Hey buddy Welcome to your thread

Let's see what we can do to improve things improvisation is a long journey - the same as learning how to speak fluently and natural in a foreign language, being expressive and truthful!

Tell me, have you ever done any ear training exercises? And please let me know what lessons from GMC are you working on at the moment

all the best

Cosmin

AWESOME, THANKS!

Ok, beside my warrior tasks in ben's guitar bushido temple, I'm working on ben's vibrato odyssey - lessons.
When I grab my acoustic I'm doing sinisa's acoustic arpeggios.
I didn't have any professional ear training excercises, I just did some silly pitch recognition games I found on the internet..

Well, yes.. it's a long journey - let's start

Good morning there mate!

In order for things to evolve in a healthy order, you should be able to know your neck and be able to talk about notes on the neck not numbers tabs are good in order to make things simple when communicating over the internet, but in a real situation when you're talking to someone with an instrument in hand, speaking in terms of notes will help A LOT!

My recommendation would be to start with this series:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Improvising-Workshop-1/

and in parallel do ear training exercises and we should start with this one:

- find a note on the neck (C for instance, on the 3rd fret, A string)
- play the C note and immediately after it, a D note
- play the C note and then SING the D note and play it again on the guitar, to check if it's accurate

Try this with the other intervals around C (D was it's 2nd) see how accurate you get when singing. Once you can sing a note, it means you internalized it and you can sing it again -> that's the first step to being able to recognize what you are singing and being able to lay down on the guitar, the stuff you are hearing in your head. Pretty lengthy process but it's worth EVERY minute spent!

What do you think about this?

Cosmin

What I think about this?
That's great and I'm starting right now!

Let's rock n roll! I'm here for guidance and I was also curious if you would like to set a goal of let's say 4 lessons/ month for which we would work together so you can get a 10/ piece

Is that doable?

Man, that would be really awesome.. but we should start with easy ones - even for those I need some time. So nailing down 4 lessons a month + guitar bushido temple + time for my new goal to become a more musical ear (I reserve 15mins a day especially for this) will be tough. Just give me a lesson to start with - I'll post my progress on that particular lesson here, until you say it's ok for a REC..

GoGoGo

That sounds perfect! What do you prefer? Lead or rhythm?

We sould start with rhythm.. I'd like to go more into lead when my ear is more trained - hope that makes sense..

Ok it does make sense, as I think a good rhythm player can become a good lead player much easier

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...c-metal-rhythm/

this one - it may seem easy, but that's why I want you to chug your way with it as smooth and tight as possible let's take it from here and see where we are please take a look over it, practice it, till you feel ready, record it and let's discuss on it

Of course, it's important that you also like it so the fun level will be greater

Like it, very basic stuff, let's rock!

Perfect! Looking forward to helping you making it sound perfect

Ok so far for the REC-take.. currently I'm just struggling a bit with the fast power-chord to open-chord changes in the galloping section.. But I'm isolating and fixing the problem going to upload a take for you to check next night!

Awesome mate! Let's see whatcha got!

hey cos, i did a few takes with some parts that are too sloppy - I will record another take this night for you to have a look at it!

Perfect, I'll be in front of the PC in about 5 hours!

OK - that's the best of the last 10^5 worst recordings.
I'm still struggling with several chord changes, muting etc.



Need more practice...

Update on ear-training: I'm able to sing along the c-major scale. I did this: played the major-scale on the 5th string starting on the 3rd fret and tried to sing the note I'm hearing. stopped the note ringing and checked with a mic-tuner, if I'm really singing the correct note
then I started to increase the intervalls starting from C while singing the notes. Then I did the same but I sang the note before I played it.. it turned out quite easy after a few minutes. Then, I started to play all the chords in the C major scale and was able to sing along it - that was quite an amazing experience, never did that before (don't know why - everyone playing an instrument should do that )...

So, I'm making some progress

Not bad man! Actually it's very good! There are slight tightness slips here and there but with a little more practice, I think you can get a straight 10 in the REC section! I think this one can go there as well would you like to expose it there?



hehehe! Very good! It;s wonderful if you can do that! Now a next step would be to focus on a certain type of interval, perfect fifth let's say and do the following:

1) Play C and its 5th -> G
2) Play G and it's 5th -> D
3) Play D and its 5th -> A

see, you're practically ascending from 5th to 5th and so on until your ear gets accustomed to jumping from one tonality to another.

Repeat the same process with every interval type it does WONDERS!

Let me know what else can I help you with - I think we can jump on to another lesson as well, if you'd like!

In my Metal Metrics 4-REC Ivan said, for rhythm I should make my right hand more floating. I thought, I give it another shot and keep an eye on that, this is what I got..



