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Jul 22 2019, 01:10 PM
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Hey Gabby
Thank you so much for suggesting those cool lessons.. even though those lessons have most of the techniques in the the songs i wanted to learn but for some reason i can not feel the same grove. but you know what ill go for it .. I'll learn how to utilize these techniques for my own liking in the future. i can not go through all the lessons as this is too much to learn at the same time plus the level is a bit high for my current level so i'll narrow the list as follows: (I hope you will agree with me) - for rhythm i ll go for both of the lessons: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Thrash-Like-Mustaine/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...ower-galloping/ - for alternate technique we go for both of the lessons as well but first we will start with the linear picking one then we move to the Yngwie runs https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Linear-Shred-Zone/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Yngwie-Malmsteen-Runs/ - for sweep picking i'll have to pass the one you suggested since that would be too much for me to handle at this time and instead we go with the bonus licks in the previous masters of sweep lesson. what do you say ? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Masters-of-Sweeping/ - The legato lesson you suggested seems too complicated. can you find something easier and satrianish ? Thanks a lot for your help my friend, I couldn't have reached this level without your guidance QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jul 17 2019, 03:54 PM)  Hi Anese! Cool stuff! I've watched both songs and the main techniques used there are: - Alternate Picking - Sweep Picking - Legato - Right hand Metal Rhythm - Vibrato We have lots of lessons covering these techniques in those styles. For rhythm: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Thrash-Like-Mustaine/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...ower-galloping/ Alternate Picking: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Linear-Shred-Zone/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Yngwie-Malmsteen-Runs/ Sweep Picking: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Yngwie...teen-Arpeggios/ Legato: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato-stamina/ Most of these lessons are a bit advanced. You can use the licks as exercises to slowly increase your technique speed, or we can search for easier lessons covering these concepts. OR we can do both! Let me know what you think. |
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Jul 22 2019, 02:15 PM
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Great Anese!! I'm really proud mate!
 I think that "Master of Sweeping" is a good option. What about these series for legato? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato...cking_beginner/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato...g_intermediate/ -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 1 2019, 03:22 AM
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Hello Gabby
Sorry for the late reply. I'm glad that you liked my take in the Blues as a tool collab Tobic. As for the Legato lessons you suggested i'll pick the Intermediate one. since we worked on the beginner one before here's my take https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...mp;#entry719557 Now I'll have to think of a practice schedule for these lessons anything in mind ? Thanks buddy, QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jul 22 2019, 03:15 PM) Great Anese!! I'm really proud mate! I think that "Master of Sweeping" is a good option. What about these series for legato? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato...cking_beginner/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato...g_intermediate/ |
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Aug 2 2019, 03:33 PM
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Warming up: 5/10 minutes
Rhythm: 2x15 (2 blocks of 15 minutes) Alternate Picking: 2x15 Sweep Picking: 2x15 Legato: 2x15 Then, 20 minutes of jamming or just playing random stuff for fun. If you can't play 2 hours a day, you can make 1x15 of any or all the concepts. -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 26 2019, 09:27 PM
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Hello Gabby
Thanks for the advice During the recent days i kept focusing more on the Mustain lesson and the Ben bonus licks from the (Masters of sweeping) lesson. I started working on the first bonus sweep lick (part 17) here Ben plays the lick at 120 PBM, where he keeps playing each inversion group at one single beat (6 triplet notes per beat) which makes it more fast. here I added a video recording my self while trying to build a practice strategy for this lick. I'm practicing around 80 BPM, trying to isolate each block (a group of six notes) then connect it to the next one. sometimes you will note that i start playing before the beat, but what I like to share more is how i'm practicing this one and what kind of strategy i'm following to be able to play this as flawless as possible. please watch and let me know if you have any more ideas to how to practice and approach this lesson. further more i previously this song to work on. it's an old song that i need to play the singing line on guitar, and maybe fill the gabs in between with some other licks. at first i need to figure what key is this song in, to pick the right scales and modes for it. so where do i start with ? there's no guitar here. also please note that i'm not interested to play along the song since it's not suitable for guitar, but i'm trying to get the singing line to be played as a melody on the guitar. then maybe i'll try find (or create) a suitable backing track for itز that's it for now buddy, I'll keep you updated Thanks |
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Aug 27 2019, 02:27 PM
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Hi Anese! Great stuff here!!
