Rec Announcement, Rules and Grading Process |
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Rec Announcement, Rules and Grading Process |
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Oct 1 2009, 12:30 PM |
As I am sure I am not very clear, I expressed this with a table : Hope it's better. In the proposal, there is more yellow because there is more green to compensate. The 10 (!) mark a really rewarding rate which mean you're the boss. Your point makes sense to me. With 2 kids in school and having to deal with making sure they get good grades a 75% just to pass does seem a little high. Not much room at the top. If you are using a 1-10 to me a 5 or a 6 means its just average and a 7.5 means above average. 8, 9, and 10 are usually reserved for really good to great work. -------------------- My Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/FingerSpasm?feature=mhum
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes its the quiet voice at the end of the day that says I will try again tomorrow. |
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Oct 1 2009, 04:36 PM |
Interesting thread
If I understand well, the scoreboard don't show any average of your score at all. It only shows an average of the level of the lessons you passed. To be accurate, it shows an average of the level of the 5 highest graded lessons you passed. Besides, the current system has two different grades: the Level and the XP titles. What I stated above applies to the Level title. XP Title only depends on the actual number of lessons passed. Hence the "experience" and not level matterin on this one. I know that time is not lost because I practised a lot while doing 200 takes before I got the good one... Now please take this comment as part of my own experience and not a flame, as I've been there too: If it really takes us so many "takes" to record the lesson, maybe we should actually turn the camera off and practice it a few days more, until we master it and try to record it again. It will take just a few takes then. Doing that makes it much easier to record! Or maybe we should choose an easier level lesson for REC purposes. So many takes only goes to show that we might not be ready to try that one yet. Again, this is my humble opinion only -------------------- Guitars:
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2570MZ, Epiphone SG G-400 Amp: Vox AC4TVH head + V112TV cab Effects: Vox Satchurator, Vox Time Machine, Dunlop CryBaby, Boss MT-2, Boss CE-5, Boss TU-2, Boss ME-70 Recording: Line-6 POD X3 + FBV-Express, Pandora PX5D GMC wants YOU to take part in our Guitar-Wikipedia! Have a good time reading great articles and writing your own with us in our GUITAR WIKI! Share your playing and get Pro-advice from our Instructors: Join REC |
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Oct 1 2009, 07:01 PM |
For me, after 10 submissions to the REC program, I'm consistently reminded of things that are deficient in my playing. There are some instances where, after I see some comments, I shake my head as to why I didn't see/hear that. Or I have also lamented on some comments that were made about stuff that I knew I did wrong, yet submitted it anyway. This goes back to Fran's comments on spending a few more days with the lesson vs. rushing it to the REC. I used to think that the REC program was my way of working on a lesson, recording it, submitting it and getting clear of it. I no longer feel that way, because honestly, by this point, those same things that I should be working on are going to be glaringly obvious if I don't correct them soon. If I'm not going to work to correct them, then why am I submitting to REC. I can just continue to jam into my headset the way I have been doing...ultimately getting nowhere. I'm rambling now, but the program needs to have meaning. Therefore, somewhere, sometime, someone is going to have to fail a lesson. If the REC program become like getting a Karate belt, then there isn't any reason for the program to exist. (No offense to anyone who has recently gotten a Karate belt.) I only quoted part of it. An awesome, almost philosophical, thread there, nice read Tom I like the part where you talk about what REC is for you, I mean, that's the whole key of guitar & GMC in my opinion. On top of the best guitar community out there, GMC & itss programs are tools to achieve our goals. Now, what these goals are, and the amount of importance we give them, that's a whole different story. I say, whatever makes you wish to keep playing, improve & have a good time is a good use of GMC & the different activities provided, REC included. The road we decide to follow to achieve our goals should be as enticing as the goals themselves! -------------------- Guitars:
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2570MZ, Epiphone SG G-400 Amp: Vox AC4TVH head + V112TV cab Effects: Vox Satchurator, Vox Time Machine, Dunlop CryBaby, Boss MT-2, Boss CE-5, Boss TU-2, Boss ME-70 Recording: Line-6 POD X3 + FBV-Express, Pandora PX5D GMC wants YOU to take part in our Guitar-Wikipedia! Have a good time reading great articles and writing your own with us in our GUITAR WIKI! Share your playing and get Pro-advice from our Instructors: Join REC |
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Oct 2 2009, 06:34 PM |
hotornot ? Ok, let me get my leopard pants.
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Oct 3 2009, 08:13 AM |
I ask this because when I create a new topic to be graded, this topic always desappear and there isn´t any "moved" note. ¿Could it be that i´m doing something wrong? Thank you. Hi No you are not doing anything wrong. Your topic is moved to a "secret" area for grading. (Very cloak and dagger!! ) Once it has been graded Skennington will move it back so you can see how you did. The new rules can be found at https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...mp;#entry428281 -------------------- "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep"
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Oct 3 2009, 07:50 PM |
I think that's a good point Matt - the procedure used to be to lock the thread to signify that it was finished but perhaps we could leave it open now, because moving it back, to the REC board is what signifies it is complete, and yes, that would give the opportunity for comment and question. What do you think Skenny?
About the various other comments - I love to see this debate going on, because GMC is what we all make it and members are an extremely important part of GMC! The intention is, exactly as others have said to make REC grading hard enough to be meaningful, and by no means an automatic pass. We were perhaps to close to that previously, so we have tightened things up a little, and will be keeping an eye on it moving forward. Like anything at GMC, our philosophy is to jump in and try things out, then tweak and change to make things work better when we learn more - we just reached the tweaking phase with REC -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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