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Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 6 2012, 06:50 PM
Hello! I am very happy you have decided to join my mentoring program!
I have a few questions before we will start!
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
Looking forward to start working with you! 
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 6 2012, 10:58 PM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 6 2012, 05:50 PM) 
Hello! I am very happy you have decided to join my mentoring program!
I have a few questions before we will start!
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
Looking forward to start working with you!
I have a few questions before we will start!
-What are your goals?
-What is your weakness?
-What is your strongest point?
-Your favorite guitar players?
Looking forward to start working with you!
Goals: I love recording and producing music i would love to be able to make creative unique music.
Weakness's: when i try to make music i can make a good riff then the next one (verse bridge, whatever) will be too much the same. i cant seem to make two new tunes which are the same but different. left hand is slow and i have trouble remembering new patterns. I find the guitar a little awkward to hold, sometimes i prefer classical position sometimes standard.
Strengths: picking speed and control on low e string is great, multiple strings is ok
John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Willie Adler, Tom Hess
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 8 2012, 08:59 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 6 2012, 09:58 PM)
Goals: I love recording and producing music i would love to be able to make creative unique music.
Weakness's: when i try to make music i can make a good riff then the next one (verse bridge, whatever) will be too much the same. i cant seem to make two new tunes which are the same but different. left hand is slow and i have trouble remembering new patterns. I find the guitar a little awkward to hold, sometimes i prefer classical position sometimes standard.
Strengths: picking speed and control on low e string is great, multiple strings is ok
John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Willie Adler, Tom Hess
Weakness's: when i try to make music i can make a good riff then the next one (verse bridge, whatever) will be too much the same. i cant seem to make two new tunes which are the same but different. left hand is slow and i have trouble remembering new patterns. I find the guitar a little awkward to hold, sometimes i prefer classical position sometimes standard.
Strengths: picking speed and control on low e string is great, multiple strings is ok
John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Willie Adler, Tom Hess
Awesome I am very happy to have you on board!!!
I would like you to post a recording of your riff and I will help you to arrange it and will show you tricks about producing a track!
I a meantime I would like to give you some hands workout exercises those will develop your hands synchronization very fast and you will have a full control over your hands!
The trick is to practice it at a very slow tempo and get full control over your hands!!!
It is very important to master mechanical exercises you will get great results and will see progress very very fast!
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Please let me know if you have any questions!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 9 2012, 09:51 AM
ok i can do the first 3 parts cleanly at 120bpm but the last part i can only do about 60 for now. will keep practicing, what do you think is a reasonable tempo
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 9 2012, 05:39 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 9 2012, 08:51 AM)
ok i can do the first 3 parts cleanly at 120bpm but the last part i can only do about 60 for now. will keep practicing, what do you think is a reasonable tempo
The trick is slower you do it better results you will get! I would like you to post a take at 80 BPM the whole lesson without stopping!
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 19 2012, 02:56 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 9 2012, 08:51 AM)
ok i can do the first 3 parts cleanly at 120bpm but the last part i can only do about 60 for now. will keep practicing, what do you think is a reasonable tempo
Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing? Do you have any questions or need help with anything?
Let me know!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 20 2012, 10:41 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 19 2012, 01:56 AM)
Hi! I just wanted to follow up and see how are you doing? Do you have any questions or need help with anything?
Let me know!
Let me know!
just bought a block of land so between work and getting it tidied up guitar has been a bit quiet. i have still been practising unplugged with a metrenome but i dont have the time to record anything at the moment.
any other little patterns i can learn till i can record. i can play the lot at 80bpm put the last part in triplets is tricky.
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 20 2012, 12:45 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 20 2012, 09:41 AM)
just bought a block of land so between work and getting it tidied up guitar has been a bit quiet. i have still been practising unplugged with a metrenome but i dont have the time to record anything at the moment.
any other little patterns i can learn till i can record. i can play the lot at 80bpm put the last part in triplets is tricky.
any other little patterns i can learn till i can record. i can play the lot at 80bpm put the last part in triplets is tricky.
If you would like I can post a new exercise for you so you will have something else to work on! Let me know!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 20 2012, 09:43 PM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 20 2012, 11:45 AM)
If you would like I can post a new exercise for you so you will have something else to work on! Let me know!
Yeah that would be good I will record the other exercise soon.
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 22 2012, 12:55 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 20 2012, 08:43 PM)
Yeah that would be good I will record the other exercise soon.
