Maharzan - Mentored By Muris, UNUSED
maharzan
Sep 4 2009, 03:45 PM
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Joined: 2-May 09
From: Kathmandu
Hey Muris,

So, after a long wait, finally I have been able to be guided by you although you have been so helpful all these days. Thank you. smile.gif

I will try to brief a few things about me and my playing here.


BACKGROUND

My name is Chandra Maharzan and am from Nepal as you may have already known by now. I am 31 years old (wow growing old now). I learnt the basic chords when I was 15 years through friends and since then just practicing on my own. I never owned a guitar until I was like 26. Gears are pretty expensive and I had to wait until I earned for myself. Yet I didn't have an amp so I had to wait for another 2 years. So, virtually, I was able to play on a gear for the last 3 years or so ON and OFF.

Playing guitar has mostly become a hobby and I haven't been able to practice every day not until I joined GMC anyway. Work / Priorities always set playing guitars aside. I do have an ON/OFF band (NISSIM - http://nissim.com.np), mainly a vocalist and we have been together since school days. We also have an album on our heads (mostly my composition) which was released free online. I did all the arrangements as well and mixing/vocals/bass was done in the studio. I have another 8-9 songs ready to be recorded. These are songs not instrumentals though.

I had bought a few videos by Kris at GMC few years back and I think GMC didn't exist. I never got time to go back to those videos though, only watched a few times and then that was it. I later somehow found about GMC (probably Google Search) and then I looked over few videos, especially yours and was determined to start doing 'something' with my guitar skills and thus instantly became a member. What was in my mind was to improve playing at speed so I can run some fast riffs on my compositions at times. I have given myself a year and then to at least come up with one good single instrumental track with some or all techniques like tapping, sweep, fast riffs, melody, etc. I know I am not being realistic though.


INFLUENCES

I like most compositions by Joe Satriani. Absolutely love this guy. I have tried to listed to Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson but I never listened to them twice mainly because either they are too fast or too technical. I do like For the Love of God by Vai though (to be frank I don't listen to music much, didn't have access to it as a child) But somehow have been managed to follow Joe Satriani a lot. Lately, I am trying to catch up with Andy Timmons after I found this name at a thread in GMC. Sounds pretty cool. I am not much into classic rock or blues. I do like ROCK mainly, some hard rock, alternative and grunge (not very heavy ones though).


CURRENT STATUS

Since I have joined GMC, I have noticed I have improved quite a bit. Mainly on vibrato and alternate picking. I have been practicing or done few RECs which mainly involves alternate picking. Interesting thing is when I was learning guitar (until 18 - for 3 damn years) I didn't know anything about alternate picking, isn't that funny? I always used to use down stroke and always found it hard to get some fast leads. I feel so stupid. sad.gif

You might have already seen my RECs, those mainly define where I am right now. Since past 2 months or so I have been practicing your Mixolydian Soloing (Intermediate level) and Pinky Excercise by Piotr Kaczor but still finding it hard to get to the tempo.

Main problem: Sync. I have been getting there.

With the pinky excercise, my pinky used to hurt a lot but now it has overcome that (only hurts a little) and I think I can do a REC on that pretty soon.

While doing my REC, I have noticed myself that the fast riffs are out of timing. So since past few days I have also been practicing your Timing Excercise lesson. And as expected that last part is pretty fast.


PROBLEMS
Hand Sync at speed - AP
Vibrato (I think I resolved that about 90%)
Definitely Stamina, even though if I get it in sync for few bars, if the fast riff is pretty long, I am gone. My fingers just cannot hold the pick at the same position.


WHAT I NEED TO IMPROVE ON

All I know is AP. I have practised a lot when I was doing few Satch licks and they mainly involved legato, so I guess I am good at it (although you probably haven't seen anything on that).

I definitely need to work on Timing. Never practised on a metronome so that probably reflects it.

(Almost) Never done Tapping, Sweep picking.

I think I will call my strength as composition, AP, Legato.


WHAT I NEED TO ACHIEVE

As I mentioned before too, I need to become a good player that can play great slow melodies and sometimes run some fast licks as well, overall a better composer. I do understand I need to practice all the techniques that is there on the guitar, not necessary style (should come by itself as we practice).