I've watched your practice video and it's exactly what I did to master Sweep Picking technique. If possible, practice continuos loops too. For example when you play the three arpeggios and then stop, try getting playing the idea in reverse and get back to the first arpeggio. This type of variations will help you master this technique. I also remember practicing 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 sweeps arpeggios during the same period of time. Each of them helped the other. About the song... I think that it's a good exercise to do what you want. The first thing that you need to do is to learn and simplify the chord progression for each part, and it possible record it to work on lead guitars. This is not an easy job because most of the parts only have a walking bass. This means that you need to understand what's the chord that works over each bass pattern. In order to help you I'd like to say that the song is in Am, but A harmonic minor also works in most of the parts. These three chords are the most used: Am, Dm and E. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 12 2020, 04:56 PM
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Hello Gabby
How’re you doing buddy? i Hope you and your beloved ones are safe and doing very well during this global pandemic. It’s been a while since I posted any updates.. I’ve been mainly working on these two lessons for the past months : https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Thrash-Like-Mustaine/ this one seems pretty straight forward and easy to play but once you start reaching 130 bpm it gets a bit tough, specially with that blues legato lick. Here I uploaded a video playing the first five parts of the lesson at 150 bpm. Let me know your thought about the tone and the over all playing. The second lesson im working on is the (malmsteen runs lesson) I started working on the first and third parts of the lesson. Here’s a session tyring to play the 1st part at 230 bpm. Sorry you cant hear the metronome beats on the interface recording, so I uploaded the same clip with the phone mic recording so you can hear the metronome beats, i also cut the unnecessary parts to make these two video as short as possible and here’s a session working on the third part of the lesson where it switch from alternate picking to economy picking, let me know what you think and stay safe  thanks |
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Jun 12 2020, 06:19 PM
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Hi mate! Thanks for these videos!
I can see that the main thing to work here is hands sync. This issue appears in both lead and rhythm guitar lessons/exercises. It's happening when playing fast alternate picking parts. I think that this parts (faster sections in Trash lesson and all parts in other lessons) need to be practiced at slower tempos to be able to put both hands on perfect synchronization. The key is to practice this sounding clean and clear, focusing on making movements the smaller possible and increase speed gradually. It's good to try fast (uncomfortable) tempos for some minutes but most of your time should be at a more comfortable tempo. Does it make sense? -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 14 2020, 06:52 PM
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QUOTE (Anese @ Jun 13 2020, 05:20 AM) I see what you mean. But the main problem is that I don’t feel that I’m aware of the hand syncing issue in my playing. It is as if I’m completely deaf about it. First I need to train my self how to feel it to become aware of it, so then I’ll be able to work on fixing it. Are you able to hear sync issues when watching your videos? Do you notice that fast picking lines are not clean and clear? QUOTE (Anese @ Jun 13 2020, 05:20 AM) Also regarding playing in lower tempos, for some reason I feel that it’s pointless to play at very low tempos, for instance if the original tempo is 150 bpm, and I start practicing at lets say 70 bpm, that would sound and feel like a total different thing to me. Anyway, I suggest that I lower the tempo to 110 bpm for the Trash Lesson, practice at that tempo for a while and then post a vid at 110 and we see if there’s still hand syncing issues or not. And we gradually raise the tempo and work my way up, I’ll be posting a video each time I reach 10 bpm of the starting tempo. You don't need to practice at very low tempos. You need to practice at a tempo that you still can think on both hands movement, to keep them in sync and to habituate your hands to go tight together. Neither you need to practice a lot of time at the same slow tempo, you need to increase tempo by adding 5/10 bpm once you feel comfortable. Finally, you don't need to practice the whole lesson at slow tempo, you need to isolate the faster tricky sections and practice this parts as a loop over drum loop, backing or metrome. QUOTE (Anese @ Jun 13 2020, 05:20 AM) Let me know if the tones for both lessons are good or not. Do you suggest to practice with those tons? ..or practice with a clean tone to be able to hear the notes more clearly ? Your tone is good for practice. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 19 2020, 02:43 PM
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That's a good tempo! You can play the licks tight at this speed. The next step is to try to minimize your hands movements, mostly your right hand up and down which can be smaller. At this speed you'll be able to economize movements and play like this for a while until it becomes natural. Then, you can slowly increase tempo.
Step by step, that's the secret! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 21 2020, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE (Anese @ Jun 21 2020, 05:51 AM) By Right hand, you mean my picking hand? i'm a lefty, i had to make sure, sorry my practicing routine now is playing those licks at 100 pbm go up to 150 (back and forth) next update video in next weeks will be playing those licks at 170 pbm tnx haha sorry!! yeah! Your left hand, picking hand.  I'm so used to say right hand when referring to picking hand. Thanks for the update!! -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 5 2020, 10:38 PM
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Hi Anese!
Great job here! Now your hands are both synchronized so you won't get used to bad habits. The next step would be to try to make your left hand feel more comfortable with patterns and slowly make the fingers stay closer to the fretboard. This will be possible with more days and repetition, but I think that now you are on the right track! Well done. -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 7 2020, 02:37 PM
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Hi Anese! I'm really happy to read this mate!
Keep on the hard work! -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 2 2020, 12:12 AM
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Hello Gabby
I hope your'e doing great here's a video update I'm playing the malmsteen licks at 192 bpm and the the trash riffs at 132 bpm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y3a5akMTMM Let me know what you think Thanks This post has been edited by Anese: Sep 2 2020, 12:13 AM |
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Sep 2 2020, 03:46 PM
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Hi Anese! I'll insert your video here so we have it as reference:
I compared this one with your previous take and the improvements are very clear! I mostly think that your left hand is now moving much less. It seems that you are getting more comfortable with the patterns. In other words, you are doing an excellent job and there is off course more to do so please continue practicing. Can you tell me exactly what other things you are practicing right now and how much time each day? -------------------- My lessons
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