... and here it is, Lesson 67

BEHOLD HE WHO WOULD NOT BE VANQUISHED!!!! Well Fought Soldier!! Let's Debrief!!....

This is NOT an easy Lesson. The goal here is to force your hand to play some very different bits back to back in order to allow your hand to adapt. You adapt quite well! You attack each lick with Pride and Purpose.

MEDALS OF HONOR

*FORM IS ON POINT: I've watched your form get better and better. I'm still amazed you can play all this stuff side saddle!

*TIMING IS ON POINT: I'm starting to think you are hearing a Metronome in your head. This is the key to being able to keep time IMHO. If you can hear the beat/click in your head, even if it's not present, you can play to the "Ghost Click" and keep on beat, nice!

*NOISE FREE: Your Muting Game remains Strong! A nice planted right hand. A very handy technique that you've adopted well.

In short, you are using all of the tips / tricks you've learned so far to be ablet to slash your way through these difficult multi part Missions. Keep going!!! In other words you just....

LEVELED UP!!!! *ALSO YOU JUST TOOK THE TOP SPOT!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!



Sarge

Lesson 68!



This post has been edited by yoncopin: Feb 3 2018, 08:37 PM

You are half way there Soldier!! Take this scale pattern and apply it to E Minor at the 12th fret. same open string then fret three notes approach using our three note per string version of the Minor scale that we always used in vid chat. The tricky bit about this lesson is that there isn't any Tablature for the second part of the lesson. I want to see if you can take a given way of running up the strings and apply it to a real scale.

Let me know if this makes no sense.

Todd

I’m on it! I thought that seemed like an especially short lesson.

It's quite short The big part is the figuring out how to apply that approach to a scale without any sort of guide/tab/vid etc. You are the test case here. Depending on how you do I may end up adding a vid or tab. Nobody has made it this far so we are winging it a bit

Sarge

Ok, now this one is really short

Nailed it!!!!! That's the bit I wanted to see. No tablature, just figuring it out and playing it. NICE!!! Love that silver Ibby too Always a good choice. Let's debrief!!!

MEDALS OF HONOR
*YOU FIGURED IT OUT!!! No Tab Required, SCORE!
*SOLID TECHNIQUE: Double Score!!!
*CASUAL PLAY: Not stressing, not tensing, just playing, Triple Score!!!

In other words you just....

LEVELED UP!!!!






Sarge


This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Feb 8 2018, 02:46 AM

Don't lose your momentum Soldier!!! You are inches from the top spot!!
Sarge

Ask and you shall receive, Lesson 69.

Well Fought Soldier!!! You really have a great roll going! Keep it up! This lesson has more bits than should be humanly possible and the hardest bit is at the end of course Just to make you earn the crap out of it!!! You are in rare territory here. Let's Debrief!...

MEDALS OF HONOR

*Aggressive Style: Attacking the lesson with all guns drawn and all techniques brought to bear.

*Precision on Display: Speed being a byproduct of precision, you got serious precision.

*Even did the Hammering Bit!!: That last bit is meant to be a stumbling block, but you got it!!

In other words you just;....

LEVELED UP!!!!






This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Feb 11 2018, 02:45 AM

This lesson was some serious business. I've been practicing it, but tonight I practiced it for a while, then played other things for a bit and then decided to record it. I wanted to get it all recorded in one sitting so the fatigue is a factor. It turned out to be double-fatigue since I had spent so long on it in my early practice. I think I was most pleased with my 1-3-5 fret stretch and 70B with the legato pulloffs.

WELL FOUGHT SOLDIER!!! This is some killer work. This Mission is all about STAMINA. You should be able to play one of these most of the way up the neck without pain. As you practice these, you will be able to go up and down, then up and down and back up and so on. You can develop some amazing stamina. The secret is to not press to hard on any one note and to not clench to tight with the thumb on the back of the neck. That's what these are intended to teach. The more you play them, the more your hand will realize what the least amount of effort is required in order to play and keep playing. This is the real key to stamina. Pacing yourself and not over committing to any one note or series of notes.

