Hey bro, that viddeo was quite a work for sure, I got lots of comments bellow
I will start my comments about that video with a question, do you feel any difference when playing with accoustic guitar, or electric guitar? Well if you feel more comfy with you acc guitar, grab immediately your electric guitar and practice this strumming arpeggio exercise with it!!! If it feels harder, and you feel relieved and more comfy when you play that with you electric guitar, keep playing it with your accoustic guitar. Practicing on a harder guitar generally improves you faster, but practicing in a easier one, slows down your improvement, keep that in mind
Now what I think about this exercise (arpeggio, strumming), you have some errors so you should return to 70 bpm or 65bpm, to provide you with more time to think where to fret on these F to G and and D to F, so when you play that right and comfortable a 20 times on 70bpm you can jump to 75 and further until you start to make these mistakes again, there stop return to previous speed where you felt comfortable, and play it a 20 times there then again start to move up. When you reach 100bpm, dont stop there go up to 105 and 110, only and only playing comfortably there will give you a perfect playing on 100bpm. So try this ok?
About the string skipping exercise, you nearly nailed the 1-3-4 form, just you need some more time to master it. Playing it with a drum track and distortion is a great idea, with that, you can actually make also some string muting exercises, and you were very successiful in that. Only comment about that, it is not easy to see clearly but I think at 3.23 you use the middle of your pinky to fret high E string 8th fret. That is incorrect. You must use always the tip of your fingers. Always
1-2-4 wasnt too bad too, but that pinky critic is repeated for that exercise too. Maybe that is why you have some difficulty on descending (notewise) horizontally through the fretboard. So here comes the 1-2-4 wide. Man, there is a problem here, this is called 1-2-4 for finger numbers
So you need to use your index middle and pinky, but on the video you are using your index ring and pinky so this is a problem because your ability to strech the ring and pinky is lesser (anatomically) then the index middle strech. That is why if you continue to use these fingers with 5-7-9 type shapes, sooner or later you are going to have some difficulties. You should keep an eye on your fingers buddy
And about the playing, yes it is seen that you are playing it for the second time, keep working on it you will do great...
Finger independence exercises are going great, but you should play it a little slower, like 5-10 bpm slower, to alow you more time to think which finger(s) to move and to focus on it/them. For the 1-3 2-4 finger exercises, you should concentrate on your anchored fingers, not moving ones. It is easier to keep some finger still than deciding which finger to move... Dont push yourself hard on this about tempo, but try to move your appopriate fingers even it takes 1min for each movement. The only target is the ability to control them independently, so when you achieve this, you will be amazed how you build up speed. Ok, if you want to achieve this, you have really to dedicate yourself, and for doing this you really dont need your guitar on hand, just put your fingertips on the a table on work for example, and try to move your necessary fingers, without moving the others. And also, you are always picking with downstrokes on that exercises, even if this is like that in the video, you ignore how it is picked in video, just do alternate picking for all times buddy.
There comes the losferword exercise, It was more evident that you had a tuning problem on lower strings, possibly on B and/or E, (maybe just old strings) I recommend you to check you tuning often...
On losfer words, you are correct, there is a timing problem there, you just keep on following the bassline, it means, you should keep on doing the previous rhythm part, that dude that tabbed this, sucked also in solo part, it is generally wrong. Just keep following your bass tabs, until bar nr68, where you will start your open string run... You need some wider vibratos here, try to memmorise well the lead line. At this time do not increase the speed until you completely finish the song. You makes some timing mistakes here, but I believe they are made due to lack of concentration, I am sure you'll work on these, and again increasing the tempo will ruin everyting now. But, to be sincere, your overall progression on this is just amazing. You are doing great on this keep going.
And finally here comes the star of the video, sanitorium, yeah there are some mistakes here, and yeah you missed the last notes big time, but you play this with feeling. You seriously feel every note you play, you might consider widening and slowing your vibratos a bit, and exagerate the wideness of your vibratos where you must. Never waste a long note without a vibrato, because this multiplies the beauty of your solo with a high factor. Try to be a little faster and harder with your bends, but your accuracy on this is spectacular (tuning wise) and you should keep it that way. And I see you nailed the faster parts on this speed, and you play it clean, that is magnificient work. And one little comment about the entry part, try to play first few notes until 13.37 all with slides, never hammer on or pick that movement, it just requires the soft and warm sound of a slide. Try this
Now when you get more and more comfortable with this solo with all the mistakes are gone and vibratos added etc, you can increase the speed step by step and get to the final speed. You are doing awesome mate nice feelings there!!!
I am very pleased with your work, your explanations and your selfconfident attitude man, keep it that way and you'll become very good at this. As I said it before, playing guitar is %90 the work of brain, and %10 use of muscles. So feeling self comfident and with a good attitude is a great canvas to put your exercise layers on.
That is great man, we are ahead on the schedule (at least on my planning) so lets keep it that way...
Cheers
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