Mhskeide's Thread, for Gab's Army |
HEY MAN, I really need your help...
...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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Apr 27 2016, 02:22 PM
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Great job! So the current routine is:
DAY 1: - Alternate Picking (20 minutes) - Legato (20 minutes) - Song analysis (20 minutes) - Learn a new lick and improvise with it over a backing track. (15 minutes) DAY 2: - Fast rhythm (15 minutes) - Bending & vibrato (15 minutes) - Song analysis (15 minutes) - Learn a new lick and improvise with it over a backing track. (15 minutes) DAY 3: - Alternate Picking (20 minutes) - Legato (20 minutes) - Song analysis (20 minutes) - Learn a new lick and improvise with it over a backing track. (15 minutes) DAY 4: - Fast rhythm (15 minutes) - Bending & vibrato (15 minutes) - Song analysis (15 minutes) - Learn a new lick and improvise with it over a backing track. (15 minutes) How is your work on the lessons? It would be good to hear you playing the lessons that you are practising to see if we can renew some of them. Regarding the song analysis, I think that it's something that you should continue doing, however, I think that you can start applying the concepts analysed to the plan is to dedicate days 1 and 2 to work on your own song based on using the elements you've learnt from the songs that you've analysed. And then dedicate days 3 and 4 to analyse new songs. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 29 2016, 01:36 PM
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Great! Everything sounds good for me. I'll be waiting for your REC takes to see how to continue. I'm also curious to hear your first new compositions...
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Apr 30 2016, 11:36 PM
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Sure! Feel free to share it here.
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May 11 2016, 05:29 PM
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Hi mate, great to hear from you!
Life sometimes makes things more difficult but keep going! You'll find the way to do what you love doing. Just stay positive and thinking on it. I'll wait for your updates. -------------------- My lessons
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May 13 2016, 12:00 AM
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Cool! I'll check the REC takes. About playing on nylon guitar, maybe you can check out lessons archive, there are many lessons for this guitar which are demanding for both hands so it can be a great extra training, and a way to learn new stuff...
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/video-les...oustic-lessons/ -------------------- My lessons
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Jan 16 2017, 04:18 AM
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Hi mate, nice to hear from you here!
You are back with new music, that's great.  I like your idea, the chords sound deep and the groove is melancholic as the progression suggests it. It's difficult to judge the structure without having melodies and lyrics on this one. At this point I wouldn't do important changes. Once you have the melody, you can apply the chords functions concept and do some harmonic changes to make it less predictable. However, there are lots of songs that repeat the same 3 chords and that are magical, so let's see what happens with the vocal melodies. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 12 2017, 10:11 PM
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No melody for the previous chord-song, but I`ve written something new complete with lyrics and melody which I`ll upload when it is ready.
Meanwhile, I have started a long needed work on my vibrato. first take: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...p=0&#entry0 As of from here and out: I`m writing my master thesis now. I`ll be able to play for 2-3 hours some days, and then maybe only needling (no serious exercising) for 2-3 days. My suggestion for a plan updated would be: 5-20 minutes of warming up and general picking stuff. Both speed and technique included here. 20 minutes of work on either a specific technique (in need of work) or solo/GMC-video, so not necessarily legato every other day and so on. 10-20 minutes of learning or writing something new. Licks, riffs, solos, chord progressions. whatever. And for extra time, I`ll just spend time on what I feel like spending it on for that day. What do you think about that? -------------------- Take your music seriously, but not yourself
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Feb 14 2017, 12:14 AM
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Hi mate, great stuff.
I'll check the take at REC in a moment. The plan sounds good. I would use some time to analyze some music. It can be a song, a part of a song, a solo, a part of a solo or a lick. Transcribe it, learn it, and analyze the theory behind it. Then, try to apply it in your own music / improvisations. The routine is ok, but it's more focused on technique, while I think that more time for repertoire, theory and music analysis can be helpful. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 15 2017, 01:39 PM
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QUOTE (mhskeide @ Feb 15 2017, 08:36 AM)  Thanks for the input. I agree regarding a bit much focus on technique. I guess it is easier to sit down with a metronome and just practise, rather than analyzing songs which I might find harder. I`ll try to adjust it some! Great! 
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Mar 5 2017, 06:25 PM
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Hi mate,
There are two big things on that suggestion. The first one is song analysis. For this, I recommend you to write down a list of 10/15 songs that you like, get a notepad, and start analysing one at a time. The analysis should include: song structure, arrangements details (what's happening), and the theory behind it (scales and chords). You can share the results here to let me check if there is anything missing. Once you finish a song, remark or write down the most relevant elements found, or those that captures your attention. Regarding writing your own music. The first step could be to create a library of ideas. You could have a folder with some sub-folders to label ideas by licks, chord progressions,or if you prefer any other labels like style, feel, mood, etc. The idea is that you get back to this ideas from time to time to see if you can continue them. As soon as you advance in the song analysis, you'll have more elements and tools to give this ideas a full song shape. -------------------- My lessons
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Mar 7 2017, 10:05 PM
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QUOTE (mhskeide @ Mar 7 2017, 06:00 PM) Awesome, thanks for the input! I have barely started on somethng similar to the library that you suggest. but I need to get better routines for revisiting it and pickup up old ideas. As for analysing: Is any song too simple, or should I just share whatever I do (for a time at least), and maybe you can point out some stuff that I`ve missed even in the simple ones? Sure! Share everything! And about the ideas. try to progress the more possible. Sometimes, I connect two original ideas with a thief from a known lesson if it works, just to see the song progress and be completed. Then, I get back to the part from another song and re-work it. I share this just to say that it's very important to avoid getting stacked too much on an idea. It's important to let it flow... even if there are some part that aren't cool enough, these uncool parts can be the reason why the great parts appear... the secret is keep moving. I hope that it makes sense. -------------------- My lessons
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