You seem to have a really good handle on this as I don't see you tensing or stressing at all on these. It's great to see! As you increase your stamina, you will be able to play at the very edge of your ability, and do so for as long as you like!
Let's debrief.

MEDALS OF HONOR

*STAMINA!: The name of the game and the entire point of this mission and you KILLED IT!!

*TECHNIQUE: Your technique is on point Soldier!! Keep it up!

*AGGRESSIVE STYLE: You attack each drill with verve. Nice!

Soldier, you have just made it to some very rare air indeed. You've earned it and you are ready for what's next!!

In other words you just...

LEVELED UP!!!*ALSO!! YOU ARE TIED FOR TOP DAWG!!!!!!!



Sarge






This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Feb 15 2018, 08:46 AM

Lesson 71 ready!

That was freaking TOP NOTCH Soldier!! First off, great tone. Not too much gain and I can hear each note and each pick stroke.
Getting your tone to this level takes a significant degree of tweaking. Time well spent. Is that a HELIX? What is your tone coming from? As for your playing KILLER ELITE. This is a FREAKING HARD AS CRAP Mission. No other way to put it. It's based on a series of slightly different arps combined with my fave scale inversion pattern. It's soooo easy to miss one note somewhere along the line and then you gotta start from scratch. This is the spot where the Missions really get sorta stiff. At this point you have been doing missions out the wazoo so you are more than ready for the tricky bits. The good news is that you not only played it, you made it look easy! You are more than ready for what lay ahead Soldier!!! Well freaking done.

Let's Debrief!!

MEDALS OF HONOR

*CLEAN AS A WHISTLE: Not a note out of place, not a finger out of fret range. Nice!

*QUIET AS DEATH: Not a pinch of string noise. This bit covers most of the strings in fast traverse. This requires good muting of nearly every string, while playing them. Not an easy bit for folks with bad muting. Good news, your muting RAWKS.

*ANGRY AS HELL: You attacked the Mission with Verve and Aggression. That's what I like to see!!!!

In short you just killed it and ..

LEVELED UP!!!!

Thanks Todd! Yes, my tone is coming from a Helix. I've been using this tone for about a month now. I tend to use one for a long time and then learn a bit or feel like tinkering and make a new patch from scratch with new techniques. This one is based on an Uberschall and I have a slightly lower gain JCM800 one I use too. The big change this time was exploring and better understanding the palette of impulse responses I have, the Ownhammer Core Tone & Heavy Hitters I.

Thanks for the compliments on my playing. I'm back to being a bit more methodical with the lessons and trying to get the most out of them. I've been practicing this lesson for a while now too and have been drilling that final speed lick a lot. It seems so blazing fast that I don't know if I can ever move that quick.

After watching your progress, I think you can play anything you put your mind too Ones own "speed barrier" is something that takes a while to crack. Stay loose, don't think about individual notes, try not to think at all if possible, at speed, your really just using muscle memory (so called) and reflexes. Try playing the bit with your brain turned entirely off if that makes any sense. To do that you have to memorize the picking and fingering to the point where you can play it with your eyes closed.

Todd

Guitar room is open for business again!

IMPRESSIVE! This is one of the really tough Missions. Here in the 70s you have shown you have what it takes to make it to the highest rankings ever seen. You and FZALFA have blazed a trail. The 70s missions are some of the most challenging in the entire series. This keeps up for quite a few missions so don't let it throw ya! On to the Debrief!..

MEDALS OF HONOR

*PICKING: Putting on a clinic on this one. Clean strikes all the way.

*MUTING: Perfect mute technique on every single one. Zero string noise despite have to traverse every string.

*PACE: Not once did I hear you rush or lag. You are getting an internal clock going. Having that sense of timing is crucial and you have it!

You just killed it. Everyone one of these could be used as the demo for Mission. Played in great form. You are in very hallowed ground and you've earned it. Keep it up. You are inches from the top spot! In other words you just..

LEVELED UP!!!!



Sarge

Hey Todd,
In Lesson 73 Example D, what fingering are you using once you get to the G string? As the frets get higher my pinky starts to get cramped for space and the 3rd finger starts to make more sense but the switch is tripping my brain up. How are you intending it?