Chris S. Guitar Development Lab Options

[Cosmin Lupu]

Hello Chris! This here is your thread! Since we already discussed and know what you need to be working on, I will only ask you to keep the communication in here, for the sake of having things as centralized as possible!

Thank you and see you around!

Cosmin

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Taking bars out of backing tracks at random times, YOU MONSTER!!!

I love the concept actually, but my problem is that I can keep time pretty well if its consistent note values - like all triplets, all quarter notes, all 8 notes and so on - but to actually solo over a backing track where all the notes are different values plus there is rests, I goof up a lot

So far, I'm reading through part one of the book because it focuses on learning where all the notes are. I've been trying to just memorize where every single note is but the book says a great way to do it is learn all the natural notes on the 5th and 6th string and with that you can use the octaves to find out where those notes are on the rest of the fretboard, and if you need a sharp or flat it's only a semitone away. I've been applying these concepts and it's going by pretty slow but I know it will come with time.

Also:

I've been practicing my butt off with the triad lesson and I thought I would surprise you with another take at 120bpm instead of 80bpm!

I've been playing along to the original video, but the backing track by itself is a little hard for me to follow along with because I'm used to drum beats that are simple like 1 , 2, 3, 4 kind of like a metronome so this is very different for me but overall I feel like I have come a long way since my last take - what do you think?

https://soundcloud.com/stortzmusic/major-tr...120bpm-take-two

I was playing at 80bpm and was getting so bored so I started playing the piece in quarter notes instead of half notes and challenged myself to work through it and I feel like it has helped me improve my changes since the last take.

Stay sharp, my friend!

P.S. I'll be waiting for the PRS Awesome Sauce 3000 - the name of your signature guitar that PRS better make

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[Cosmin Lupu]

Hehehe Well, if you are able to play anything you learn - be it rhythm or lead oriented, against those tracks, you will be a hell of a timing machine Try it from time to time and you'll be amazed by how your abilities will grow

It is important to start with consistent values and then slowly diversify, until you are confident in playing more loose and complex forms, such as a slow ballad phrase for instance. Playing slow is as difficult as playing fast But if you learn how to play slow, you will have a far easier time learning how to play fast. We'll talk about various concepts and ideas, as they pop up in the lessons anyway, so as I said, the more questions you ask, the more you will understand and know

Learning the notes on the neck would be far easier if you reduce your instrument as if it were a one string guitar and learning the notes on that one string musically - for instance - please check out this post in the link below:

https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&p=671081

Use the backing track and on each chord change - the progression in the track is Cmajor, Aminor, Fmajor,Gmajor, play the root of each chord on just the high E string. Then the thirds and then the 5ths The idea here is to say the names of the notes out loud as you play them

Once you are comfy with doing this on the E string, get to the B string and so on. The final result? You will know where the C, A, F, G, E, B and D notes are on the entire neck You will learn it in an organic manner and what's more you will become able to associate a sound, a name and a position, for each note, in respect to where it will be played.

About the take - your chords sound a lot better, but there's a slight delay when you change the position - I mean you are not dead on the beat - maybe slowing things down to 100 BPM and focusing on the exact shits, would be a good step right now, so that you will make the lesson get as close to perfection as possible

What do you think?

Taking bars out of backing tracks at random times, YOU MONSTER!!!

I love the concept actually, but my problem is that I can keep time pretty well if its consistent note values - like all triplets, all quarter notes, all 8 notes and so on - but to actually solo over a backing track where all the notes are different values plus there is rests, I goof up a lot

So far, I'm reading through part one of the book because it focuses on learning where all the notes are. I've been trying to just memorize where every single note is but the book says a great way to do it is learn all the natural notes on the 5th and 6th string and with that you can use the octaves to find out where those notes are on the rest of the fretboard, and if you need a sharp or flat it's only a semitone away. I've been applying these concepts and it's going by pretty slow but I know it will come with time.

Also:

I've been practicing my butt off with the triad lesson and I thought I would surprise you with another take at 120bpm instead of 80bpm!

I've been playing along to the original video, but the backing track by itself is a little hard for me to follow along with because I'm used to drum beats that are simple like 1 , 2, 3, 4 kind of like a metronome so this is very different for me but overall I feel like I have come a long way since my last take - what do you think?

https://soundcloud.com/stortzmusic/major-tr...120bpm-take-two

I was playing at 80bpm and was getting so bored so I started playing the piece in quarter notes instead of half notes and challenged myself to work through it and I feel like it has helped me improve my changes since the last take.

Stay sharp, my friend!

P.S. I'll be waiting for the PRS Awesome Sauce 3000 - the name of your signature guitar that PRS better make

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