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Apr 1 2014, 04:26 AM
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When I took lessons, after I'd initially learned - not necessarily mastered - but competently 'learned' one of my lessons, I would immediately work to incorporate that technique into something/anything/everything else I was doing musically. I was lucky. I started jamming and playing with other kids in bands almost immediately so when I learned a new scale, lick, riff, chord, chord progression, etc. just by necessity I figured out a way to adapt it or part of it to a song(s) we were jamming on. Most of the time it would morph completely from how I originally learned it - again, by necessity - in order for me to fit it into the song we were doing. I found that by doing this I wouldn't forget or lose the original technique and would become part of my playing.
You know - use it or lose it. To this day I still do that. I learn something new - I force it to fit into as much stuff as I can knowing full well that it won't musically or tastefully work in probably 95% of the situations I introduce it in to. But that's the process. Bob Dylan was once asked how he writes songs. He replied, "I start out playing something I know, change it up until it turns into something I don't know". If you write - even just a little bit - take a technique or riff that you learn here, change a couple notes, leave out a note, change the key, play it backwards, etc. ... voila, new song! It's way way better to be able to effectively use - in making music - two or three of the things you learn than it is to know 50 different techniques and 1000 licks but have no idea where to use them or how to make music out of them. Or as another great musician said, "I'd rather be able to use 6 chords in 100 different ways than a hundred chords, six ways". This post has been edited by klasaine: Apr 1 2014, 04:54 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Apr 1 2014, 04:35 PM
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As Darius said, the main goal is to keep motivated and practicing. If you reach a good level with the lesson and you want to go to another lesson there is no problem with that. You keep on practicing, you keep on motivated and you keep on learning new things and improving. That's the main goal at GMC so keep going Marek!
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Apr 2 2014, 07:50 AM
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Sometimes, to bring a lesson up to be graded with a 10 is not that easily achieved. Why? You might ask - because we are all different and your touch is different than mine, mine is different than Gabi's and his is different than Darius'
The whole idea is to understand principles and how they are applied in technique, phrasing and so on. Being a perfectionist is a great thing, but you also need to understand that if you play these flawlessly and then you forget them, you have learned them for nothing. As Ken says, use it or lose it! In order to progress by using these lessons, you need to make sure you understood the applied theory behind the lesson, its principles, the technique and then, as Gabi always suggests, take the time to modify all these over the provided backing track. You will suddenly discover how you can take a level 2 beginner lesson up to incredible heights. DO take the time to explore and think  Don't expect all things to be given to you by an all knowing grandfather of all knowledge, but be curious and always push yourselves. And yes, ask questions about what you are doing. There's nothing wrong with that, au contraire, it's the way in which you achieve things.Here's a thread in which you can read A LOT about how to milk a concept down to the bone: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=51607 There's a Zen proverb that says: 'When you have reached the top, keep climbing' This post has been edited by Cosmin Lupu: Apr 2 2014, 07:50 AM |
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Apr 2 2014, 09:00 AM
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I like that proverb Cosmin, all in all Zen has provided us with many great proverbs
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Apr 2 2014, 04:08 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 1 2014, 11:50 PM)  There's a Zen proverb that says: 'When you have reached the top, keep climbing' Beautiful! *Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett once remarked in an interview that there are no masters, only students. Some students work harder than others. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Apr 2 2014, 08:21 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Apr 2 2014, 03:50 AM) Sometimes, to bring a lesson up to be graded with a 10 is not that easily achieved. Why? You might ask - because we are all different and your touch is different than mine, mine is different than Gabi's and his is different than Darius' The whole idea is to understand principles and how they are applied in technique, phrasing and so on. Being a perfectionist is a great thing, but you also need to understand that if you play these flawlessly and then you forget them, you have learned them for nothing. As Ken says, use it or lose it! In order to progress by using these lessons, you need to make sure you understood the applied theory behind the lesson, its principles, the technique and then, as Gabi always suggests, take the time to modify all these over the provided backing track. You will suddenly discover how you can take a level 2 beginner lesson up to incredible heights. DO take the time to explore and think Don't expect all things to be given to you by an all knowing grandfather of all knowledge, but be curious and always push yourselves. And yes, ask questions about what you are doing. There's nothing wrong with that, au contraire, it's the way in which you achieve things.Here's a thread in which you can read A LOT about how to milk a concept down to the bone: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=51607 There's a Zen proverb that says: 'When you have reached the top, keep climbing' Cosmin is a very wise man. Be clever and take his words and that beautiful Zen Proverb!
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Apr 3 2014, 11:23 AM
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At least you make it to a REC, I tend to stop before I even feel accomplished into posting one.
I have the same feeling tho, get a little bored or side tracked with working on something else. It doesn't stop me tho, I don't stop say learning that technique but find something that is harder and more out of of reach. I always like to feel that challenge for certain techniques, while there are some I feel afraid of because it may not fit my style of playing. Anymore I tend to get lost in trying to solo over the work myself, using what I learned in the lesson and just to expand upon it with my own material. That way I can see how it fits in with what I hear in my head, which for me it makes it so easy to just pull a technique out of my head and lay a track down. -------------------- Guitars:
Ibanez S770PB (Natural Flat) , Ibanez XPT700 (Chameleon) , Sterling J Richardson Signature , Squire IV Jazz Bass (Sunburst) Gear: Neural DSP Plugins My YouTube Page. |
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