Victor's Bootcamp, Fell Deeds Awake! Now for Wrath!! Now for Ruin!! |
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Victor's Bootcamp, Fell Deeds Awake! Now for Wrath!! Now for Ruin!! |
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Jan 17 2020, 08:27 PM
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Hi Todd,
Here is Lesson #5, Check out my playing and I wrote the speeds in BPM. -------------------- |
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Jan 18 2020, 02:14 AM |
Here are improved Files for MISSION 6. A new Guitar Pro file (the original lesson was created before I switched to guitar pro) and a picture export of same.
6PedalPoint.gp5 ( 1.88K ) Number of downloads: 1056 Hi Todd,
I am currently practicing Lesson #5, I am trying my best to make it match the beat perfectly. I will post it in a few days, but before that I have a question on how to practice Lesson #6 - Pedal Point? I attached the Guitar Pro file. As you can see measure 8/4, 8th notes and triples, the click will match the notes with 12, 14, 16, which is perfect for me. But to do this I have to start with a small "rest", and that is a little strange. What are your thoughts on this? |
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Feb 1 2020, 09:30 PM
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Hi Todd, New Video, Lesson #7. 18th notes played at 80, 90 and 100 BPM. Let me know what I need to improve. Video with low quality sound, so I will attach the mp3 file with high quality sound. The mp3 file is the same recording as the video from youtube. Even though the mp3 has high quality, I don't like how my playing sounds there compared to the video. It sounds like some notes are cut off, and also it sounds too scratchy.
Attached File(s)
Lesson_7___Back_and_forth_revised_from_higher_to_lower_strings.mp3 ( 2MB )
Number of downloads: 3495
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Feb 2 2020, 09:12 PM
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You have got this lick down very well and your speed it good! The problem with the metronome is that you seem to be drifting in and out of synch with it. You speed up a pinch and start rushing the pattern and get slightly ahead of the metronome. The metronome is meant to act almost like a leash to prevent you from rushing or lagging. I know it's tough to play a complex pattern while listening for the click on the metronome but that's a foundational skill. You are playing very well! You are just having a pinch of trouble synching your playing to the metronome. The purpose of trying to synch to a metronome is to be able to play at a consistent speed. For example if you were playing with a band, and started rushing the song, everyone else has to rush as well. It ends up ruining the song. So it's important to be able to play while listening to something for a beat to go by. I know this is not easy, especially at first as the mind will focus on the playing and not hear the metronome and maybe not realize synch has been lost. You don't have to play a lot of bars of each drill, just a few bars is fine. It's easier to stay synched to the metronome in shorter bursts. As you get better at staying synched you can play longer and longer with the metronome going without losing synch. This just takes time and practice and you'll get it along the way. I'd say make a video for this mission that is just shorter so that you can stay in synch and not drift. I don't think your quite ready to play 32 bars of this drill without losing synch with the metronome. You've got the drill well in hand! It's only the lack of synch with the metronome getting in your way. One more time in to the breach! Sarge All right, then I will keep on practicing this lick. I think I will use this metronome. Please check out the version where you can use the 16th notes https://www.imusic-school.com/en/tools/online-metronome/ I think the 16th notes will help me keep the timing, but playing without the sixteens will help me get an internal metronome. What do you think? -------------------- |
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Feb 3 2020, 04:45 AM |
Try it with the 16th notes on the metronome and see if you can keep it synched with the metronome. Once you can always keep a lick tight with a metronome, you can stop using one as your internal metronome will take over. But as long as you find you are too focused on the lick to stay synched with the metronome, it's a good idea to keep using one. You can clearly play this lick. I think you may just get too focused on it and it's hard to focus on a fast lick and listen to a click at the same time but that is why we are here It's possible, just takes some time. Keep it up!!!
Sarge All right, then I will keep on practicing this lick.
I think I will use this metronome. Please check out the version where you can use the 16th notes https://www.imusic-school.com/en/tools/online-metronome/ I think the 16th notes will help me keep the timing, but playing without the sixteens will help me get an internal metronome. What do you think? |
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