And yes, I'll continue with the intervals, let's see where I'm going from here
Next lesson please

Mate, this take is very very good, aside from some slight timing issue at 0.29, I think it's great!

Let's see now since your gallop needs a bit more care, I thought this could be a good one to tackle, as it also has some single string lines with a little vibrato implemented

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/beginners_metal_riffing/

Would you like to give this a shot?

Definately! So , I'll prepare a take on that one and afterwards my galloping should be more in time, then I'll do another take on marcus' lesson and hopefully have two recordings for the REC

Awesome! Please don't be shy if you have more questions, k? I'm here for ya

hey man! just a short update: got the new lesson up to speed, just two parts need to be played a bit more tight
love the new thread titles

Hehehehe yours was raised at the net and ready to hit as they say in volleyball glad to hear that and looking forward to seeing what you have prepared

ok, that's not my best take - but the best recorded so far.. will try a better one tomorrow!

Hey mad! This is not bad at all! you need to check the guitar as it seems a bit out of tune and tighten up the playing a bit. All in all, if you insist a bit and pay attention to the timing, you'll get this one on the checked list let's see one more take and we shall move on, k? Give me your best shot!

OK, here's my best shot for today



I'll keep working on that, but now I need a new challenge

Clearly a lot smoother than the previous one now, this one will help you work out your note separation skills

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...guitar1-drop-d/

what do you think about it?

Cosmin

Thanks! Do you think I can post it as a REC? I'm not aiming for a 10, but it'll make space for new stuff (or do you think it won't pass?) - I'll keep practicing though.
The new one looks fun, too. Will give it a try and let you know!

It will pass with a good grade post it man, go ahead!

This is a first take with just the first two patterns.. thought I share my progress so far for today.

Very good man! Top observations: you are playing very clean and defined - low register from high register! Awesome! I'd suggest a bit of attention towards the end, on the intonation of the bass notes rather than that, it's going very very good! Looking forward to the next take and I do believe I shall push you a bit with the next lesson, level wise

Congratulations on being so prolific - almost 3 lessons nailed

Here we go..



Your mentoring and Bens Bushido Temple is motivating me kickasswise - next one please

Glad to know! Am I being wrong or it's already 3 '10's in a row?

How about this one?

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/metal-...ms-with-octave/

time to push you a bit

Cosmin

Oh yes - octaves - always like the sound of them.. getting right to it!

hehehe let's rock!

Man, these fast octave shifts are challenging. But got it down @85bpm so far.
I'd like to do one acoustic-lesson per month as an additional assignment - do you think that's OK?
Though we should start there with a simple one, too (I'm still struggling with Sinisas Arpeggios to bring it up to speed and sound good and in time ). What do you think?

Sure thing mate sounds very good, it will lighten up the spirits from all that heavy riffing. This one seems very interesting, not too difficult to play but theory booked what do you think? And those shifts in the beginning seem awesome

Good morning!

Here's a take @full speed, so you can see my progress on the metal rhythm lesson. Far from perfect, but I think I'm getting to it soon



Maybe I can make another Take for the acoustic lesson
(http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Acoustic-Arpeggios/) later. I play that one on a steel-string guitar - would it be OK, even for REC?

Hey Marc! it sounds great man - a little more flow is what I'd like to hear from this take, and I believe you could achieve that by trying to move your head more towards the bridge when palm muting

Sure, a take of the acoustic lesson would be nice as well, post it here first so we can discuss it

all the best

Cosmin

Thanks!
I tried to record my acoustic-take but there seems to be a problem with the audio hardware. I can barely hear the acoustic guitar in the recording, but the input levels are all on max
This is my hardware: behringer C-1 mic into m-audio fast track pro usb.. I'll try to figure out what the problem is, or maybe I post it here in the forums..

Morning!
Here's a take @ 70bpm recorded with my webcam - still got probs with my mic.
At full speed it gets too sloppy, so I still have to practice.



What do you think about this so far?

Mate, you are ok, till 0.53, where it looks feels you are tensing up a bit but that's because you are not relaxed with the tempo YET nothing which a bit more practice won't settle I like it! Let's see some more

Cosmin

Hey Cos! After the v-chat yesterday I thought maybe it makes sense to do a funk-lesson as next assignment - what do you think about that?
BTW at weekend I'll try your timing developing excercise mentioned yesterday - looks promising

heeheee how about this one?

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...6-funk-basics1/

it's perfect if you're a beginner at funkin'

cheerios

Cosmin

Oh yes.. will give it a try for sure!

Alrighty let me know how it goes

Hey maestro! I wasn't able to practice the last couple days, but today I'll come back to it and post a few takes soon!

Let's rock my friend!

OK, here is another take for the octaves-lesson: