Hi Huargo! Welcome to your Gab's Army thread!!
Could you please tell me a bit about you, your musical tastes, influences, strengths and weaknesses? I would need some videos of you playing rhythm and solo guitar, so please post your best material here. If you have some music or ideas of your own, also post them here. Also let me know how you think that I can help you and what are your expectations for our job. You can check the other Army's thread to discover the different modalities of this project.
The principles of our Army are:
+ Improve your technique
+ Make music and solos
+ Have fun
+ Destroy the enemy (hahaha not really just kidding... )
Hi!
i start my musical guitar journey listening jimi hendrix, Led Zeppelin, cream, Creedence creelwater revival, allman brothers... etc...
in 90' i usually listen to jane's addiction, Guns and roses, nirvana, Pixies, smashing pumpkins, stone roses...in 2000 Country, rockabilly....
Now... I'm in METAL....
All the day listening to iron maiden, sylosis, anthrax,death... my wife and my daughters are praying for a new twist in my musical taste... maybe world music they suggest...
ok i wanna play better that's all....
GMG is a funny way for doing that because the short lessons 1m or less are fine for me and ok sounds amazing!!!
my videos of working progress lessons..
Thanks
Hi mate! Nice videos! I can notice things to improve in both techniques (rhythm and soloing). These are my suggestions based on what I could see:
- Practice the rhythm lessons using the slower backing tracks, concentrating on playing them tight, and getting the correct sound of palm muting when it must be used. The only way to adjust this is slowing it down and practising.
- Choosing some easier/slower rhythm metal lessons for practising.
- The solo lesson sounds good and there are a few details that could sound better. One important are those fast trills that sound a bit muted. So working on a trills lesson could be a good idea.
- We can go for another solo lesson
- Nice guitar!
Ok i'm agree in your suggestions i was working on that....
The point is with the fast trills, im making a hard work at low speed but my arms explode at full speed.... I ned rest when i'm practicing that at full speed
The guitar have the truss Rod broken, it can't be ajusted...... the action its very slow, now too mach for my taste and the high notes,dont have a long sustain.... Im sailing and amp to buy a new guitar....
Ok ! Im open to any suggestion of new lesson! Rithym, soloing...
Thanks
I was thinking on these ones:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/slayer_and_exodus_inspired_thrash_riffs/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato-stamina/
And these series:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/lessonseries/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/
cool!!!
tons of works! thanks!!!
hi Gab.
What is the best way to report issues on the lessons... the guitar pro file its totaly wrong in this lesson: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/slayer_and_exodus_inspired_thrash_riffs/
all notes are triplets but in the guitar pro file are 16ht...
i fixed that in my file... for me it's not a problem now..
Hi mate! Thanks for notifying! The best way is to contact Bogdan for this. I will notify him now, but could you please post here the fixed file? maybe we can use it to replace the wrong one.
Thanks!
the fix...
i think it's ok. Check it....
ok!
gpx= guitar pro 6 file
check this gp5 file...
sorry!
my version in standar tune...
i'm working a lot in legato lessons, videos soon...
thanks
Hey mate! You are doing a great job with this one! I can notice that your right hand still needs some training to keep the timing at this tempo when you are playing only downstrokes, but the overall take sounds very good. Congrats! Keep on practising this one every day as an endurance training.
Thanks gab, one cuestion:
it's better reduce the bpm to work accurate or full speed for endurance?
I think my big problem it's maintain the fast tempo, stamina......
Any advice
Thanks
Cristal
Thanks! Petrucci rocks!
Hi Gabriel check my homeworks....
First video of legato, 110 bpm and a lot of pains to work that... needs more work to increase speed.
a new lesson to work my rhythm guitar.
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Lamb-of-God-Style-Riffing/ and the video....
this week I'm thinking in a solo lesson with legato and bends, any suggestion?....
i'm working too in bens of legato series and in my rhythm songs....
thanks
Hi mate! Congrats! You are doing a very good job on this lessons. There is still room to improve this lessons mostly the timing but it's just a matter of more days practicing them. The rhythm lesson has some sync issues between both hands, mostly in the faster parts, so maybe you could isolate those sections and practice them as a loop. There is nothing to fix about technique, just keep on working hard.
Here you have some suggestions for practicing bending and legato:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bending-Ballad/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Hammer-On-Pull-Off-Etude/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Legato-Workshop-1/
i really like the way he uses legato... very expresive not a trick to go faster.
i try the max sokolov lesson.
thanks gab
Excellent! yeah, I really like his phrasing.
Bending Balad sounds in this moment like somebody was killing a cat in my house,,,,
Lot of work to do here....
hahaha ok, let's add the exercises from this video:
Hi Huargo! How are you? I was wondering about your news. I can see that we don't have a routine designed for your diary practice so I wanted to know if you would like me to help you building it.
thanks Gab!
i work every day in my guitar lessons
Yes! i need a routine... in this moment i'm working in 3 or 4 lessons at time and your itc course for technique....
too much i need focus!!!!
had you a good holidays in the jungle?
Hi mate! Great to hear from you! I had really cool days uring my vacation, I started this thread:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=50620
I don't know why but the video is giving me error and I can't play it. I'll try later. Regarding your routine let's start designing it. Please post here all the topics that you would like to cover and how many hours a day you can practice.
hi Gabriel.
i'm playing guitar 3 h a day... i wanna improve my rhythm and lead guitar .
for rhythm i'm working in a gallop squence* and this lessons:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-guitar/janes-addiction-style-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Avenged-Sevenfold/
for lead now i'm in this:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer-Pentatonics-Zakk-Wylde-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/zakk-wylde-style-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/stamina-lesson-speed-bursts/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bending-Ballad/
and your itc exercises....
any suggestion will be appreciated
thanks
Hi mate! This is a first template that I started designing for you, tell me what you think.
Warming Up
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Arpeggios/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Melody-Workout-Major-7th-Chords/ (NEW ONE)
HOUR 1:
Alternate Picking:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/stamina-lesson-speed-bursts/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alternate-Picking-Workout-1/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer-Pentatonics-Zakk-Wylde-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Intervals-Etude/ (NEW ONE)
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/String-Skipping-Etude-Lesson/ (NEW ONE)
Legato:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/legato-stamina/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Inspired_by_Gilbert-String_Skipping_Arpeggios_Pt1/ (NEW ONE)
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Hammer-On-Pull-Off-Etude/ (NEW ONE)
HOUR 2:
Rhythm
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Accept-German-Metal-Pioneers/ (NEW ONE)
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-guitar/janes-addiction-style-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Avenged-Sevenfold/
Vibrato & Bending
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Targeting-Chord-Tones-Marty-Friedman-Style/ (NEW ONE)
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bending-Ballad/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/jimi_hendrix_string_bending/
HOUR 3:
Sweep Picking / Tapping / Hybrid Picking
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/alternate-and-sweep-picking-etude/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer-Pentatonics-IV-Richie-Kotzen/
Theory
Learn a new concept every day from here: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=47852
Creative Work.
Work on your own ideas, create solos, riffs. Practice improvisation over backing tracks. Analyse songs. Learn songs by ear.
ok i try this for a week and i share my comments too you afther that.
for legato and alternate picking i have lessons to do it.
For vibrato & bending. I can use bending balad( the killing of the cat), maybe another one, any suggestion?
for sweep tap and hibrit, no idea...
thanks!
hi Gabriel!
thanks lot of work here.. you put an alternate picking lesson in the tapping hour?...
this is getting serious....
Hi Gab
i post you some videos and lessons of my routine, and comments too.
First time i use a routine and it's strange to change and exercise to another... but i like it...
0-warm up,picking chords 100 bpm (Starts to sound)
1-muris stamina 80 bpm (sounds clean and nice at this speed, I can go faster but starts to sound blurry goin from the low string to the high in sextuplets....
2- alternate picking darius150bpm...(sounds good to me, some parts working in cycle at 140bpm to have more consistency...but sounds god in one take)
3- killer pentatonics 110 bpm(sounds good and clear at this speed.. i need more time to gain more consistency in some parts until go more fast)
4- legato ian bushell (start to work at full speed 160 bpm i post a mp3...)
5-janes 120 bpm Full
6-avs 130 bpm (solo sounds blury at this speed... if i have time this week end post a video...)
7-Bending balad full speed( still killing cats... i post a video, needs more flow to me)
8-jimmy hendryx full speed(i post a video. Not exactly the notes but i feel good with this, i made better takes than this)
9-sweep 100 bpm ( excelent lesson from muris! i can go faster soon the 4 strings sweeps are new for my i usually uses 3 or 5 strings....)
11-alterna sweep 100 ( needs work, start to sound but sometimes i miss parts...)
12- kotzen 70 ( the last... needs more work, i'm working in diferents shapes and soon can make all at time)
i'd like to change the rithm lesson for new ones.
i'm interested in interval lessons in rock context i found this one from cosmic Cosmin:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Intervals-Etude/
maybe we can put in the routine but i can wait...