I have a perfect exercise for you! It will help you to master modes plus will bring your alternative picking to the next level!
Modes being used:
F# Locrian - G major - A dorian - B phrygian - C Lydian - D mixolydian - E minor
Here it is!
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Scales_workout.gp5 ( 8.99K )
: 124I would like you to start by getting use to those shapes and when you will be learning them try to call out notes it will help you to master the neck better!
And here is a cool part of this exercise!
I played a track and would like you to play along with me! This exercise will help you with picking technique!
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/modes-workout
Let me know if you have any questions or need help!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 22 2012, 09:41 AM
hi i recorded the first lesson i know the start is late i found that when i listened again but i didnt want to record it again.
this next leson is huge! dont know how i will ever remember it
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/alex-lesson-1
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 23 2012, 09:26 AM
cant wait to hear back from you about my recording any tips to remember all of that second task?
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 24 2012, 05:07 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 22 2012, 08:41 AM)
hi i recorded the first lesson i know the start is late i found that when i listened again but i didnt want to record it again.
this next leson is huge! dont know how i will ever remember it
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/alex-lesson-1
this next leson is huge! dont know how i will ever remember it
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/alex-lesson-1
You did a very good job! all notes are correct and it sounds almost perfect!
You are rushing a little bit so try to lay back a little bit more!
I would like you to continue practicing this exercises and add them to your warm up routine!
Are you ready for a new assignment or need a little bit more time with this exercise?
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 24 2012, 08:54 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 24 2012, 04:07 AM)
You did a very good job! all notes are correct and it sounds almost perfect!
You are rushing a little bit so try to lay back a little bit more!
I would like you to continue practicing this exercises and add them to your warm up routine!
Are you ready for a new assignment or need a little bit more time with this exercise?
You are rushing a little bit so try to lay back a little bit more!
I would like you to continue practicing this exercises and add them to your warm up routine!
Are you ready for a new assignment or need a little bit more time with this exercise?
I think I'm ready for a new exercise I have been playing the mode exercise and it's ok but I'd like to try something new. The saying the notes as I play is good I have also been playing pentatonics starting on the same root note on all the strings.
Can't wait to see the next challenge
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 25 2012, 12:30 AM
i had a quick look at posterboys thread and i like the theory stuff you guys are doing, working out chords and scales and making them match would be great to learn. i normally just match a scale to the key but changing based on the chord would be cool.
also i dont really know how to work out all them weird chords like A major 7th diminished 9th sus 4 etc.
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 26 2012, 05:41 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 24 2012, 11:30 PM)
i had a quick look at posterboys thread and i like the theory stuff you guys are doing, working out chords and scales and making them match would be great to learn. i normally just match a scale to the key but changing based on the chord would be cool.
also i dont really know how to work out all them weird chords like A major 7th diminished 9th sus 4 etc.
also i dont really know how to work out all them weird chords like A major 7th diminished 9th sus 4 etc.
No problem! It is sounds fun to start working on chords and scales!!!
Poster boy offered his own chord progression and that's what we are working on
Would you like to come up with one or I can assign one for you!
Let me know!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 26 2012, 10:59 AM
I'd like to know whats involved in making a chord progression that works. I can pick chords that sound good by ear but how can I do it on paper and how do I know how to make them more variant than just maj or min?
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 27 2012, 08:48 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 26 2012, 09:59 AM)
I'd like to know whats involved in making a chord progression that works. I can pick chords that sound good by ear but how can I do it on paper and how do I know how to make them more variant than just maj or min?
Can you please explain in more details please? So I know exactly where to start!
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 27 2012, 09:42 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 27 2012, 07:48 AM)
Can you please explain in more details please? So I know exactly where to start!
just a random example if i play bar chords Dmin AMaj Gmin FMaj the G minor sounds out of place and horrible but if i play GMaj it sounds fine.
also i have a chord chart and it says key of A
1st=A 2nd=Bm 3rd=C#m 4th=D 5th=E 6th=F#m 7th=G#dim
i get that the notes are in the AMaj scale but what makes the chords Maj Minor or diminished and why. also how do i know when another variation of chord is also applicable.
Basically i would like to know how to work out what notes make chords how, why and when they can be changed to make other exotic chords
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 29 2012, 05:34 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 27 2012, 08:42 AM)
just a random example if i play bar chords Dmin AMaj Gmin FMaj the G minor sounds out of place and horrible but if i play GMaj it sounds fine.
also i have a chord chart and it says key of A
1st=A 2nd=Bm 3rd=C#m 4th=D 5th=E 6th=F#m 7th=G#dim
i get that the notes are in the AMaj scale but what makes the chords Maj Minor or diminished and why. also how do i know when another variation of chord is also applicable.
