Alternate Picking Workout Options

[Gert1973]

Hi Monica,

New lesson... first take...

I have been practising this lesson for 2 weeks now. Today I made the first recording and it hits me immediately when I see myself playing. I believed during practise, I made small movements with my fingers. And when I see myself play... it's the opposite

So that's already something to work on. I did the whole lesson in this first take. And I already know you're going to say I have to break it into pieces

But I just like to do the full lesson, so in one month from now, I can look back and see the progression.

So here it is...



Analysis:
I think there a good difference between muted and not muted.
11: missed a note
26: bad note
1.23: missed the note and vibrato
1.27: screwed this up
1.30: missed this note
2.16: missed this vibrato
2.21: tapping needs more work
2.27: missed a note

1.18-1.35: this part definately needs more work

Question:
1.21: Darius makes the vibrato with 2 fingers
1.28: Darius only uses one finger (see video 5 around 1.15)
1.33: Darius also uses one finger (see video 5 around 1.19)
Where he uses one finger, he does not tough the botton of the fretboard and kind of makes the vibrato with a loose finger. To me it does not look like the correct technique for vibrato, right?

Don't worry if I get feedback AFTER this weekend

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[Gert1973]

Hi Monica,

This morning I wanted to send in a new take on this lesson. I was not 'into my game' this morning. It took me 77 takes before I had this one and I'm not 100% happy with it.

But I think at least, I fixed the timing issues



Analysis:
0-1.08: No notes missed nor any mistakes but I know I already played this part 'smoother'.
1.13: only 2 vibrato's applied instead of 3
The vibrato's in this part: I have better control of them. The strings move more then my guitar But also here, I've played them more smooth the past days then today.
1.37: messed up a few notes here
From here till the end no mistakes spotted.
But... as already mentioned a few times. I have played it more smooth. Maybe because of the 76 previous attempts I was losing focus and accuracy

Have a great day!
Gert

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[Monica Gheorghev...]

Hi Monica,

This morning I wanted to send in a new take on this lesson. I was not 'into my game' this morning. It took me 77 takes before I had this one and I'm not 100% happy with it.

But I think at least, I fixed the timing issues



Analysis:
0-1.08: No notes missed nor any mistakes but I know I already played this part 'smoother'.
1.13: only 2 vibrato's applied instead of 3
The vibrato's in this part: I have better control of them. The strings move more then my guitar But also here, I've played them more smooth the past days then today.
1.37: messed up a few notes here
From here till the end no mistakes spotted.
But... as already mentioned a few times. I have played it more smooth. Maybe because of the 76 previous attempts I was losing focus and accuracy

Have a great day!
Gert

Hi Gert!

Don't worry, we all have good and bad days. It's normal, we are not machines.
Also, judging after the fact that you made 77 takes today, I can say that you have good endurance. This is a great thing.

Your analysis is correct.

I can hear that you improved the timing. There are just tiny slips like at: 0:19, 1:25.

The vibrato looks better. It still needs more work but you are going in a good direction.

Be careful to always play the palm muting on the sweet spot. Also, you have moments where you press too hard with your right hand on the strings and this enhances the staccato effect.

Overall, you did great work. You corrected the previous issues and that's the most important thing. You made some mistakes just because you didn't had a perfect day for recording. Don't worry about it.
For next time, you can raise the tempo with 5 - 10 BPM.

Have a great practice time!

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[Gert1973]

Hi Gert!

Don't worry, we all have good and bad days. It's normal, we are not machines.
Also, judging after the fact that you made 77 takes today, I can say that you have good endurance. This is a great thing.

Your analysis is correct.

I can hear that you improved the timing. There are just tiny slips like at: 0:19, 1:25.

The vibrato looks better. It still needs more work but you are going in a good direction.

Be careful to always play the palm muting on the sweet spot. Also, you have moments where you press too hard with your right hand on the strings and this enhances the staccato effect.

Overall, you did great work. You corrected the previous issues and that's the most important thing. You made some mistakes just because you didn't had a perfect day for recording. Don't worry about it.
For next time, you can raise the tempo with 5 - 10 BPM.

Have a great practice time!

I will go for 10... Still a long way to go to reach the initial speed of 160bpm.

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[Monica Gheorghev...]

I will go for 10... Still a long way to go to reach the initial speed of 160bpm.

Hahaha...I knew you would choose 10.

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