I think we can put some extra legato lessons , changing strings in the legatos, also i'm interested in string skipping....
for bendings this new from Ben is awesome:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Targeting-Chord-Tones-Marty-Friedman-Style/
And for rithm this would be nice
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Accept-German-Metal-Pioneers/
sorry for my bad inglish i feel tired today. if you need a specific video of my lessons please tell me.
Thanks.
https://soundcloud.com/david-vico-2/legatostamina160
Hi mate! Amazing post! It's great to see you working like this. Please keep going in this way and the results in some month will be VERY notorious. Thanks for the specific info about each lesson, it's good to have this here to compare your progress in the near future. I think that your playing on both videos is very good. There is still some room to give more feeling to your playing and to make every bend sound on pitch (there are some ones that aren't). The legato stamina sounds great, and it just has some timing issues near the end.
Regarding your suggestions, I think that we can add them to the current routine. You can play less time the lessons that you already mastered and that has just details so improve and concentrate on the new ones. I'll add the lessons right now.
Keep on working hard and keep me updated!
PS: New lessons added!
hi Gab. No big news here only work jejeje.
i'm adding the new lessons but it's a lot of time consuming and i decide to only add a few and finish to add all in this week.
i put the old bpm and the new bpm of this week
Warming Up
Picking Arpeggios 100 Sounds ok!
Chord Melody Workout Major 7th Chords just finish learn today... ill' try to put in slow time tomorrow NEW
Alternate Picking
stamina lesson speed bursts 80 100 level up
Alternate Picking Workout 1 150 150 same speed but sound most accurate next week i try to speedup.
Killer Pentatonics Zakk Wylde Style 110 120 a lot of stamina work here...level up
Intervals Etude wip 50 ufff this was hard starting play in time NEW
String Skipping Etude Lesson wip 120 NEW
Legato
legato stamina 160
Inspired by Gilbert String Skipping Arpeggios Pt1 45 star to put in time... NEW
Hammer On Pull Off Etude 0 next week NEW
Rythm
Accept German Metal Pioneers Full mp3 NEW
janes addiction style lesson Full
Avenged Sevenfold Full working on solo
Vibrato & Bending
Targeting Chord Tones Marty Friedman Style 0 starts next week NEW
Bending-Ballad Full
jimi hendrix string bending Full
Sweep/Tap/etc
sweep picking lesson 110 120.. the difficult is to put the accents in the right notes... i can go a lot faster but not in time..
alternate and sweep picking etude 100 next week i'm going to speed up this!!!
Killer Pentatonics IV Richie Kotzen 70 the last( never have time to this... i'll move up)
https://soundcloud.com/david-vico-2/accept2
one request!!!! want to add this to my rithm lessons http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Venom-Style/
Thanks!.
Hi! Thanks for the update! I think that you took a great decision on organizing the routine and giving priority to some lessons over other ones. It's ok to organize your time, there is not hurry to learn everything the first week. This quantity of lessons are good for a 2 months guitar plan so feel free to organize it as you prefer it.
The Accept lesson sounds very good, it just has some timing issues starting at 00:45 so pay attention to it.
Regarding my Venom lesson, let's go for it!!
Warming Up
Picking Arpeggios Full speed
Chord Melody Workout Major 7th Chords working on fast change of chords...
Alternate Picking
stamina lesson speed bursts 100
Alternate Picking Workout 1 150, 160 up
Killer Pentatonics Zakk Wylde Style 110, 120 up
Intervals Etude sip 50, Full speed up
String Skipping Etude Lesson wip 120, 140 up
Legato
legato stamina 160
Inspired by Gilbert String Skipping Arpeggios Pt1 45
Hammer On Pull Off Etude 0, 100 up
Rythm
Accept German Metal Pioneers Full
janes addiction style lesson Full
Avenged Sevenfold Full
venom Full
Vibrato & Bending
Targeting Chord Tones Marty Friedman Style 0, full up
Bending-Ballad Full
jimi hendrix string bending Full
Sweep/Tap/etc
sweep picking lesson 120, 130 up
alternate and sweep picking etude 100, 140 up
Killer Pentatonics IV Richie Kotzen 70, 0 ufff down
Hi Gab. my report of the rutine.
No big news. Lessons are growing in fast and accuracy.
Something is changing in my way of pick... it's not done yet but sometimes when i found the right way to hold the pick and make circles ... it's like flying... i think i'm very close to a big step forward i need more time to make it natural.
My bends are better but we have to work more to really keep in pitch.
No videos or music this week , but you can check my entry for the less is more competition
I'm planing to post some rec takes soon if you are agree... i think i can master some lessons and change for anothers... i don't know maybe just for record and work in my tone or just for fun.
