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Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Aug 1 2012, 11:15 AM
Aug 1 2012, 11:15 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Hey mad! I see and hear progress! The first part and the one resembling it (the one that makes the link between the main riff and the verse riff) are perfect! Now - the main riff has good timing but you are not playing a few notes as defined as they should Take some more time to perfect this one and the verse riff is still a bit rigid, it needs to be more synched with the drums and groovier. I suggest more slow practice and trying to understand the verse groove better - try to sing against the drums if you have the riff in your head When will I see a recording of the Katatonia style lesson? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Cosmin Lupu: Aug 1 2012, 11:15 AM -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Aug 2 2012, 11:47 AM
Aug 2 2012, 11:47 AM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Thanks Jaja - that verse riff is quite difficult to play slow with a groove.. I'll give that another shot after recording a clean and slow take for the Katatonia style lesson ... this weekend! If I can make it to your V-Chat today, would you mind to play the verse-Riff from your Djent Lesson (very slow) for me? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Aug 2 2012, 02:26 PM
Aug 2 2012, 02:26 PM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	QUOTE (mad @ Aug 2 2012, 10:47 AM) Thanks Jaja - that verse riff is quite difficult to play slow with a groove.. I'll give that another shot after recording a clean and slow take for the Katatonia style lesson ... this weekend! If I can make it to your V-Chat today, would you mind to play the verse-Riff from your Djent Lesson (very slow) for me? Of course I will play it - ON THE NEW BARITONE You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Aug 2 2012, 05:38 PM
Aug 2 2012, 05:38 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Aug 2 2012, 01:26 PM) Of course I will play it - ON THE NEW BARITONE AWESOMENESS!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Aug 2 2012, 07:19 PM
Aug 2 2012, 07:19 PM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Sep 27 2012, 12:52 PM
Sep 27 2012, 12:52 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Hey Cos! After weeks of non playing guitar I decided to start all over again.. with very simple lessons here from GMC. I realized, that even level 2 lessons were quite hard to tackle for me (in a more enjoyable performance, if you know what i mean ) So I picked a few lessons from Gabriel and recorded them. This trained my ability to switch between effects while playing, too.. I'm going to do more advanced lessons soon - especially your new one I'd like to do some theory with you, too. What do you think? Marc You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 28 2012, 09:50 AM
Sep 28 2012, 09:50 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Hey Marc! Welcome back man! Which new lesson are we dealing with - the one based on using modes? What theoretical aspects would you like to discuss about? Cosmin You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Sep 28 2012, 01:48 PM
Sep 28 2012, 01:48 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Yes: Modes of the rising sun I'm going to put some lighter strings on my Epi LP.. then I should be able to practice the whole lesson with all its bends for more than 5 minutes Regarding theory: You might ask me anything and I have to answer.. just to test my overall music theory knowledge.. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

mad View Member Profile	Sep 29 2012, 08:36 AM
Sep 29 2012, 08:36 AM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Ah - and in my last REC takes Gabriel mentioned timing problems in some spots.. maybe you have some simple practicing routines to improve this Thanks! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 29 2012, 12:39 PM
Sep 29 2012, 12:39 PM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Alright! So, until you get the lighter strings, let's see what we can work on, regarding theory Let's consider we are in the key of D minor - can you please tell me what parent scale does the D minor/ Aeolian mode have and can you please harmonize it using 7th chords? And can you please tell me how we can modify the structure of the D minor scale to transform it into the D dorian and then the D Phrygian modes - what parent scales do these have? Hope I haven't bombarded you too bad As for timing, I got just the right thing for ya - check out this thread below and tell me what you think - would you be available to record a riff of your choice, using the tracks attached here? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=41914 Cosmin You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Sep 29 2012, 08:17 PM
Sep 29 2012, 08:17 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Definately! Will give everything a try right now You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

mad View Member Profile	Sep 29 2012, 09:14 PM
Sep 29 2012, 09:14 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	OK, theory first: Hope I'm not absolutely wrong here.. Parent scale of D minor/Aeolian: F Major/Ionian Harmonized F Ionian with 7th-chords: F7, Gmin7, Amin7, Bb min7, C7, D min7, E min7b5 Transformations: D Aeolian to D Dorian: playing major 6th instead of minor 6th D Aeolian to D Phrygian: playing minor 2nd instead of major 2nd Parent scale of D Dorian is C Ionian Parent Scale of D Phrygian is Bb Ionian Now I grab my guitar You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

mad View Member Profile	Sep 29 2012, 10:49 PM
Sep 29 2012, 10:49 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Okay.. While playing I realized some problems in the wider empty spaces in the track. So I decided to play a few times using a click track behind. I played about 4-5 times with that method, and I tapped my right foot to stay in time. Then I recorded without click (only a pre click before recording starts) and this is the first attempt: It was a huge difference, and it was a really cool feeling to be in time after the first larger spaces I realized that sometimes I play a little bit in front of the beat - especially in the very first measures... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Oct 1 2012, 02:39 PM
Oct 1 2012, 02:39 PM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Hey Marc! I think you did a great job mate The only observation I have, would be the fact that we are dealing with BbM7 instead of Bbm7 there, in the F Ionian Now, for the playing, I think it's going good! You need to become more balanced, but since this is a 4/4 simple track, you can work on those skills, by simply interpreting the riff a bit. You can slack or go a pinch faster to give it some dynamic! Anyway, you tend to hurry because you are scared not to stay behind But if there's no actual rhythmic landmark, when the silence bits come into play, your internal clock is the only one working here - this is the whole purpose of this exercise: Adjusting your internal clock to various grooves and timing situations where you must rely on yourself only Shall we try another one? And regarding theory, it seems to me that you can handle this stuff pretty well - is there anything specific regarding theory which troubled you, or you had not understood? Cosmin You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Oct 1 2012, 02:58 PM
Oct 1 2012, 02:58 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Yes, another one! Regarding theory I would say, we just leave it.. when I have a specific question I can just ask By end of the week I'm going to change strings and then you can expect a first take on your modes lesson.. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by mad: Oct 1 2012, 02:58 PM

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Oct 2 2012, 08:19 AM
Oct 2 2012, 08:19 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	QUOTE (mad @ Oct 1 2012, 01:58 PM) Yes, another one! Regarding theory I would say, we just leave it.. when I have a specific question I can just ask By end of the week I'm going to change strings and then you can expect a first take on your modes lesson.. Alright! Well, please let me know when you have the recordings ready - why not chose Gabe's Love Metal lesson and record it over the tricky backing tracks eh? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Oct 3 2012, 07:59 PM
Oct 3 2012, 07:59 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	I'll let you know. And I'll try to record Gabriel's lesson over your drum-track.. let's see You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

mad View Member Profile	Oct 3 2012, 08:53 PM
Oct 3 2012, 08:53 PM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Here is a first recording of the rhythm section.. http://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/sets/cosmin_timing This is a set of two tracks, the second contains the recording with more empty spaces.. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Oct 4 2012, 09:05 AM
Oct 4 2012, 09:05 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Marc! Congrats man! I think you did a fine job Now tell me, how does it feel? Are you relaxed or not? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

mad View Member Profile	Oct 4 2012, 09:23 AM
Oct 4 2012, 09:23 AM	Accomplished Rock Star Posts: 692 Joined: 27-December 10 From: Germany	Thanks I'm very relaxed and it feels very natural now. I use to play while tapping my foot since a few days, that really helps with the internal clock.. I just started with another lesson from Gabriel and this time I try to especially keep an eye on timing.. Is there anything else you think I should do to improve timing? Maybe another lesson that contains (easy) phrasing.. just to see if I get the notes played in time? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!