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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
* Don't know where to start? Just pm me and we will sort it out directly, I am online every day.
* Join My Army. Sounds aggressive? It is! We can study anything from the most fearsome picking techniques to bombastic songwriting. A medal of honor awaits the brave. Seriously, this is an opportunity for you to get a personalised learning experience...what are you waiting for?!
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Finally I want to tell you a secret. Nah I changed my mind - pm me instead ;)
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Oct 29 2018, 01:26 PM |
Hi Adam! Welcome to your mentoring thread.
Before we start, I'd like to know a bit more about you. - How many time have you been playing guitar? - Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians. - What are your guitar goals? - How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)? - How many time can you play guitar each day? - Do you have playing live experience? - Which are your strong and weak points with guitar? - What do you know about music theory? - Can you record videos of you playing? - Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing. List of lessons used in this thread: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Beginn...ending-Workout/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-5/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/30-Beg...er-Blues-Licks/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/BB-King-Blues/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/The_tasty_etude/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Your-First-Metal-Solo/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bendin...Friedman-Style/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/neocla..._for_beginners/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Him-Style-Love-Metal/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Basic-Rock-Rhythm-2/ This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Sep 26 2019, 02:25 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 25 2019, 04:04 PM |
Hi Adam, thanks for the update.
I'm really sorry about your chilhood friend. It must be very hard and sad mate. All the guitar related things sound good to me. It's nice to know that you've been working hard and that you can note improvement in many different things. This is an endless journey. Regarding your collab take. I like it! You note choices are tasty. There is room to improve your bending, vibrato, and to experiment more with rhythm when phrasing but that's what we are working here, so we are on the right track. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 26 2019, 08:29 PM |
Thank you. It really is hard. She was usually the one who used to help me at times like this. She simply forbade me to feel down and hopeless. Also, she was the first person to help me find my own value, bring it outside and be proud of it. With all that said, I'd feel bad just staying idle and drowning in sadness. Playing or even just holding a guitar works like a good therapy for me now. About guitar related stuff, I would like to discuss an article about Marty Friedman's approach if that's okay. I'll add the link tomorrow, today my mind is still a mess. I understand how hard this is for you mate. I'm sorry. I'll wait for the link. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 27 2019, 01:29 AM |
I'll wait for the link. Link Here it is. I wanted to send it yesterday but I fell asleep in front of my computer. I'm the most curious about your opinion about part 2 (ditching the scales) but all advice here is pretty interesting. -------------------- |
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Feb 28 2019, 02:44 PM |
Link Here it is. I wanted to send it yesterday but I fell asleep in front of my computer. I'm the most curious about your opinion about part 2 (ditching the scales) but all advice here is pretty interesting. I know what he means. He don't think on scales when playing and improvising. However, this is being said by a musician who studied, played and practiced scales when he was young so I don't see how this can be taken as completely true or helpful. There are big names like Slash, Jimi Hendrix and even Jeff Beck who made amazing solos without knowing too much about scales. I think that playing only by ear has its advantages but it can be limiting. For me, the best is to find the good balance between learning some scales, and experimenting with our ear. Learning new scales can open new posibilities that maybe we wouldn't imagine. And this can also happen by listening to new music and learning the phrases by ear. Another concept that he is talking there is "following the chords". This is also very helpful for soloing and it's based on targeting chord tones when making a solo over a chord progression and using other notes as passing tones. This is very powerful, even more than learning scales, but scales are helpful for this too, because they give you ideas on which notes can be used as passing notes. In other words, there is not one way, you have to find your own way. But don't take too seriously this type of articles that take one phrase out of context and provide a "magic formula". I extremely recommend you to get into Kristofer Dahl's improvisation lessons. His "Your first phrases" and Jam School series" have a similar concept to what Marty thinks. -------------------- My lessons
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