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Jul 9 2012, 11:58 PM |
1) My goals: to become a competent guitar player, mastering the main areas of the instrument (rhythm, melody and harmony), regarding the genres I like, to be able to compose my own songs and to perform with other musicians, to be able to play songs from other guitar players or bands 2) weakness: I am pretty much a beginner, so I have yet to develop better chops, to be able to master techniques like hybrid picking, economy picking, sweep picking, bend, vibrato, hammer on and pull of, two hands tapping, to get better at chord changing, to get better at playing barre chors, and to further my music theory and ear trainning studies; another negative factor is that I don't have a lot of time, mainly two hours a day (during week time) split in two periods of one hour each, and a little more time on weekends 3) strongest point: will to practice, persistence... techinically speaking, not much, since I am beginning to develop the chops. 4) guitar players and styles: I like a lot of musical genres, including jazz, fusion, metal, classic rock, alternative rock, blues, Christian music (because I am christian) among other things. I would like to consider myself more inclined to be a fusion guitar player of some sorts. frank gambale, john mclaughlin, allan holdsworth, luis maldonalle, brett garsed, terje rypdal, richie kotzen, eddie van halen, greg howe, andy timmons, eric johnson, alex machacek,joe pass, vinnie moore, john petrucci, mattias eklundh, steve stevens, neil zaza, paul gilbert, brad carlton... Thank you so much for taking the time and mentoring me All the best Ronaldo Awesome! First I would like to give you some hands workout exercises those will develop your alternative picking technique very fast!!! The trick is to practice it at a very slow tempo and get full control over your hands!!! It is very important to master mechanical exercises you will get great results and will see progress very very fast! E ||---------------------------|----------------------------------------| Here is GP5 file! Hands_workout.gp5 ( 4.5K ) Number of downloads: 177 Please let me know if you have any questions! I am looking forward to hear your thought about the exercises!!! They're really work! -------------------- |
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Jul 10 2012, 07:13 PM
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Awesome! First I would like to give you some hands workout exercises those will develop your alternative picking technique very fast!!! The trick is to practice it at a very slow tempo and get full control over your hands!!! It is very important to master mechanical exercises you will get great results and will see progress very very fast! E ||---------------------------|----------------------------------------| Here is GP5 file! Hands_workout.gp5 ( 4.5K ) Number of downloads: 177 Please let me know if you have any questions! I am looking forward to hear your thought about the exercises!!! They're really work! Alex, the execises are great and the surely will keep me busy for a long long time. How do you want me to give you feedback? Is there a specific way or frequency for me to keep you posted? I have never done this before. Another thing: Do you want me to start looking at ohter things here at GMC and practice lessons from the beginner level (for instance, Bear's beginners lessons) or to focus solely on your recomendations? Have a blessed week Ronaldo |
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Jul 11 2012, 01:21 AM |
Alex, the execises are great and the surely will keep me busy for a long long time. How do you want me to give you feedback? Is there a specific way or frequency for me to keep you posted? I have never done this before. Another thing: Do you want me to start looking at ohter things here at GMC and practice lessons from the beginner level (for instance, Bear's beginners lessons) or to focus solely on your recomendations? Have a blessed week Ronaldo Hello Ronaldo! You should learn something on GMC! We have a lot of great lessons here that you can learn anything you want! I would like you to record a video or audio of your playing so I can be sure that you are doing this exercise correctly! I would like you to get familiar with it and be able to play it through without stopping! Doesn't matter at what tempo! I actually can suggest you one of my lessons Here it is! It's very simple try working on it for a little bit https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Picking-Etude/ After you can submit your take to REC section https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...p?showforum=152 Where other teachers will grade you as well! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! I am here for you! -------------------- |
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Jul 12 2012, 04:24 AM
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Hello Ronaldo! You should learn something on GMC! We have a lot of great lessons here that you can learn anything you want! I would like you to record a video or audio of your playing so I can be sure that you are doing this exercise correctly! I would like you to get familiar with it and be able to play it through without stopping! Doesn't matter at what tempo! I actually can suggest you one of my lessons Here it is! It's very simple try working on it for a little bit https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Chord-Picking-Etude/ After you can submit your take to REC section https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...p?showforum=152 Where other teachers will grade you as well! Let me know if you have any questions or need help! I am here for you! Alright, here's an excerpt of me playing the exercise you gave me, at a very slow tempo. I recorded myself playng only the first part of the exercise so that you can give me your feedback on the way I am playing and thus I can continue doing the exercise and once it is complete I can send you another video playing the whole piece. Don't worry about what you're gonna say. I am a beginner so I need you to be completely honest. I can take it. Lastly, I should clear a couple of things out: I look like crap and tired because I just got home from Bible College and before that, I worked the whole day, so that's why I had the bad hair and the "mean" face, lol lol the second thing is, since here in brazil is almost midnight , I cannot turn my amp on so I have to practice using no amp or distortion whatsoever. Sorry about that. Thanx for your time Ronaldo |
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Jul 21 2012, 06:12 AM |
Hey, Alex, have you managed to download the files now, after I converted them? Did the new format work on your computer? do you need me to do something else regarding the video or is it ok now? please,let me know and I am happy to assist if needed. Ronaldo Hey, Alex, have you managed to download the files now, after I converted them again? Did the new format work on your computer? do you need me to do something else regarding the video or is it ok now? please,let me know and I am happy to assist if needed. Ronaldo Hi Ronaldo! How are you? I would like you to start adding exercises I gave you into your warm up routine and play them daily! I have a new assignment for you! Let's get into improvisation a little more! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions: Questions and answer technique will work perfectly for this type of track! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! -------------------- |
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Jul 21 2012, 11:31 PM
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Hi Ronaldo! How are you? I would like you to start adding exercises I gave you into your warm up routine and play them daily! I have a new assignment for you! Let's get into improvisation a little more! Here is the backing track I would like you to use to practice! http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/withguitar It's a minor blues The chord changes are: Ami7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 - Emi7 - Dmi7 - Ami7 To start we will use A minor blues pentatonic in 3 positions: Questions and answer technique will work perfectly for this type of track! Let me know if you need help or have any questions! Ok, I'll keep on using the exercise as a warmup session, thanx so much for the tips. So, about the blues progression you gave me: If I am not mistaken that is a minor progression containing I, VI e V chords from the minor (plus the seventh) scale triads (Aminor key), is that correct? Bear with me, cause I am a beginner. So, the minor pentatonic is made of five tones and I can find most of them inside the minor scale. but, the question is: when you change the chord, do I improvise using the same notes? What about the target tones (thirds, fifths and sevenths) inside the chords (they are different from chord to chord, albeit pertaining to the same minor schale, I think). Please, help me out here, lol... Thanx. And that progression is really good! |
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