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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 3 2013, 05:02 AM

Hi GuitarGenius! Welcome to your Gab's Army thread!!

Could you please tell me a bit about you, your musical tastes, influences, strengths and weaknesses? I would need some videos of you playing rhythm and solo guitar, so please post your best material here. If you have some music or ideas of your own, also post them here. Also let me know how you think that I can help you and what are your expectations for our job. You can check the other Army's thread to discover the different modalities of this project.


The principles of our Army are:

+ Improve your technique
+ Make music and solos
+ Have fun
+ Destroy the enemy (hahaha not really just kidding... )

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jul 3 2013, 12:19 PM

hi, I love playing blues, country and classic rock. And my favourite musicians are Eric Clapton, BB king Albert king SRV, Robert cray, albert lee, dio,Vince gill James burton and of course Buddy Guy as a band I listen to zz top, blue Öyster cult etc. Nowadays I am taking a course about sweep picking and I want to make it better and fluent and I want to learn more about chicken picking. THx by the way ı got a problem with my recorder so ı m not able to send you any revording sorry

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 3 2013, 02:04 PM

Hi man! Thanks for your info! What GMC blues lessons level are you currently able to play? What's the problem with the recorder?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jul 4 2013, 02:39 PM

I am able to play between 6- 7 . Actually the problem ain't my recorder İt's programme" Sonar" but I am working on it don't worry I gonna send you a recorder as soon as I fix it.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 4 2013, 03:15 PM

Hi mate! Maybe you want to try using Reaper... there is a free version.

http://www.reaper.fm/

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jul 7 2013, 10:14 AM

So, can you give basic sweep picking lessons cuz, I wanna make it more fluent.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 7 2013, 04:04 PM

Hi mate! Let's start working with these two basic lessons to incorporate the motion:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/economy-picking-i/

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/economy-picking-ii/

and then start learning these 2 and 3 strings shapes.

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=43083

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=43281

Experiment with these lessons and let me know how it goes!

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jul 10 2013, 08:19 PM

Thx for giving these practices, actually I believe that these peaces make my influence absolutely great. Im not going to record those cuz now I'd like to improve my tapping especially the right hand while doing tapping thx.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jul 11 2013, 04:29 PM

Ok man! Please keep me updated!

Posted by: GuitarGenius Aug 28 2013, 04:08 PM

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/blues-in-session

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/neo-sallama

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/yngwie-malmsteen-cover

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/lay-down-sally-cover

That s all ı got till now. In yngwie cover in a part of that song is so bad please dont bother

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 28 2013, 11:13 PM

Hi mate! It's really cool to see you working. I wonder if you practiced the Sweep Picking exercises. I checked each of the files and these are my comments about it:

Blues in session:
I like your tone and there are some nice phrases here. However I still think that you have to adjust your technique here because there are many licks with wrong or muted notes, as well as some bends that don't reach the correct pitch.

Sallama:
This one sounds very fresh for me, and reminds me a bit to Mars Volta. Is it an influence for you? Once again your tone is really cool an your playing is ok, but with some tuning issues in some notes and bends. There are some notes out scales here and there (for example starting at 2:13), you have to pay attention to the scale that you have to use there.

Yngwie Malmsteen Cover:
Is this a Malmsteen cover? or just you improvising over a Malmsteen style backing track? In this solo there are many tuning issues and I think that the reason is that you aree not sure the scale you have to use over it... am I wrong?

Lay down sally cover:
This one has issues with the scale but also with your timing. We have to work on this! The backing sounds good!


Ok mate, based on this samples, we should start some ear training as well as working on improvisation. What do you think?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Aug 29 2013, 12:02 PM

Thanks for replying. First of all, unfortunately I know that yngwie malsteen cover isn't even close to him
And I know that ı have little timing problems But I am sure that blues in sesion and sallama is good

Besides, I haven't practised sweep picking since July cuz I have been to holiday but I would be great If you could give some practises
And can you give some david gilmour exercises ı like his sound

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 29 2013, 09:47 PM

I know that this lesson is very tricky, but we could start with the slower backings to start incorporating Malmsteen style licks and Sweep Picking.

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/yngwie-malmsteen-lesson/

What do you think?

an regarding Gilmour style, we have some cool lessons here. What about starting with this one?

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/david-gilmour-style-lesson/

Posted by: GuitarGenius Sep 3 2013, 11:21 AM

www.soundcloud.com/bora-ner/david-gilmour-style-marooned

Man i have worked hard and made this master peace i hope you like it

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 3 2013, 04:59 PM

Hey mate! This sounds very beautiful!! I like the tone and fx settings, it sounds very close to Gilmour. There are some notes that sound out of scale, some bends that doesn't reach the correct pitch (starting at 2:27) and a fast licks that could sound tighter (for ex at 2:33) but with some little work this could be a real masterpiece.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Sep 4 2013, 09:25 PM

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 4 2013, 10:05 PM

So you mean that the tuning issues are because of the guitar?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 9 2013, 10:17 PM

Hi, I m back I had a long period of exams so It is finally finish and I m really found of practise
https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/latine-choro
So I just practised latin genre what you think I should practice ?

