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 Jul 4 2012, 04:40 PM
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Hello and welcome aboard! I am happy you have decided to join my program! And very excited to start working with you!
I have a pretty cool exercise! It will help you to master the neck plus work on your modes plus will bring your alternative picking to the next level!  Here it is! E ||----------------------------------------------3----| Guitar Pro I would like you to start by getting use to those shapes and when you will be learning them try to call out notes it will help you to master the neck better! And here is a cool part of this exercise! I played a track and would like you to play along with me! This exercise will help you with picking technique! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/modes-workout Let me know if you have any questions or need help!
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Jul 4 2012, 05:17 PM
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 GMC:er  Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
Mixo pattern decending has a typo in the tab or was that a test lol.
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Jul 5 2012, 12:59 AM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
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Jul 9 2012, 06:25 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 4 2012, 11:59 PM)  You did a great job!!! I would like you to add this exercises into your warm up routine! Do it daily and you will see results very fast! I would like to start getting into improvisation a little bit more! What would you say? Are you ready or need more time with the first exercise? Let me know ! -------------------- |
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Jul 9 2012, 07:58 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
Absolutely !
Im also working on DJENT Collab maybe you could review and help me out there also before I submit ? |
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Jul 9 2012, 11:54 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 9 2012, 06:58 PM) Absolutely ! Im also working on DJENT Collab maybe you could review and help me out there also before I submit ? Can you send me the link? -------------------- |
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Jul 10 2012, 05:13 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
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Jul 10 2012, 06:32 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 10 2012, 04:13 PM) I think you did a fantastic job! Very well played! I would suggest to keep it less busy in the beginning and build it up gradually but it sounded pretty good the way you did it! -------------------- |
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Jul 10 2012, 07:36 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jul 10 2012, 05:32 PM) I think you did a fantastic job! Very well played! I would suggest to keep it less busy in the beginning and build it up gradually but it sounded pretty good the way you did it! Thanks now lets get to the improv
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Jul 11 2012, 01:26 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 10 2012, 06:36 PM) Thanks now lets get to the improv Sounds good! I will post the track and first assignment in a few hours! -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2012, 06:30 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 10 2012, 06:36 PM) Thanks now lets get to the improv Awesome! Let's start!!! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 I would like you to start getting use to this track and jam over it! To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions:    You can use any notes from those positions !Try to combine them together and turn them into short licks! I would like to hear what you can come up with before I will give you examples! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2012, 11:37 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
here ya go maybe a little slow blues
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jul 14 2012, 05:30 PM) Awesome! Let's start!!! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 I would like you to start getting use to this track and jam over it! To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions: You can use any notes from those positions !Try to combine them together and turn them into short licks! I would like to hear what you can come up with before I will give you examples! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! |
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Jul 15 2012, 07:32 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
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Jul 18 2012, 04:19 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 15 2012, 06:32 PM) Wow!!! Very nice take!! I like your phrases and the sound! Very nice job! So I think I would like to switch the track! This one has chord changes! C6, Am9, Dm9, G11, C, Am7, Bm7, D7, G6, G6, F#m7, B9, E, G7#5. http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/jazzy Let's work on this chord progression If we will analyze the first three chords we will get this: C6 - C - E - G - A Ami9 - A - C - E - G - B Dmi9 - D - F - A - C - E You can play C major scale over it or A minor, D minor, E minor pentatonics I would like you to analyze the rest of the chords we are going diatonic only so no melodic or harmonic minor yet! But we will be using this track for those as well! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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Jul 18 2012, 06:22 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
(C Major Am Dm Em Pentatonics) C6, C E G D Am9, A C E B Dm9, D F A E G11, G D F A C C, C E G (G Major scale Am Bm Em Pentatonics) Am7, A C E G Bm7, B D F# A D7, D F# A C G6, G B D E G6, G B D E (E Major scale F#m C#m G#m pentatonics) F#m7, F# A C# E B9, B D# F# A C# E, E G# B G7#5 G B D# F (help!) maybe G Blues Not very good with altered dominant if I saw it on this chart and had to play i would probably stick to the chord tones and anticipate the I chord or maybe G Wholetone scale that I have never used if I had time to react. |
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Jul 18 2012, 08:46 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
or would you just treat it as V chord in C Major ?
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Jul 21 2012, 06:38 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 18 2012, 05:22 PM) (C Major Am Dm Em Pentatonics) C6, C E G D Am9, A C E B Dm9, D F A E G11, G D F A C C, C E G (G Major scale Am Bm Em Pentatonics) Am7, A C E G Bm7, B D F# A D7, D F# A C G6, G B D E G6, G B D E (E Major scale F#m C#m G#m pentatonics) F#m7, F# A C# E B9, B D# F# A C# E, E G# B G7#5 G B D# F (help!) maybe G Blues Not very good with altered dominant if I saw it on this chart and had to play i would probably stick to the chord tones and anticipate the I chord or maybe G Wholetone scale that I have never used if I had time to react. Wow you are absolutely correct! I like the whole tone scale idea over G7#5! You can also do E harmonic minor it will work great! I would like you to do a take and record a solo over this track! I would like to hear what you will come up with before I will give you any ideas!
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Jul 21 2012, 12:47 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 19-June 11 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 13.149 |
ok I will see what I can come up with note: not sure why I did it but just noticed I changed your C6 chord to Cadd9 when I spelled it out lol oops
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Jul 21 2012, 05:54 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 21 2012, 11:47 AM) ok I will see what I can come up with note: not sure why I did it but just noticed I changed your C6 chord to Cadd9 when I spelled it out lol oops You can play 9 there as well as 6 C6 will be C-E-G-A C9 will be C-E-G-D -------------------- |
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Jul 23 2012, 06:34 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.332 Joined: 21-November 11 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 14.398 |
QUOTE (Davenport @ Jul 21 2012, 11:47 AM) ok I will see what I can come up with note: not sure why I did it but just noticed I changed your C6 chord to Cadd9 when I spelled it out lol oops Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing? Let me know if you have any questions or need help! -------------------- |
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