Mtp January Thread - Zion |
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Mtp January Thread - Zion |
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Jan 4 2010, 08:01 PM |
Hello Zion! This is our MTP thread for January. It would be great if you can post here some of your objectives for this month and maybe some possible REC takes.
Gabriel.- THIS MONTH'S REC PROGRAM LESSON This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Jan 4 2010, 09:47 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 4 2010, 08:22 PM |
Wow.. to tell you the truth i haven't actually thought about goals for this month..
I dont really feel like i am 'there' yet with my bending, vibrato and speed, so this is a continuous goal of mine.. Other than that I am currently trying to learn the major scale, but I am finding it a bit difficult to put the scale to proper "use", so perhaps this could be an idea.. Also, more rhythm could be cool as well.. But, really, if there is anything in my playing you think need improving, then I am definately open to suggestions.. for a rec video, this could be a possibility --> https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/mixing_the_mixolydian/ It has a lot of bending, and i *really* love the overall sound and phrasing of it.. i must confess though that I have already tried it before, so it might be considered "cheating", although i think with my new and improved bending and vibrato technique will make it better than before.. edit more possible rec takes: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/The_tasty_etude/ this is just plain beautiful.. bends and vibrato lesson This post has been edited by -Zion-: Jan 4 2010, 08:32 PM |
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Jan 4 2010, 09:45 PM |
Assignment 1:
Well Zion. During this week we will divide your time in technique and theory. Regarding your technique I want you to continue practicing our previous assignments (bending, vibrato & alternate picking). This should take half of the time that you have to play every day. The other part of the assignment will be to study this lesson based on major scale (ionian) + major triads. This will help you to learn the major scale in the correct way and knowing exactly which are the most important notes and which are the different tensions. This week you'll learn the scale and play a triad inversion every time that you play a triad/chord note. You must to be extremely concentrated when you practice. I'm not interested in receiving this take at the same tempo than the lesson but you have t understand what you are playing. Pay attention to the notes that you are playing, the intervals, the different triads. ASSIGNMENT 1 PS: I added our REC LESSON for this month in the first post! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 4 2010, 10:10 PM |
sounds good..
There will be a lot of hard work to be done.. |
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Jan 5 2010, 02:36 AM |
sounds good.. There will be a lot of hard work to be done.. yeah! but if you take this patiently you'll love the results! You can start playing only the triads (major triads). Then you can add the other scale notes (2nd, 4th, 6th & 7th). -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 7 2010, 02:38 PM |
Hello Zion! This is a very interesting way to study this. It's very important to know the notes that you are playing and also its relationship to the root. So it would be very good if you also know which interval it is. This will allow transpose the scale and continue knowing this relationship.
If your know this relationship then it will be easier to form chords and also to learn the modes or other scales that contains major triads. Gabriel.- -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 8 2010, 03:30 PM |
ah... okay.. so i guess i should really be working on intervals and count instead.. like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,1.. .. .. etc. and at every triad say what interval that are currently playing.. for example the first triad being 5,1,3 and second triad being 1,3,5? so if i understand you correctly this will make it much simpler to create more advanced chords later on, like saying.. "okay, if i want to do a minor chord i just lower the 3rd", and since i know the intervals it will be easier and faster to do (which makes perfect sense really) do you by chance have any "written" exercises that could help do this as well? Exactly! That's what I mean and that's the objetive! I'll search if I have written exercises. However it's very helpful to develope this by your own concentrated in your guitar fretboard. You can maybe check Ramiro's Fretboard recognizing lesson for some extra info! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 13 2010, 08:14 PM |
hey mate..
Just wanted to hear whats up? haven't heard from you a while.. Cheers, David |
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Jan 13 2010, 10:16 PM |
Hello Zion! I'm here! You did a very good job this week. There is nothing to remark in this take. You just have to continue working on the following positions. So here we go with the second assignment for this month.
Assignment 2: As I want you to continue working on the major scale harmonized in triads we will go for an easy rocker lesson for this week to train your rhythmic abilities and also to incorporate to your playing the combination of lead + rhythm guitar in the same song. The lesson is Cirse's most Slash Style song called "Mentiras" so I think that you'll really enjoy it. It has a cool main riff very influenced by Paradise City but also by other modern rock bands like Jane's addiction. This is the link to the lesson: LINK I hope that you enjoy it! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 14 2010, 05:09 AM |
I'm glad that you like it! Here you have the backing...
Backing_track_109.mp3 ( 1.07MB ) Number of downloads: 156 -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 16 2010, 09:27 PM |
wow.. this is really difficult.. I cant seem to get the rhythm right.. and i can already foresee that the fast "licks" will take me down as well.. I'll continue to practice really hard though.. yeah! keep on the hard work! -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 19 2010, 04:20 AM |
hey Gabriel I have been working really hard on this assignment, and i can now almost certainly tell you that i wont be able to make the video at "normal" speed.. I do feel like my speed have improved a little bit over the past week, but I cannot do it fast enough to do a proper video.. I already fail at the intro lick.. i am not sure i want to do a video, where i fail within the first 10 seconds.. -David Hello David! It's very interesting to have this situation. Which are the parts that are giving more trouble? Is the riffing or the solo? There is no problem is you post your entry played over metronome at a slower tempo but I need to have more details about this. -------------------- My lessons
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