I do not want to touch tapping or sweeping at the moment. I want to master one thing. Playing in sync at speed using alternate picking confidently and definitely improve the timing too. I want to be confident at listening to a backing track and fill it with faster (longer than just a bar) licks while improvising as well. Enough of just thinking and playing slow 2s and 4s. Time for triplets, 16s and 32s!!! smile.gif

Am I asking too much? biggrin.gif


VIDEOS









Here are the collabs I have done:

Latest (D Mixolydian) : https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&id=17524
NeoClassical for beginners: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...st&id=17248

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This post has been edited by Muris Varajic: Oct 23 2009, 04:32 PM


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- maharzan   Maharzan - Mentored By Muris   Sep 4 2009, 03:45 PM
- - Muris Varajic   Welcome Chandra. I'm not gonna waste our tim...   Sep 4 2009, 07:55 PM
- - maharzan   Guess what? I have been listening to this lesson f...   Sep 5 2009, 03:40 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   That sounds just great, so we have 3 lessons to st...   Sep 5 2009, 02:45 PM
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- - maharzan   I went one round with Lukather lesson today. still...   Sep 5 2009, 04:24 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 5 2009, 05:24 PM) I...   Sep 5 2009, 05:54 PM
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- - playaxeman   Hi Chandra Very nice of you to welcome me aboard...   Sep 5 2009, 09:03 PM
- - maharzan   Thanks Robert! I am following your thread as w...   Sep 6 2009, 05:11 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   Glad you're having fun with the lesson! ...   Sep 6 2009, 01:34 PM
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- - maharzan   So, I practiced this today and its 90% done (I thi...   Sep 6 2009, 01:38 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 6 2009, 02:38 PM) S...   Sep 6 2009, 01:43 PM
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- - maharzan   Perhaps you can see that when I post the video. ...   Sep 6 2009, 01:48 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 6 2009, 02:48 PM) P...   Sep 6 2009, 01:51 PM
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- - maharzan   Hey Muris, Just wanted to say that I am loving An...   Sep 7 2009, 09:08 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   Oh yeah, Any Timmons is nothing but amazing tone w...   Sep 7 2009, 12:32 PM
|- - maharzan   Ah, now I got it. I wasn't understanding what ...   Sep 7 2009, 08:19 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Chords were ALMOST perfect! I'll give you...   Sep 8 2009, 01:58 AM
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- - maharzan   Thanks Muris.. I will listen to it more carefully ...   Sep 7 2009, 03:23 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   You're very welcome, looking forward to it.   Sep 7 2009, 05:24 PM
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- - maharzan   Ok, I am not sure what key is (I lack theory) but ...   Sep 7 2009, 07:28 PM
- - Neurologi   Sorry to hijack your thread, guys. I will be most ...   Sep 8 2009, 04:46 AM
- - maharzan   Thanks Muris. I will lay them out again. Gm Eb ...   Sep 8 2009, 05:20 AM
- - Neurologi   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 8 2009, 07:20 AM) M...   Sep 8 2009, 05:37 AM
- - maharzan   Ah Thanks neurologi. I was looking at the middle o...   Sep 8 2009, 05:57 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   I believe it's copy button, yeah, maybe you ha...   Sep 8 2009, 01:48 PM
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- - maharzan   Oops.. looks like I messed up pretty much with the...   Sep 8 2009, 02:18 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   I see your question and here's the answer, the...   Sep 8 2009, 02:29 PM
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- - maharzan   Okay, I am still not SO clear on this but I guess ...   Sep 8 2009, 02:42 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Yeah, it comes with time, experience, hard work an...   Sep 8 2009, 02:53 PM
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- - maharzan   Great.. On the side note about theory, I am lookin...   Sep 8 2009, 04:51 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Nice research on chords, those 4 types of chords a...   Sep 8 2009, 06:46 PM
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- - maharzan   Hi Muris, Still a bit sloppy but I just wanted to...   Sep 9 2009, 08:52 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   Much better, better control, wider vibrato!...   Sep 9 2009, 11:26 PM
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- - maharzan   Thanks Muris.. About chromatic, in the beginning b...   Sep 10 2009, 01:20 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   You mentioned floating bridge screws, you mean scr...   Sep 10 2009, 11:59 AM
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- - maharzan   Oh I mean on the lock.. (neck). usually its like ...   Sep 10 2009, 04:57 PM
- - maharzan   I am just asking because I am like fed up with uns...   Sep 10 2009, 05:23 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   It happens to me as well, even without floating br...   Sep 10 2009, 09:38 PM
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- - Neurologi   I thought I would share a small tip that helped me...   Sep 11 2009, 04:03 AM
- - maharzan   Thanks Guys for sharing your experiences. This thi...   Sep 11 2009, 04:16 AM
