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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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Feb 12 2016, 02:05 PM |
Great! Keep me updated.
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Feb 25 2016, 02:00 PM |
Hi Lester,
that's perfect! Don't worry about guidelines, take your time to work on each assignment and also to get back to an old one every time you want. You can post your works here but also at the thread even when you are sharing something based on an old assignment. It can encourage other students to share their work. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 26 2016, 09:14 AM |
Great, thanks!
I'll upload some new takes soon, I think I've made some good progress |
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Feb 26 2016, 02:11 PM |
Great!
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Mar 3 2016, 10:29 PM |
Hi mate,
some updates on the bendy blues and beginner solo, let me know what you think The timing on both of them is not optimal, I'm not in my best form tonight...but on the beginner solo I really tried to get the bends on the right pitch. Something that didn't go very well in the bendy blues, but I just need a little bit more power in my hands in that lesson to get it right, I'll get there Hmm..I don't see the videos appear...they are here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4OnE1rJ0wA...eature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0umfwrm7uig |
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Mar 4 2016, 07:26 PM |
Hi Lester,
Great to find new videos from you here. I have to say that your bends on the bendy blues lesson are really good! I notice that you have been working this technique in the right way. The next step is to polish some of those licks that are not sounding tight or consistent. There are many parts that aren't clean or defined so you need to isolate the tricky sections on work on them. The other lesson is not bad but I would give it another chance. I think that the timing issues are the main issue so you need to work at a slower tempo to be sure that you can play each lick correctly. Focus on timing and the sound of each note. -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 8 2016, 02:17 PM |
yes, most of the bends are on pitch, but some are a bit below the pitch (but very close).
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Mar 20 2016, 07:33 PM |
Hi Lester, I understand and I think that keeping the habit of diary practice is an EXCELLENT plan to keep your playing improving. The improvement will be slow because of the amount of time but it is "progress", which is totally positive. I don't think that you need to cover everything every day, you can work on 1 topic each day, and play at least once or twice other stuff that you are also practicing to keep your playing in shape.
About theory, maybe you can read about theory when you are traveling or at places where you can't play guitar. Is it possible? -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 22 2016, 02:37 PM |
Great! Keep me updated.
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Apr 29 2016, 01:46 PM |
Hi Lester, nice to hear from you!
It's important to at least keep practising every day your current routine and add new stuff as soon as you find some extra time to learn it. It's also a great idea to start playing with a band, it's very motivating and there are things that you learn with bands that you don't learn from lessons. I'm totally open to check your songs and give feedback. -------------------- My lessons
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May 2 2016, 01:15 PM |
Great!
We are in fact a coverband, so we will play a few existing (mostly blues) songs. Our first 2 songs we are rehearsing are Mountain climbing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qJ8bT3W1D0 I am focussing on the solo at 2:48 And then we are playing Still got the blues by Gary Moore, but I will focus on the rhythm part there and the other guitarist will take the lead guitar. I'll try and have something to show soon! |
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May 2 2016, 09:50 PM |
Both are killer tracks! Looking forward to hear you playing them.
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May 11 2016, 12:47 AM |
Great to know that you are working on this song! I like the groove of it and the solo is killer as many Joe's solos.
The last part is full of fast licks played in Pentatonic scale. This kind of patterns are very used in blues rock and require to be worked over metronome for some time to be able to play them fast. I recommend you to isolate it and work on this patterns in different parts of the neck to incorporate the idea to your own solos and also to use economic technique that allows you to play fast. There are some lessons that can help you: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...onic-sequences/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Killer...kk-Wylde-Style/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...ed-pentatonics/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...licks-advanced/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...itution-lesson/ -------------------- My lessons
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May 11 2016, 05:28 PM |
Great, thanks a lot! Some hard lessons there!
What exactly is economy technique? I think I've heard it before somewhere, but I forgot what is was |
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