Metal Essentials - Riffs #3, Lesson By Darius Wave |
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Metal Essentials - Riffs #3, Lesson By Darius Wave |
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May 28 2018, 06:21 PM |
Original lesson: Metal Essentials - Riffs #3 by Darius Wave
My first Level 4 lesson! It was by far the most enjoyable to play on my 7 string! Also I've bought a pair of headphones, which made the general acoustics far better for me! Hope you like it and I can't wait for your thoughts on this one!! |
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May 29 2018, 09:05 PM |
Darious gave some great feedback here per usual! No need for me to repeat everything he just said. I would like to turn your attention to around :49 seconds in on the video. Take a look at your hand/arm. You are a bit tense and you almost start picking from the elbow a bit. Picking, I"m always on about, ideally starts from the fingers and moves back toward the wrist. If it starts from the elbow and moves forward toward the hand, it's like painting with a brush on the end of a broomstick. It's tough to maintain precise control and it will wear out your arm quite quickly compared to going the other route of using the fingers and wrist.
Ideally, nearly all picking can be articulated from the thumb/first finger. At some points, you may need to use your wrist as well. It should stop about There. If you have to pull your hand away from the bridge area, you start to lose precision and you create lag between last strike and next strike. Even for big sounding parts, you can get the motion you need from a larger wrist motion. I appreciate the aggressive style with which you attack the lesson for sure I can tell you are getting in to it and that's the best thing about music IMHO. That connection you feel to the music when you are playing and feeling it. The bits that need polish here are small enough. You've got the connection part down! A few tweaks on technique and BAM! it's a 6 from me on this one. Look forward to seeing more! Todd Original lesson: Metal Essentials - Riffs #3 by Darius Wave
My first Level 4 lesson! It was by far the most enjoyable to play on my 7 string! Also I've bought a pair of headphones, which made the general acoustics far better for me! Hope you like it and I can't wait for your thoughts on this one!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: May 29 2018, 09:06 PM |
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May 30 2018, 04:13 PM |
Hi George!
I can see that you've already received great feedback here. The positive side here is that you are close to master your first level 4 lesson. I can notice those issues happening in the faster sections so I would isolate this parts in order to adjust you technique there and polish the riffs. Work at slower tempos over metronome and you'll see improvements soon. Let's use the mentoring thread to monitor you progress. Keep on rocking!! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 5 2018, 07:03 PM |
Pass: 6
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