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 11 2013, 02:05 AM

Hi mate! Welcome back! I'm on vacation until 12th (you acn check this thread) so I'm a bit slower but we can start building your routine for this week.

Could you please share here a list of topics that you would like to cover / improve ?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 15 2013, 06:18 PM

you should listen to this
https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/a-k-bir-sanatt-r

in this track ı did sweep picking mistake can yu give me full strinfs sweep picking exercise not 2 or 3 string
thx

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 15 2013, 06:30 PM

Hi mate! Nice phrases happening there. It's time to take your technique to a new level and be able to play the trickier licks tighter. Here you have some 5/6 strings exercises:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=43490
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-arpeggios/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Sweep-Picking-7th-Arpeggios/

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 23 2013, 11:47 AM

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/smoothy

HOW İS İT?

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 23 2013, 03:09 PM

Hi mate! Nice playing on this take. There are some moments in which you sound like Santana, then you start to become more personal and that's what we take and develop. Jamming over these type is very helpful, and combined with technique and theory work will take your playing to a new level.

What are you practicing nowadays? Do you have some kind of guitar routine?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 24 2013, 10:21 AM

Actually I am trying to make solos like Randy Rhoads I like his style and tone he has amazing solo in mr crowley and crazy train Can you give me the notes that are about his style and technique
Thanks

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 24 2013, 05:08 PM

Hi mate! Randy was an amazing guitar player. He had classical background and created his own style combining the rocker style of classics like Jimmy Page with the roots of shred guitar. He took his classical etudes and influences and combined them with his own way of playing heavy metal and helped to create the neoclassical guitar playing style. He had a very tight technique that combined alternate picking, sweep picking, tapping and legato.

The best ways to understand and study a guitarist in following this steps:

- Listen to all his music.
- Read about his bio and influences.
- If you find a musician that influenced him very much, consider analyzing him too.
- Learn some of his most used licks. You can use youtube for this, just write Randy Roads licks and you get this: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=randy+roads+licks&sm=3
- Analyze his compositions. Learn the riffs, the chord progressions and see what typè of tonalities and combination of chords he uses during the songs and also during his solos.
- Learn some of his solos. Isolate the difficult parts and create variations for diary practice. Analyze what is happening there. (theory)
- Practice the solos over the backing tracks and try to create variations of the licks to make them of your own.


Those are the guidelines that I would use to analyze a guitarist. Sometimes you also can check their guitar clinics, but in this case I think that it's not possible. You can check his GMC lessons:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Randy-Rhoads-Style/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/one-on-one/tapping-2/


Let me know what you think and please count with me if you want my help /guidance to do it.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 28 2013, 07:47 PM

Suddenly my interest of metal is increasing I want to learn which techniques can ı play in metal
can you give me the names and exercises about them thanks

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 29 2013, 02:44 PM

Hi mate! Metal is great for developing your guitar technique. The most used techniques are:

Palm Muting
Alternate Picking
Sweep Picking
Legato
Vibrato
Bending
Pinch Harmonics
Only Downstrokes Rhythms


The most used scales are:

Pentatonic Minor
Minor Aeolian
Phrygian Mode
Harmonic minor
Mixolydian Mode
Chromatic Scale

If you want, I can help you to design a Metal Course with weekly guitar routines to master this style.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Nov 29 2013, 09:07 PM

that would be great thanks

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Nov 30 2013, 12:38 AM

Cool! Let's for it. How many hours a day can you dedicate to music / guitar ?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 1 2013, 07:46 AM

Actually I will have unlimited time for guitar after next week because my exams will be finished and I could do whatever I want
So I can start this weekend

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 2 2013, 03:32 AM

Ok mate! Let's start designing our METAL COURSE.

The plan for the first week would look like this:

WEEK 1:

Warming up + Stretches

HOUR 1:

- Alternate Picking

- Legato

- Theory


HOUR 2:

- Palm Muting

- Sweep Picking

- Theory


RECOMMENDED ALBUMS for this week:



I will start filling with lessons for each topic. However I would like to ask you first to write a list (bigger possible) of metal bands that you like.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 2 2013, 07:29 PM

I love Saxon, Ozzy(with Randy Rhoads, Motorhead, İron Maiden, Black sabbath and Megadeth

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 2 2013, 09:52 PM

Classics! Great ones. What about music theory? Do you know the scales that I listed? What about tonalities, triads, chords, etc?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 28 2013, 08:35 AM

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/david-gilmour-un-yandan-yemi-
i
This david gilmour style playing

How is it

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 28 2013, 04:03 PM

Hi mate, it says: Sorry! We can't find that track.
Did you try to access a private track, but were not logged in?
Maybe the track has been removed.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 29 2013, 12:51 PM

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/david-gilmour-un-yandan-yemi-i

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 29 2013, 05:04 PM

Hi mate. It sounds nice. There are some phrases very interesting and there are some other parts that need more definition (talking about the composition / improvisation). There is something usually called "Answer & question" that means a connection between phrases melodically that seems to be a dialogue. I think that you solo needs more connection among phrases. Your technique on this one is good, and there are only some fast licks that could sound smoother. There overall is ok.

