Monica Gheorghevici Improvising Workshop |
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Jul 28 2013, 12:33 PM
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Hi Monica! Let's work on Your improvising skills. My proposition is to make a detailed analysis of some particular track. Do You have any favorite tracks to work on?
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Jul 29 2013, 10:50 AM
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Monica You have a great sense of melody...it fits my preferences as hell. As for the improvisation - I remember You were present at the video chat when I talked about some details. Try to add them to Your playing.
Consider one thing - Your amount of distortion is quite ok - I mean small enough to let the dynamics breakthrough - softer strokes has warmer tone and a bit less volume. That's ok and we need this to happen. But...In some situation the bridge pickup and too many notes played with picking kills the "smoothness of the track. I would focus on some very first few phrases and make a tons of variations. Firat of all I would search how to replace some picked notes with: bends, legato, slide etc. Let's make it more fluid. In this kind of track I would probably use bridge pickup only on the most agressive part somewhere in the end...to increase the tension. But...to note make a listener bored...You need to pla less in the beginning or at lest makes some exchange with dense parts to get rid of the constant tension feel. I hope It's clear...I'm not sure You get me correct  For example - the lick at 0:30. I would very softly touch the B note and then use my finger instead of the pick to hit E. Other two notes (F# and G) I would let them fade out by doing only slegato slides Here is an example of what I would do with that short part: 
monica_example_01.mp3 ( 274.29K )
Number of downloads: 160I'm beginning with soft pick hit and then soft finger touch, two legato slides. Then I hit the F# with my second finger again and make two bends (no picking, just laying on the first hit sustain). Of course I mena the second finger of the right hand. |
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Jul 29 2013, 04:51 PM
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Ok Monica
Give Yourself as much time as necessary. Cut all the solo to little pieces. It's nothing bad to work an hour to find the perfect execution for a 3 notes
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Jul 30 2013, 11:13 PM
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I made the changes for intro
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Jul 31 2013, 10:48 AM
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Well done Monica!
This is very good. Now show me how can You add some more energy - only a little to next few bars
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Jul 31 2013, 08:56 PM
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I try to add a little energy for next few bars but I think is too much
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Aug 7 2013, 10:31 AM
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I think we have this thing done - explained via video chat. Waiting for the results
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