Basically i would like to know how to work out what notes make chords how, why and when they can be changed to make other exotic chords
also i have a chord chart and it says key of A
1st=A 2nd=Bm 3rd=C#m 4th=D 5th=E 6th=F#m 7th=G#dim
i get that the notes are in the AMaj scale but what makes the chords Maj Minor or diminished and why. also how do i know when another variation of chord is also applicable.
Basically i would like to know how to work out what notes make chords how, why and when they can be changed to make other exotic chords
Well the thing is that you are not in A major the key is D melodic minor that's why G minor sounds bad because of Bb in it!
I hope that makes sense!:)
I think it's better to stay in the same key we will get into melodic minor minor in little bit!
Do you want me to create a backing track so we can start working on a diatonic progression?
Posted by: wish to shred Aug 30 2012, 09:16 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Aug 29 2012, 04:34 PM)
Well the thing is that you are not in A major the key is D melodic minor that's why G minor sounds bad because of Bb in it!
I hope that makes sense!:)
I think it's better to stay in the same key we will get into melodic minor minor in little bit!
Do you want me to create a backing track so we can start working on a diatonic progression?
I hope that makes sense!:)
I think it's better to stay in the same key we will get into melodic minor minor in little bit!
Do you want me to create a backing track so we can start working on a diatonic progression?
yeah i know it wasnt in a minor i thought it was in d but how to you know its melodic minor?
i think its a good idea to start simple i get the numbering of chords based on keys i would like to know how they are made using notes and how they are changed to minor. which note do i make flat or do i make a minor chord out of the notes in the minor scale of the same key.
also would like to know the theory behind building diminished chords and all the other variations
id be happy to start using your backing track and work fromt there sorry for the thousand questions
Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 31 2012, 03:44 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Aug 30 2012, 08:16 AM)
yeah i know it wasnt in a minor i thought it was in d but how to you know its melodic minor?
i think its a good idea to start simple i get the numbering of chords based on keys i would like to know how they are made using notes and how they are changed to minor. which note do i make flat or do i make a minor chord out of the notes in the minor scale of the same key.
also would like to know the theory behind building diminished chords and all the other variations
id be happy to start using your backing track and work fromt there sorry for the thousand questions
i think its a good idea to start simple i get the numbering of chords based on keys i would like to know how they are made using notes and how they are changed to minor. which note do i make flat or do i make a minor chord out of the notes in the minor scale of the same key.
also would like to know the theory behind building diminished chords and all the other variations
id be happy to start using your backing track and work fromt there sorry for the thousand questions
We will keep getting into the theory more and more!
You have to learn how to harmonize scales that is how you know which chord is minor and which one is major! Let's start simple!
I have created a new backing track!
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/chord-progression
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator
Try to be as melodic as possible and let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!
Posted by: wish to shred Sep 5 2012, 10:12 AM
hi alex
sorry i took a while i have been flat out with work and moving. I had a few hours spare this afternoon so i had ago tell me if this is the sort of thing your after or if i need to spice it up a little.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog
By the way i had a little jam to the track before i read the message and found myself automatically playing in the dmin pent scale in the first position you showed without even thinking!
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 6 2012, 08:23 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 5 2012, 09:12 AM)
hi alex
sorry i took a while i have been flat out with work and moving. I had a few hours spare this afternoon so i had ago tell me if this is the sort of thing your after or if i need to spice it up a little.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog
By the way i had a little jam to the track before i read the message and found myself automatically playing in the dmin pent scale in the first position you showed without even thinking!
sorry i took a while i have been flat out with work and moving. I had a few hours spare this afternoon so i had ago tell me if this is the sort of thing your after or if i need to spice it up a little.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog
By the way i had a little jam to the track before i read the message and found myself automatically playing in the dmin pent scale in the first position you showed without even thinking!
You did a very good job!!! I like your melody and the whole idea is great!
Your tone can be improved though
Try maybe adding some delay and compressor to it! I am not sure if you like overdrive but you can try it out as well, just don't put too much cause it will ruin your touch!
Let me know what do you think!
Posted by: wish to shred Sep 10 2012, 10:35 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Sep 6 2012, 07:23 PM)
You did a very good job!!! I like your melody and the whole idea is great!
Your tone can be improved though
Try maybe adding some delay and compressor to it! I am not sure if you like overdrive but you can try it out as well, just don't put too much cause it will ruin your touch!
Let me know what do you think!
Your tone can be improved though
Try maybe adding some delay and compressor to it! I am not sure if you like overdrive but you can try it out as well, just don't put too much cause it will ruin your touch!
Let me know what do you think!
i prefer to play with overdrive a LOT i like how responsive the strings become if that makes sense. i know that clean sound was terrible i am still trying to dial in a nice clean sound. i re recorded with some distortion. probably a little more than suits the track but this is a preset that i love to play around with using harmonics etc.
i still think the tone clashes a little and im starting to wonder if it could be the sound of my guitar vs the track but im not sure.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog-dist
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 11 2012, 06:05 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 10 2012, 09:35 AM)
i prefer to play with overdrive a LOT i like how responsive the strings become if that makes sense. i know that clean sound was terrible i am still trying to dial in a nice clean sound. i re recorded with some distortion. probably a little more than suits the track but this is a preset that i love to play around with using harmonics etc.
i still think the tone clashes a little and im starting to wonder if it could be the sound of my guitar vs the track but im not sure.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog-dist
i still think the tone clashes a little and im starting to wonder if it could be the sound of my guitar vs the track but im not sure.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog-dist
First of all great job on the track! Very nice and melodic!
I will prepare a new assignment for you in a few hours!
You are missing mid frequencies in your sound that's what causing all the problems and that's why your sound getting "lost" in the track! Try to add a little and you will hear the difference!
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 17 2012, 05:05 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 10 2012, 09:35 AM)
i prefer to play with overdrive a LOT i like how responsive the strings become if that makes sense. i know that clean sound was terrible i am still trying to dial in a nice clean sound. i re recorded with some distortion. probably a little more than suits the track but this is a preset that i love to play around with using harmonics etc.
i still think the tone clashes a little and im starting to wonder if it could be the sound of my guitar vs the track but im not sure.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog-dist
i still think the tone clashes a little and im starting to wonder if it could be the sound of my guitar vs the track but im not sure.
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/dm-pent-chord-prog-dist
I have created a new assignment! I would like you to try out a G minor blues pentatonic
By doing this assignment you will be able to hear the difference between D minor and G minor pentatonics! After that we will start combining them together!
I did my take to give you ideas please continue my solo!
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/gminor-solo
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator
Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!
Posted by: wish to shred Sep 22 2012, 12:57 AM
nice solo ill try to continue it
should the A on the D string be A#
ill post something soon
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 25 2012, 12:38 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 21 2012, 11:57 PM)
nice solo ill try to continue it
should the A on the D string be A#
ill post something soon
should the A on the D string be A#
ill post something soon
Perfect! I am looking forward to hear your take!
Sorry I have made a typo!
It should be Bb (A# is the same note but actually is incorrect) Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!
Posted by: wish to shred Sep 26 2012, 09:40 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Sep 24 2012, 11:38 PM)
Perfect! I am looking forward to hear your take!
Sorry I have made a typo! It should be Bb (A# is the same note but actually is incorrect)
Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!
Sorry I have made a typo!
It should be Bb (A# is the same note but actually is incorrect) Let me know if you have any questions or need help with anything!
finally got around to it. i couldnt think of much to end so after the 1 minute mark i just babbled an octave higher
Posted by: wish to shred Sep 27 2012, 09:31 AM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 26 2012, 08:40 AM)
finally got around to it. i couldnt think of much to end so after the 1 minute mark i just babbled an octave higher
forgot to post it here it is
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/gminor-solo
Posted by: Alex Feather Sep 27 2012, 06:03 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Sep 27 2012, 08:31 AM)
forgot to post it here it is
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/gminor-solo
http://soundcloud.com/brett-fox/gminor-solo
It sounded great! You had amazing moments and very nice phrases! It sounded like you ran out of ideas after a while
so I think a good thing would be to add a few licks to your library!
I have a cool lesson that has 15 blues licks that will also work over the backing track I gave you!
Here it is!
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/15-Blues-Licks/
Let me know what do you think:)
Posted by: wish to shred Oct 10 2012, 08:46 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Sep 27 2012, 05:03 PM)
It sounded great! You had amazing moments and very nice phrases! It sounded like you ran out of ideas after a while
so I think a good thing would be to add a few licks to your library!
I have a cool lesson that has 15 blues licks that will also work over the backing track I gave you!
Here it is!
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/15-Blues-Licks/
Let me know what do you think:)
so I think a good thing would be to add a few licks to your library!
I have a cool lesson that has 15 blues licks that will also work over the backing track I gave you!
Here it is!
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/15-Blues-Licks/
Let me know what do you think:)
your right i definitely ran out of ideas. that lesson is great and i have done the first 7 im finding the 8th a little fast but im nearly there
i like that it is not a huge run of different notes because i find it harder to remember than i do playing most things.
i have no idea how i will ever remember something like neoclassical etude 2 even though i know i have the ability to play it at at least 80BPM
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/neoclassical-etude-2/
any ideas how to memorize long runs of different notes. id like to do another improvisation like we did before maybe you could help me incorporate some simple tapping especially something like a legato run with one or two tapped notes i have seen it done before and it looks really cool but i cant really come up with anything myself.
anyway your the instructor let me know what you think but honestly i want to learn what is best for me in the long run
Posted by: Alex Feather Oct 12 2012, 10:33 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Oct 10 2012, 07:46 AM)
your right i definitely ran out of ideas. that lesson is great and i have done the first 7 im finding the 8th a little fast but im nearly there
i like that it is not a huge run of different notes because i find it harder to remember than i do playing most things.
i have no idea how i will ever remember something like neoclassical etude 2 even though i know i have the ability to play it at at least 80BPM
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/neoclassical-etude-2/
any ideas how to memorize long runs of different notes. id like to do another improvisation like we did before maybe you could help me incorporate some simple tapping especially something like a legato run with one or two tapped notes i have seen it done before and it looks really cool but i cant really come up with anything myself.
anyway your the instructor let me know what you think but honestly i want to learn what is best for me in the long run
i like that it is not a huge run of different notes because i find it harder to remember than i do playing most things.
i have no idea how i will ever remember something like neoclassical etude 2 even though i know i have the ability to play it at at least 80BPM
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/neoclassical-etude-2/
any ideas how to memorize long runs of different notes. id like to do another improvisation like we did before maybe you could help me incorporate some simple tapping especially something like a legato run with one or two tapped notes i have seen it done before and it looks really cool but i cant really come up with anything myself.
anyway your the instructor let me know what you think but honestly i want to learn what is best for me in the long run
I think this etude will be a great lesson for you!!! Let's break it into a few pieces
This etude is based on B major scale with some passing notes F
It is not a hard piece and I think you can do easily!
First let's start by analyzing the first part
E----------------------------------------------
B-12---------12---------12---------12----------
G----11-8-11----11-8-11----11-8-11----11-8-11--
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
B-----12-11-9-------------------------9-11--
G-------------11-9-8----8------8-9-11-------
D--11----------------11---9-11--------------
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
It is based on C# dorian
Here is the scale
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/scalegenerator
The notes on the first fret should be octave higher!
Start by learning this scale and than you can easily switch to the actual lesson
Try that and let me know what you think!
I played this lesson through and also think we can change fingering for some parts to make it easier for you to play I will help you when we will get there!
Posted by: Alex Feather Oct 24 2012, 01:09 AM
Hi I just wanted to check and see if new positions worked out? Let me know and I can help you to finish this lesson!
Posted by: wish to shred Oct 24 2012, 08:22 AM
QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Oct 24 2012, 12:09 AM)
Hi I just wanted to check and see if new positions worked out? Let me know and I can help you to finish this lesson!
Hi sorry I didn't get back to you harvest is starting and I have been working 16hr days. I managed to play that part ok. learning the fragment of scale before makes it easy to remember.
The next part sounds good. I might not reply straight away but I am practicing when I can
Thanks
Posted by: Alex Feather Oct 27 2012, 04:47 PM
QUOTE (wish to shred @ Oct 24 2012, 07:22 AM)
Hi sorry I didn't get back to you harvest is starting and I have been working 16hr days. I managed to play that part ok. learning the fragment of scale before makes it easy to remember.
The next part sounds good. I might not reply straight away but I am practicing when I can
Thanks
The next part sounds good. I might not reply straight away but I am practicing when I can
Thanks
Sounds good take your time I will post the next part shortly just please let me know that you have seen it!
Posted by: Alex Feather Nov 17 2012, 11:08 AM
Hey I just wanted to check how are you doing? Did those positions helped you out? Let me know if you would like me to post other parts!
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