January Mtp Thread - Mirkoschmidt |
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January Mtp Thread - Mirkoschmidt |
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Jan 3 2010, 08:15 PM |
Hi Mirko!
How was your new year's? Let's get started with January's program! These are the three assignments for this month: * First week: Due January 10th - Post rhythm exercise no.1. We are still gonna drill the 2/4 time signature, this time is going to be a little more demanding. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post riff assignment. This is the main riff for the song "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns and Roses. It's a great exercise and it's got some interesting mixture of techniques in it. Mr. Brownstone the riff appears at 3:17 as in the GP file. - Post speed exercise no.1. Start from a comfortable speed. All alternate picking starting on a down stroke. This is a must-know type of pattern to develop speed. Go up to the fastest and cleanest speed possible and post it. week_1___Rhythm_exercise_no.1.gp5 ( 2.12K ) Number of downloads: 192 week_1___Riff_assignment_No.1.gp5 ( 17.47K ) Number of downloads: 159 week_1___Speed_assigment_No.1.gp5 ( 2.06K ) Number of downloads: 184 * Second week: Due January 17th - Post rhythm exercise no.2. For this exercise start at 60bpm. And work your way up. The goal is 160, but post your fastest possible take at the time. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post solo assignment no.1. We'll keep on working on the bendings. This time let's do the first solo for "November Rain" by Slash. Play the "guitar solo" part on the GP file attached. November Rain backing track The solo part appears at 3:48. - Post speed exercise no.2. This exercise has some different patterns in it and it's not square. Do it with alternate picking but don't be restricted to it if you need to use a couple of hammer-ons or pull-offs. week_2___Rhythm_exercise_no.2.gp5 ( 2.01K ) Number of downloads: 169 week_2___Solo_assignment_no.1.gp5 ( 31.56K ) Number of downloads: 155 week_2___Speed_assigment_no.2.gp5 ( 1.86K ) Number of downloads: 169 * Third week: Due January 24th - Post Rhythm exercise no.3. Make sure to include the accents as we saw on previous 2/4 exercises. - Post solo assignment no.2. This is a really fun excerpt from "Mr. Browstone" solo. Challenging but I think it will really help on your bending technique. - Post speed exercise no.3. The idea here is to break the regular up and down patterns and start combining different runs "arbitrarily". A chromatic exercise. Start on a comfortable tempo and work your way up to the fastest and cleanest possible. week_3___Rhythm_exercise_no.3.gp5 ( 2.13K ) Number of downloads: 177 week_3___Speed_assigment_no.3.gp5 ( 2.64K ) Number of downloads: 180 week_3__Solo_assignment_No.2.gp5 ( 17.47K ) Number of downloads: 145 * Let me know of the REC lesson you want to submit for this month. The REC take would have to be posted on the 29th on january. Let me know iif you have any comments and questions! This post has been edited by Daniel Realpe: Jan 3 2010, 08:21 PM -------------------- Visit my:
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Jan 20 2010, 09:49 PM |
Pre-bend means that you don't attack the string until it has been bent and then you pull it down. It happens fast at that particular part but don't think about it too much, just listen and emulate it. Notes are there written down so you can see what's going on.
About this week's solo assignment, it's very good! nice control over the bendings! I think you have gotten better during this past months. I like the continuity you achieved at 0:09. Revise the lick at 0:12, do it sliding and not with hammer-ons. Just practice 0:26 by itself some fews times. I think you went a little too high on that bending. The guitar sounds in tune this time. You should always do the same for all videos, and actually for every practice session and gig that you have. It's crucial. -------------------- Visit my:
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