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IS THAT YOUR MAMA?
Nope didn't think so either. We all know parents don't get this.
I can show you how to be the virtuoso your folks could only dream about, but I first need your help:
* Pm me and I will show you where to start. I am online every day and I will help you out directly!
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* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Oh and did you know that to become a killer guitarist you just need to focus on one thing? Everything
else is secondary. Pm me and I will explain.
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Aug 22 2014, 08:11 AM
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Thanks, it would be good to go to the next, I can still work on this as a warm up each time I practice. That guitar has Paf Pro pickups on it which i find a little muddy and a Schaller floating trem, it is a total ball ache to tune, I always have to tune the bass E sharp, then the A a little less sharp and so on so that when I have got the high E right the others are right. I haven't played it for a long long time and some of the strings were ever so slightly flat but still showing the correct note on the digital tuner, just showing slightly flat. I just couldn't get them all bang on, I'll get it checked out at my friends guitar shop, he sells lovely Carvin guitars £££££££.
I've put the video on REC, see what everyone says. Cheers Cosmin -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 22 2014, 10:59 AM
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Hey mate
 Taking your guitar to a luthier, is pretty much the best thing out there. I experienced this today, with my baritone I took it to a new gun in town, an old friend who became a very respected luthier in Bucharest - he is young, always striving to develop and doing an amazingly elaborate job. My baritone had the following issues:- dried out ebony fretboard - needed fret leveling - neck issues - intonation issues - nut slots too small Well, needless to say, he did an AMAZING job and my axe is something else! Totally I recommend a visit to your luthier and I also recommend you to have a good communication with him so that he may know how to help out best  For the next assignment, I would like to suggest this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Staccato-Power-Chords/ It'll be a good encounter with riffage, having the following elements: - clean power chord separation - rhythmic development What do you think? |
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Aug 22 2014, 11:03 AM
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Thanks Cosmin,
I'll get onto that tonight. Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 22 2014, 11:06 AM
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Perfect! Godspeed, mate
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Aug 22 2014, 01:23 PM
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Hello Cosmin,
I've been pondering  I ALWAYS tune up before I play. Does the guitar sound slightly sharp or slightly flat to you?Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 22 2014, 08:51 PM
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Ok, got the first six bars of Ben's lesson under my fingers (loosely), I know I'm going to struggle when it comes to the offbeat strumming but I'm away from tomorrow until Monday so no practice
 I still have to get Bears C major scale lesson sorted out too. I said to myself "I'm going to spend ten minutes on Bears open chord lesson to get that mastered, then half of my remaining time on the C major lesson and half on my new lesson" but I went straight into Ben's lesson and an hour had gone before I knew it I'll try to get more structure when I get back. Is there a nice simple song where the melody uses the C Major scale that we could work on as a side line so I have something to play to my wife that she will recognise? Thanks for your help Cosmin. Cheers Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Aug 22 2014, 09:29 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 23 2014, 05:08 PM
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Thanks Cosmin,
The Bear C scale thing isn't coming along really as I've been concentrating on the open cos thing. Regarding Let It Be I was meaning more playing the melody that is being sung rather than the chords. I'll see if I can find something in the lessons when I get home on Monday. Cheers buddy Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 24 2014, 02:41 PM
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Thanks Cosmin I'll give it a go but my ear ain't too good
Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Aug 24 2014, 04:07 PM
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Thanks Cosmin I'll give it a go but my ear ain't too good
Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Sep 1 2014, 10:24 AM
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Hello Cosmin,
Struggling with Let It Be, I can't be completely tone deaf as I always know when I've hit a wrong note when playing Bear's C major melody even if it's only one fret BUT I'm struggling to get the first notes. Maybe it's because it's a voice and not a guitar I'm listening to? I'll plug away. I have a big issue and it's destroying me. I tune my guitar using a Boss tuner before EVERY recording but I'm always told my guitar is out of tune when I post to REC. I tune the open strings and check at the twelfth fret and it's always showing correct on the tuner so it must be me. If the fretted notes sound sharp to your ears Cosmin then maybe I am fretting too hard. Be nice read your thoughts on this as I am pulling my hair out  Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Sep 1 2014, 12:56 PM
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Shoot a recording over the vocal line?????
 I can't even decide on the first note Now I also have finger pressure to address I need more hours in the day  Cheers Phil 
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Sep 1 2014, 08:14 PM
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One thing after another
I've been trying for the last hour to make a video of the tuning/finger pressure test but for some reason Windows Live Movie Maker is rejecting the sound file, I have done nothing any different to any of my other videos. The way it's going I'll just have to use the camera's built in microphones It's saying "The file might be corrupted or in a format that Movie Maker doesn't recognise" it's a .WAV file like all of the others!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Clear one hurdle up jumps another I've even tried just using a picture instead of true video and attaching the sound file to that but it just isn't happenning  I think maybe the PC will be going through the window in a minute, more practise lost
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Sep 1 2014, 09:02 PM
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Ok, it just won't work for some reason so I've done one straight from the camera. I didn't point it at me but towards the amp to try to get better sound
I play the open strings, then the harmonics on the 12th fret, the 1st twelve notes of the C major thing and then the chords from the open chord lesson. Let me know what you think, you may sense the tension from struggling to sort a proper video out for an hour and a half and losing all that precious practise Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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I have nothing against you sending me vids that have the sound from the camera, while we discuss things in here - you can only work with separately recorded sound in the REC zone as a rule, but while we debate various tasks in here, I have nothing against the cam recorded sound. When we'll discuss tone, that will be another matter |
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Sep 2 2014, 12:27 PM
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Thanks
If that sounds better to you maybe it's because I was more relaxed at not having to show you my skills or lack of them? Maybe I tense up with REC button syndrome? I can't send you a recording of Let It Be just yet, it will sound more like Humpty Dumpty and I'd be so embarrassed Cheers Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Sep 2 2014, 01:47 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Sep 2 2014, 04:35 PM
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Hello Cosmin,
Been thinking as I've been toiling away producing blood, sweat and tears ; as I don't have perfect pitch at all, maybe we could start with relative pitch by you giving me the notes for "When", "self" and "trouble" just to give me something to work with?What are your thoughts on this? Cheers Phil This post has been edited by Phil66: Sep 2 2014, 04:36 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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