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[maharzan]

Thanks Alex. I will post another take at a slower tempo. By twice you mean, do the whole thing again ? I do more for practice but didn't want to elongate in the recording.

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[Alex Feather]

What I meant when you are warming up just play this exercise a few times thorugh

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[maharzan]

Hi Alex,

Here is at slower tempo.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/left-hand-practice

Its pretty hard to stop the noise. My left hand has been strengthening though.

Thanks,
Chandra

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[Alex Feather]

Hi Alex,

Here is at slower tempo.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/left-hand-practice

Its pretty hard to stop the noise. My left hand has been strengthening though.

Thanks,
Chandra

The noise is not a big deal!
I can suggest to do it even slower so you have a full control over your hands!

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[maharzan]

Hi Alex,

Here is another try, even slower.

Thanks,
Chandra

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/left-hand-practice-even-slower

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[maharzan]

Alex, did you forget to check this one? Didn't see you commenting my above take.

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[Alex Feather]

Very good take! Timing was good and I can hear that you have much more control over your hands! Keep working on this exercise and I will create a new assignment for you in a couple of days!

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[maharzan]

Thanks. This is on my daily warm up exercise. I can't wait to improve.

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[Alex Feather]

Thanks. This is on my daily warm up exercise. I can't wait to improve.

It will take some time just keep going and you will see the results!!

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[Alex Feather]

So here it is! I have a very cool chord exercise for you!
It will help you to develop your timing and chord playing skills!
You can start practicing this exercise very slow and than increase the tempo when you feel comfortable!
Here is the track!

http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/chords-mentoring
Here is the tab

E |--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|
B |--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|
G |--2--------------5--------5--------4L----------4----|
D |--3--------------7--------7--------5L----------5----|
A |--3--------------7--------7--------5L----------5----|
E |--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|


--------8--------5--------5--------3--------1L------|
--------8--------5--------6--------3--------1L------|
--------9--------5--------7--------4--------2L------|
--------10-------7--------7--------5--------3L------|
--------10-------7--------5--------5--------3L------|
--------8--------5--------5--------3--------1L------|


--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|
--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|
--2--------5--------5--------4L----------4----------|
--3--------7--------7--------5L----------5----------|
--3--------7--------7--------5L----------5----------|
--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|


--------8--------8--------8--------8L-------8-------|
--------8--------8--------8--------8L-------8-------|
--------9--------9--------9--------9L-------9-------|
--------10-------10-------10-------10L------10------|
--------10-------10-------10-------10L------10------|
--------8--------8--------8--------8L-------8-------|


--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|
--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|
--2--------------5--------5--------4L----------4----|
--3--------------7--------7--------5L----------5----|
--3--------------7--------7--------5L----------5----|
--1--------------5--------5--------3L----------3----|


--------8--------5--------5--------3--------1L------|
--------8--------5--------6--------3--------1L------|
--------9--------5--------7--------4--------2L------|
--------10-------7--------7--------5--------3L------|
--------10-------7--------5--------5--------3L------|
--------8--------5--------5--------3--------1L------|


--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|
--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|
--2--------5--------5--------4L----------4----------|
--3--------7--------7--------5L----------5----------|
--3--------7--------7--------5L----------5----------|
--1--------5--------5--------3L----------3----------|


--3--------3--------3--------3----------------------||
--3--------3--------3--------3----------------------||
--4--------4--------4--------4----------------------||
--5--------5--------5--------5----------------------||
--5--------5--------5--------5----------------------||
--3--------3--------3--------3----------------------||

Here is the GP file!
 Chords_Exercise.gpx ( 23.33K ) Number of downloads: 94

This exercise is a little tricky! Please feel free to ask me any questions!

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[maharzan]

Hi Alex,

Here is my try. I have played over the track you gave me.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/chord-practice-timing

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[Alex Feather]

Hi Alex,

Here is my try. I have played over the track you gave me.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/chord-practice-timing

Very well done!!! Now can you record the same thing with a metronome only? I think tempo is 90BPM if you can do only metronome and guitar! After I will show the next trick:)

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[maharzan]

Here it is 90bpm seems pretty slow. This one is at 105bpm which seems aligned with the track you recorded.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/chord-practice-metronome

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[Alex Feather]

Here it is 90bpm seems pretty slow. This one is at 105bpm which seems aligned with the track you recorded.

http://soundcloud.com/nazraham/chord-practice-metronome

You did a great job! I will prepare a new assignment for you tomorrow!

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[maharzan]

I am waiting...

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[Alex Feather]

Awesome!
For the new assignment we will start to get into improvisation a little bit more!
Here is a very cool II - V - I backing track in E minor
http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/ii-v-i-jam
The chords are:
Emi7 - A7 - Dmaj7

Over E mi7 chord I want you to play E dorian mode

Over A7
A minor blues pentatonic

Over D major 7 F# minor pentatonic


When you are playing over this chord progression try to be as melodic as possible and create phrases instead just jamming!
Let me know if you have any questions or need help!

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[Alex Feather]

I am waiting...

I just wanted to see how are you doing and if you have any questions! Please let me know!

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[Alex Feather]

Got your message!
You are actually ahead of me and that was the plan! Before we will start I would like to know how do you feel about the backing track I assigned you and if you got a chance to jam over it?
Let me know and we will begin

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[maharzan]

I think the backing track moves pretty fast (chords). I guess it might be helpful to say have longer chords or just one chord to start with? one scale ? and slowly move from there ? I also need to learn how to phrase. I am ready to start from basic or relearn if need be.

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[Alex Feather]

I think the backing track moves pretty fast (chords). I guess it might be helpful to say have longer chords or just one chord to start with? one scale ? and slowly move from there ? I also need to learn how to phrase. I am ready to start from basic or relearn if need be.

Sounds good!
So we have E mi7 for one bar A7 for one bar and D maj7 for two bars
There are 4 counts in each bar! I hope it makes sense! I know at first it's hard to get use to counting but as soon as you will understand it, it will be piece a cake!
If you want I can explain counting in more details! Let me know !

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