- - Neurologi   I share the same sentiments exactly! I only ha...   Sep 11 2009, 04:51 AM
- - maharzan   I think the concept behind the floating bridge is ...   Sep 11 2009, 05:08 AM
- - Neurologi   No. I mean "Tremol-No". Not tremolo. Eas...   Sep 11 2009, 05:18 AM
- - maharzan   Oh Never seen that.. Anyway, will just have to do...   Sep 11 2009, 06:08 AM
- - maharzan   Hey Muris, Heres another version. Hope its gettin...   Sep 12 2009, 08:50 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   There are still some issues with timing on those f...   Sep 12 2009, 11:37 AM
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- - maharzan   Yep.. thats where I want to improve.. play the not...   Sep 12 2009, 03:04 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 12 2009, 04:04 PM) ...   Sep 12 2009, 11:43 PM
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- - maharzan   Hi Muris, I just worked on a composition with the...   Sep 13 2009, 03:48 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Here are some lessons that you can try along with ...   Sep 13 2009, 09:12 PM
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- - maharzan   Thanks Muris. Thats loads of practice. I will pos...   Sep 14 2009, 03:56 AM
- - maharzan   Okay, so here is the composition I tried over the ...   Sep 14 2009, 08:35 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   Nice job!!! You really came up with so...   Sep 14 2009, 02:11 PM
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- - maharzan   Wow.. great review there.. I didn't realize yo...   Sep 14 2009, 02:40 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 14 2009, 03:40 PM) ...   Sep 14 2009, 02:48 PM
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- - maharzan   haha.. Yep, your level 5 speed is like shredding.....   Sep 14 2009, 03:11 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Ok.   Sep 14 2009, 03:13 PM
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- - maharzan   Why is it sloppy all the time? not enough practice...   Sep 16 2009, 01:34 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 16 2009, 02:34 PM) ...   Sep 17 2009, 01:10 AM
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- - maharzan   Thanks Muris. I have dent marks (of string) on my ...   Sep 17 2009, 05:20 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 17 2009, 06:20 AM) ...   Sep 17 2009, 08:02 AM
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- - maharzan   haha.. cool. When will you be back? I hope you ca...   Sep 17 2009, 06:12 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   I'' be back on 29th, it's traditional ...   Sep 19 2009, 05:15 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   How are we doing here?   Oct 1 2009, 01:30 AM
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- - maharzan   Hey Muris, Great to see you are back. I have bee...   Oct 1 2009, 09:49 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   No problem at all, take your time and have fun at ...   Oct 1 2009, 01:14 PM
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- - maharzan   Thanks Muris. have been doing that. I feel like I ...   Oct 1 2009, 06:05 PM
- - maharzan   Alright.. enough of talks. I finally found some t...   Oct 3 2009, 03:31 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Oh yeah, you are SURELY getting there!! Ea...   Oct 3 2009, 04:51 PM
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- - maharzan   For the homework, I got the basic chords for Your ...   Oct 5 2009, 04:39 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   Well you were pretty close, good job! A note...   Oct 5 2009, 04:26 PM
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- - maharzan   Nope. I am pretty much stuck at just basic chords ...   Oct 5 2009, 04:51 PM
- - maharzan   and by the way, I have now 'learnt' all th...   Oct 5 2009, 05:56 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Oct 5 2009, 06:56 PM) a...   Oct 6 2009, 02:45 AM
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- - maharzan   Frankly, I didn't quite understand the theory....   Oct 7 2009, 02:37 AM
- - Neurologi   Hope you did your research on voltage and frequenc...   Oct 7 2009, 11:54 AM
- - maharzan   oops.. I was thinking all G-Force units were 110-2...   Oct 7 2009, 01:30 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   G-Force should work on all powers, all you need is...   Oct 7 2009, 04:11 PM
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- - maharzan   Yep, thats what I thought. Thanks Muris.   Oct 7 2009, 04:11 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Oct 7 2009, 05:11 PM) Y...   Oct 7 2009, 04:39 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Killer, waiting for it!!!   Oct 9 2009, 12:56 AM
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- - maharzan   oooo... i am almost nailing it.. just one bit of t...   Oct 8 2009, 04:08 PM
- - maharzan   aww.. you know what.. I am never going to practice...   Oct 9 2009, 06:38 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   I know the feel and it's surely frustrating bu...   Oct 10 2009, 06:56 AM
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- - maharzan   I am all up for it Muris. Punish me! I tried ...   Oct 10 2009, 11:26 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Oct 10 2009, 12:26 PM) ...   Oct 10 2009, 12:26 PM
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- - maharzan   Ye, I need to practice more on headphones. So, sh...   Oct 10 2009, 05:52 PM
- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (maharzan @ Oct 10 2009, 06:52 PM) ...   Oct 10 2009, 06:56 PM
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