This days it will be difficult to post videos because we are on holidays but i'll work in my rutine.
Happy holidays!!!
This is amazing stuff mate. Thanks a lot for the reports. It's cool to know that you can notice that your playing is becoming better and better! There is no secret, if you practice diary the right things you will become better. So the main thing here is to keep motivated.
Your take for "less is more" collab is really good. I like your energy there, it sounds very professional and makes me thing that you should start writing your own music! I like the fact that your solos sounds double, it gives more energy, and also your tone is killer. Congrats!
Hi Gab.
Next week i start a new job... i really don't know how much time i get for my guitar lessons... one hour como minimo...
Maybe we'll have to change a little bit the routine.... i let you know.
Thanks.
Hi Gab.
First thanks for you support and your guidelines to improve my guitar playing.
The routine was a success !!!
Some things changed in my life. I start a job. I was in a kind of test for one month, and i had a week free. I collab in a lot of things here in gmc for that week, really enjoyed... but now i start the real job...
I need your help to make a ONE HOUR routine to fight against random play... i make random play for several years and I do not want to fall into the same mistakes....
Need improve my alternative picking, sweep, vibrato, bends, tap.... you know that kind of technical things.
In the weekend i can extend the routine to 3h i think.. but not always...
thanks for your work!!
Hi mate! Ok! Let's start designing a new routine.
Warming Up
Alternate Picking
Sweep Picking
Bending & Vibrato
Tapping
For one hour routines, I recommend to focalize on one technique over the other ones each day, and divide time close to this:
warming up: 5 minutes
"technique of the day": 25 minutes
"other techniques: 10 minutes each one.
Does it make sense?
Do you have some lessons to suggest for the plan?
Makes sense...
it's better to jump between exercises?... maybe 2 or 3 times every one or better focalize in one exercise with each block?.....
I put a lot of exercises, some old and news.. but you can tell me anothers.
Warming Up
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Melody-Workout-Major-7th-Chords/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Melody-Workout-Minor-7-Chords/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Melody-Workout-Dominant-7-Chords/ NEW
Alternate Picking
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alternate-Picking-Workout-1/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/stamina-lesson-speed-bursts/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer-Pentatonics-Zakk-Wylde-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/String-Skipping-Etude-Lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Linear-Shred-Zone/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/move_your_little_finger!/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Modal-Madness-2-string-patterns/ NEW
Sweep Picking
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-lesson/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweeping-with-tapping/NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-arpeggios/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweeping-tune/ NEW
Bending & Vibrato
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Targeting-Chord-Tones-Marty-Friedman-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bending-Ballad/
NEED MORE....
Tapping
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/tapping-lesson/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/arpeggios_etude_legato_tapping_/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/legato-tapping-lesson/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/tapping_texture_part_2/ NEW
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/3-notes-per-string-arpeggios-with-tapping/ NEW
Where can put this?.....
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Common-Notes/ NEW
one suggestion: make one exercise in style of TANO MARCIELLO jejeje i like "convide rutero" a lot.
And thanks as always!
Wou! That's a big list! Let's focus on 1 new lesson per technique each week, unless you learn it in less time. I prefer to focus on a few lesson than cover many at the same time while you are learning the parts. Once you can play the whole lesson over one of the backing tracks, you can start learning a new lesson on the same topic. You have to be patient and focus to avoid the random playing.
Your diary session should look like this:
Day 1:
Technique of the day: Alternate picking
Play twice over backing the old lessons:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Altern...king-Workout-1/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...n-speed-bursts/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer...kk-Wylde-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/String...g-Etude-Lesson/
Start learning this one:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Linear-Shred-Zone/ NEW
My suggestions for bending & vibrato:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Ballad-and-Blues-II/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan_Inspired_Phrasing/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Gary_Moore_Inspired_Phrasing/
a lesson in the style of Marciello?? It would be killer! However I don't know if GMCers will appreciate it since he isn't known outside in Europe...
thanks Gab!
I'll keep you informed
Hi Gab!
Working a lot in my routine, collabs, covers jejeje. No money again but time to play guitar
I added todd exercises in my routine.
i'll keep you informed
cheers!
Hi Gab!
Working a lot at looooww speed.... one question i notice that the first two, or tree notes when i play a lesson are always out of time...
how can i fix that?....
Hi mate, good job paying attention to the wavs! This is normal, we use to feel less comfortable with click/metronome than drum loop. I think that the best way to fix this is to practice tapping with your foot the backing's pre-count. If you notice that you always play the note a bit before, try to delay it some milliseconds and the problem will be solved. Practicing the lesson just with metronome will make you feel more used to just clicks marking the beat.
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