Neoclassical Solo For Beginners, Lesson By Emir Hot Options

[Josch]

Original lesson: Neoclassical Solo For Beginners by Emir Hot

I like this lesson very much. Could you please recommend another one that is similar?

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[Kristofer Dahl]

Cool Josch - great to see these REC takes from you!

I think you a pretty good job understanding the melody and rhythm - and although there are missed notes here and timing is a little shaky - I think you are going in the right direction. With more practice I don't see how you shouldn't nail these aspects.

Making this melody sound good is difficult though - as it does require you work hard on your vibrato. And it seems to me that you are not focused on vibrato here. By watching your body language - I get the impression you randomly shake the string while thinking about what the next notes are.

What I would like you tro try - now that you master the actual notes -is to think actively on how your vibrato sounds everytime there is a sustained note. Refer back to Emir's take as often as possible to listen to his vibrato timing and depth.

I should also say that I think your very first notes have a bit better vibrato. So just by focusing on it, I think you can bump up the quality of your take.

Your tone could probably be improved quite a bit by turning down the distortion, maybe adding more reverb and/or delay. Also your guitar is bit loud compared to the backing.

Your get a 5 from me. I am excited to follow your progress the coming takes!

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[Gabriel Leopardi]

Hi Josch!

You are doing a good job with this lesson and with some more days focusing on specific elements and techniques you'll be mastering this solo and taking your guitar playing to the next level.

The two main things that need adjustment are vibrato and timing. I agree with Kris about the fact that it seems you are doing some random movement while thinking on what's next. I couldn't describe it better. I recommend you to start by letting the note sound and then add vibrato gradually, don't start it too soon. Dedicate some time to see how great guitarists (like for example Vai, Satriani, Timmons) use their vibrato technique in melodies. Emulate, practice, experiment. Vibrato is very personal, it's what makes every guitarist unique.

Your timing is not bad, but you tend to go after the beat in most phrases. Some focus on going tighter is a good idea too. Before getting into this, listen carefully to your take and try to identify this issue.

This one deserves more days of work so keep going!

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[Darius Wave]

Hey there!

great choice of lesson - very good entry lesson for neoclassical playing. Your overall performance is pleasant - descent for non-guitar listener that mean you have none of serious issues here if we speak of average execution. From the guitar player perspectives there are things to tweak to make it sound even better. Your vibrato is very random and it more "looks" than "sounds if you know what I mean Take a look at Emir's original take. His guitar is ocassionally moving at some vibrato moments but it's not definitely a guitar motion that causes the vibration. In your take it looks like the vibrato comes from "shaking the guitar" which is not a proper execution. Try to spend some time on watching vibrato at slow tempos. Very first issues with vibrato usually come from misunderstanding of string and finger vibration process. Also neck grip at vibrato moments is cirtical - you need to have a solid resting point where your hand rests while you start to "bend" the string and release it. This kind of regular "micro-bending" gives nice and "well-pitched" vibrato effect. Please take a look at this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/20-Quick-Tips/ part 6 to be more precise.

As for the right hand good thing is that most of the time there are no serious unwanted strings noises. I would suggest to boost picking strength and lower the gain. More gain from the hand and less from the amp will help to avoid unwanted electronics noise and will make a batter setting to workout your right hand. You play quite soft - I'm afraid you would not be able to compensate soft picking with gain from the amp. It woul literally ate you with feedback on a real stage. That's why proper gain from the hand is cirtical skill.

There are soem timing issues and hand sync problems but somehow I bet these are "impatient student" syndroms. You decided to make a rec very fast after your first good runs over the lesson. It's clearly visible that you put lot of focus on where to put your fingers. Real control over the instruments starts at the point, where the lesson in fully loaded into your fingers-memeory and you use your head to control timing and dynamics.

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[Fran]

Almost there, 5

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