Where To Start..., After playing nearly half of my lifetime, where do i start now? |
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Aug 9 2009, 05:22 PM
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Welcome twist - great to have you on board
 OK, so I have read through your message and these are all very common "problems". The first thing that comes to mind when reading your list of "things do improve" is that you would benifit most from learning some core "basics" regarding lead guitar. You mention you picking hand is not fast enough, and your fretting hand is also having difficulty. This is something I read often with our members, and I would say that actually the problem is not about speed but rather CONTROL over your instrament. Remember these three important things on your quest, CONTROL, TONE, and THEORY. Control and Tone are the two most important things here, and theory is extremely useful but can come later. Speed comes as a Bi-product of Control (as does "good" tone). How does one get control over there instrament I hear you ask??   Learning by repitition and taking your time over things Ok so now you know these "secrets" you need to know how and what to practice in your routine. There is no set answer, everyone practices different but there are general guidlines that can be followed. My personal routine consits of practicing scales, but "sequencing" musical patterns over them in order to build up my improvisational (and overall) skills in lead guitar. I practice alternate picking and legato, tapping, chord relays, and a fairly complex (on going) peice of music in a typical week. You may or may not understand what I just wrote depending on your skill level, so I would recommened first watching some of Kristofers 101 lessons which will show you the basic ideas surrounding how to approach your own practice sessions. These should get you started; https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/how-to-practice-guitar.htm https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/speed-alt...ing-lesson1.htm https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/One_on_on...onic_scale1.htm https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/how-to-use-a-metronome.htm These are just ideas to get you started (try to explore the spoken lessons to get ideas on how to practice), the important thing im trying to get across is to take your time, and learn the foundations of what makes a great guitarist. Youd be supprised how quickly you can progress! I would recommened doing some licks / exercises over a single scale (many players worry about learning too much at once), learning a simple peice of music from the GMC lesson archive (any that takes your fancy) and learning the basics on chord construction (check the theory board) for that. Then just take it from there 
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Aug 9 2009, 10:24 PM
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Matt has given you some GREAT advices!!
In addition it would be great if you could share couple of video clips of your playing with us so we could talk more in details about your current issues. 
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Aug 10 2009, 12:12 AM
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I never did any videotaping of me, so i dont know what you expect. What should i show in the video or what should i play?
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Aug 10 2009, 12:43 AM
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QUOTE (twist @ Aug 10 2009, 01:12 AM)  I never did any videotaping of me, so i dont know what you expect. What should i show in the video or what should i play? Play pretty much anything you want, a solo or a song, or improvise over BT etc. Tape as much as possible and show it .
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Aug 11 2009, 01:05 AM
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Hello again, i just recorded something i learned today, its from Lian Gerbinos Power Metal Rhythm Lesson. Its far from perfect, but i like it.
lian_powermetal_rhytm_by_twist.rar ( 1.95MB )
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Aug 12 2009, 02:57 AM
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-------------------- rivers just happen
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Aug 13 2009, 06:19 PM
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QUOTE (twist @ Aug 12 2009, 03:57 AM) The intro solo sounds... A bit out of tune?? I'm not sure, just not right... you get my "twist"
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Aug 13 2009, 06:23 PM
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It IS out of tune, since i didnt see that the lesson is in dropped tuning
Will fix that soon
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