We have to define your routine... do you have a list of suggested lessons that fill the topics?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 30 2013, 08:33 PM

Hi gab,

For Starting,
I Definitely start with techniques that are fst like sweep picknig
In sweep picking I can do it but I cant use it in metal so I want to improoves it

Can you help me

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Dec 30 2013, 10:59 PM

Hi mate, !"Sweep Picking" should be only one part of your diary routine if you want to make the course effective. The idea is to select a lesson for each topic and work on it. I would like you to suggest some lessons to fill the first week routine. Then I will obviously help you with each technique, but at first we have to define the exercises / lessons.


WEEK 1:

Warming up + Stretches



HOUR 1:

- Alternate Picking
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alternate-Picking-Workout-1/

- Legato
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/

- Theory
Learn new topics weekly from here: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=47852

HOUR 2:

- Palm Muting
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-guitar/basic-metal-rhythm/

- Sweep Picking
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/sweep-picking-lesson/

- Theory


RECOMMENDED ALBUMS for this week:

Posted by: GuitarGenius Dec 31 2013, 03:43 PM

hi gab
The Routine is really goof thanks
I can start tomorrow
What do you suggest as cources

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 2 2014, 12:30 AM

Hi mate! I just filled the routine. Please check the lessons and tell me what you think. I still need to know what you know about technique.

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jan 4 2014, 07:31 PM

Hi gab,
The routine is really good and I Have already known the album you have give and I like it so much ecspecially "Rainbow İn the DARk"

For tachniques I have been playing guitar for 6 years and I learned alternate picking when I was 13 years old I mean I kind to know how to do alternate picking

But I always want my legato to be improved so that part of practice is rally good

For sweep picking We have talked about it in past And Ireally developped it and I can now do it really fast

In conclusion
Practice rotine goes well thanks for everything

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 4 2014, 11:02 PM

Hi mate! Thanks for the update! I'm sorry but I did the wrong question... I wanted to know what you know about theory...
Don't know why I wrote "technique".

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jan 12 2014, 09:52 AM

Hi gab,
My theory is slightly good I mean It is as good as I should be.However I want to improove that lot because as you know theory is the most important thing you have to know If you are playing an ınstrument

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 13 2014, 04:58 AM

Could you make a list of concepts you've already mastered?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jan 13 2014, 07:21 PM

Chords- Making chord-Triads- Arpeggios-Sweep picking- basic notes-every minor gam-every pentatonic minor scales

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 14 2014, 12:27 AM

Good. Please have a look at this thread to see if you know all those concepts and shapes in your guitar.

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=5023

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jan 14 2014, 04:13 PM

yes I know all the cages of all notes and also I know homronic minor and blues scales

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 14 2014, 05:30 PM

Great! This is your first homework about this.

Find 3 Metal songs that include a riff composed using Pentatonic Minor or Blues Scale. Learn the riff and post here a guitar pro file.

Are you in?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Jan 16 2014, 07:15 PM

saxon- princess of the night
Ozzy osbourne- Crazy train
Megadeth- Holy wars
Metallica's all songs
Iron Maiden's all songs( there can be a few songs that aren't)

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Jan 20 2014, 06:07 PM

Hi mate, I think that you misunderstood the question. Which of those songs do you think has main riffs composed with Pentatonic minor scale?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Feb 17 2014, 04:28 PM

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/blues-2

https://soundcloud.com/bora-ner/david-gilmour-un-yandan-yemi-i

New Sounds What s your idea

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 17 2014, 07:35 PM

Hi mate, nice tracks. What's exactly? Are this your improvisations? Have you created the backing too?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Feb 21 2014, 05:07 PM

Yeah those are my impros but I didn't make the backing tracks

I m glad to you enjoyed man

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 22 2014, 12:06 AM

Cool, good style. I noted that your hands lost a bit sync when you play fast stuff. I think that you should slow down a bit and practice some AP exercises. What do you think?

Posted by: GuitarGenius Feb 22 2014, 02:20 PM

Yeah that s right I want to improove my technique but also I don't want to repeat same melodies licks or stuff while soloing you know what what I m saying How can I improove that please help me Thanks

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Feb 22 2014, 02:58 PM

Well, you should work on some Alternate Picking exercises and lessons. I think that this lesson could be a good choice for you:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Alternate-Picking-Workout-1/