play the Skyrim Theme. And took a break from lessons and just jammed a bit. After that I just dabbled in reaper which isn't something I normally do.
http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/game-01

[SpaseMoonkey]

Took a few days break from intense lesson working, but I feel great.

I took a vacation day tomorrow from work since I'm going to have a crazy day, but extremely fun! Hanging out with a friend for the day, can't wait to jam a bit with him. Because I feel more confident playing in front of others which I think is because of you and pushing me to play with a camera/camcorder. Going to the local guitar shop, get some lunch, show him a few tips with Reaper, then head out to the big city for the Buckethead concert!

But before he gets here I hope to do some crunching down with practice to be warmed up, I hope to get a good recording of the legato for REC. And I shall work the vibrato with a video also and see where that stands.

[Cosmin Lupu]

Ahoy there mate! Sounds like a very good plan to me

As you will play more and more against backing tracks and in front of people, with other people and on recordings, you will become confident and precise keep on doing a great job! I'm here to help so let's see the new vids

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

Lets see where this sits, cut down movement and also gain as you said.

[Cosmin Lupu]

Hey Travis! Getting better, but still, there are some timing issues here and there! Give it some more time for the moment and focus on the vibrato one. We will get back to this one once you manage to bring the vibrato one up to level

what say you

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/bens-vibrato

*cringes* So I kinda avoided this.. Lol.. Guess I really need to work majorly on here... I'm going to break them down into sections. But I see a huge problem, on the --10~p8~-- I can't get it to ring at all do I need to add gain or? I'm in the air about that because I'm pulling off quite hard.

This post has been edited by SpaseMoonkey: Apr 10 2012, 09:47 PM

[Cosmin Lupu]

Hey there mate! You're close just a bit more practice and you'll nail it, no need for more gain though, just for more so called 'roundness' on the vibrated notes

No need for being shy, you're n the right track hombre I think one more will do justice and we can move on!

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/bens-vibrato-02

There we go another one finished. Sounds a bit more equal with the vibrato instead of just noise it sounds more uniform to me, but also the timing sounds a bit better also.

[Cosmin Lupu]

hey Travis! We are definitely making progress There are some spots where you rushed and others where you were a bit slow - I would focus on evening things up by listening closely to the rhythm - so focus on working with the backing track a bit more and I think this should nail it!

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

hey Travis! We are definitely making progress There are some spots where you rushed and others where you were a bit slow - I would focus on evening things up by listening closely to the rhythm - so focus on working with the backing track a bit more and I think this should nail it!

Cosmin

I'm super unhappy with this recording due to sound. I think my LP may end up getting racked and another guitar will come out. I can't get sustain from it for the life of me. But I shall post it anyways..

http://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/bens-vibrato-03

I did listen to it a few times thats how I came up with I'm unhappy with it, but on the bright side. I see what you mean about the vibrato not being rounded, I had a friend listen to me play it and he was like hes right. Told me to just play out some riffs get nice and loose and then give it a whirl. That helped but I see what you are talking about the sine wave basically of the vibrato isn't timed right its just whatever not a nice constant motion. I do think I hit that better on this video tho.



Secondly I have a question which will be rather easy for you to answer. I've been fiddling around with my guitar with say TV themes and stuff in movies and I got some this. I believe its also E-Standard Tuning.

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-10--08--06-
-10--08--06-
-08--06--04-
-08--06--04-

I've had it in my head and made it out checked it with a video that I got it from but that third chord isn't right is it by some chance maybe?

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----
-08-
-XX-
-06-
-04-

This post has been edited by SpaseMoonkey: Apr 16 2012, 06:52 PM

[Cosmin Lupu]

Wow maaan! what a cool piece of music the last chord is x468xx or 4468xx never mistake the sound of an added 9th

Keep practicing the vibrato a bit more, but with this one now I don't want you to get bored

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-2/

let us try this one for size

Cosmin

[SpaseMoonkey]

Wow maaan! what a cool piece of music the last chord is x468xx or 4468xx never mistake the sound of an added 9th

Keep practicing the vibrato a bit more, but with this one now I don't want you to get bored

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-2/

let us try this one for size

Cosmin

HA! I figured it out earlier by accident I missed the not and was like.. Wait a second! Lol and you stumbled upon Eric's video. Silly Cosmin

Gah not this type of vibrato... What is actually the best way to accomplish it, arm/wrist or the finger?

[Cosmin Lupu]

wrist mate! That's the secret

[SpaseMoonkey]

I have not been ignoring this task tho it has been a few day post. It was extremely new to me this is after about 3 hours of practice time trying to get use to the circle aspect.

[Cosmin Lupu]

I have not been ignoring this task tho it has been a few day post. It was extremely new to me this is after about 3 hours of practice time trying to get use to the circle aspect.

Hey Travis! This is looking REALLY good man! I mean, it's pretty round and defined, but please take care of the unwanted noise when you are hitting some other strings too

Cosmin