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...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
* Don't know where to start? Just pm me and we will sort it out directly, I am online every day.
* Join My Army. Sounds aggressive? It is! We can study anything from the most fearsome picking techniques to bombastic songwriting. A medal of honor awaits the brave. Seriously, this is an opportunity for you to get a personalised learning experience...what are you waiting for?!
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Finally I want to tell you a secret. Nah I changed my mind - pm me instead ;)
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May 20 2019, 02:31 AM |
Hi Ybritt! Welcome to your thread for Gab's Army, my mentoring program. Here I will guide you with your guitar practice, creating routines, practice plans, giving feedback of your playing always based on your guitar goals and musical tastes.
Before we start I would like to know a bit more about you. - How many time have you been playing guitar? - Favorite guitarists, bands and musicians. - What are your guitar goals? - How would you like to you see yourself in 5 years (related to music and guitar)? - How many time can you play guitar each day? - Do you have playing live experience? - Which are your strong and weak points with guitar? - What do you know about music theory? - Can you record videos of you playing? - Share here audios and videos that reflect your current playing. -------------------- My lessons
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May 22 2019, 04:36 PM |
Hi mate! Thanks for all your information. It's great to receive this deep details about your experience, goals and music taste. I think that I can help you to get the most of your practice time to reach your goals as a guitarist.
It would be great to see some videos from you. Using Daw and Video Software editor can be very helpful for your work here at the site. However, in order to make things smoother, you can share some videos recorded with your celphone, trying to make them sound the best possible. What do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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May 31 2019, 04:01 PM |
Hi mate! Thanks for the video! It helps as reference to know where we start out work here. The quality of your video is good for this purpose.
Let's start with the first routine for the next week: Routine Week #1: Warming up (5 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Warmin...Finger-Fitness/ Legato Practice (10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/ Vibrato/Phrasing Practice (10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/guitar_loves_piano/ Improvisation (5/10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Jam-Sc...onic-Jam-Licks/ What do you say? This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: May 31 2019, 04:02 PM -------------------- My lessons
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May 31 2019, 08:52 PM
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Yeah, that sounds like a plan. I’ll check the exercises out this weekend and I’ll start working on them.
Thank you so far! Ybritt Hi mate! Thanks for the video! It helps as reference to know where we start out work here. The quality of your video is good for this purpose. Let's start with the first routine for the next week: Routine Week #1: Warming up (5 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Warmin...Finger-Fitness/ Legato Practice (10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/ Vibrato/Phrasing Practice (10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/guitar_loves_piano/ Improvisation (5/10 minutes): https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Jam-Sc...onic-Jam-Licks/ What do you say? |
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May 31 2019, 10:07 PM |
Great!
Here I'll copy all your routines to have them as reference and easier to find: https://tinyurl.com/y455fhwr This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: May 31 2019, 10:08 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 5 2019, 11:54 AM
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Perfect! Thanks Gab! I have started to understand and to work on the routines on a nearly daily basis. I hope that I can post some videos during the coming weekend for you to assess.
Great! Here I'll copy all your routines to have them as reference and easier to find: https://tinyurl.com/y455fhwr |
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Jun 5 2019, 03:02 PM |
Perfect! Thanks Gab! I have started to understand and to work on the routines on a nearly daily basis. I hope that I can post some videos during the coming weekend for you to assess. Great!! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 10 2019, 09:35 PM
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Hi Gab!
Hope you’re doing well. Here are my first two vids for you to assess. I know they are not perfect but I am continually working on them. Ybritt Great!! |
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Jun 11 2019, 04:36 AM |
Hi mate! Thanks for the videos!
Here I go with some feedback: - What's happening with metronome in first video? It's very confusing because it's not going with the backing track, isn't it? - That legato lesson is a good choice for you because you really need to work on this technique. You need to polish timing on each pattern and also make the positions shifts smoother. - Try to relax a bit your left hand when doing legato and do less strengh when pressing frets. - I think that practicing land of legato at a slower tempo can be positive to work on the previous tips and comments. - Now talking abour Guitar Loves Piano. Remember that both vibrato and bending should start from your left hand wrist, not from your fingers. Check out the first exercise from this video and practice it 3/5 minutes every day: https://youtu.be/JNDyI5b3Fh8 - The lesson needs more time of practice to get most of the expressive elements (vibrato, bending, dynamics, articulation). I recommend you to play it over the original lesson a few times to emulate vibrato and bending. Sometimes your vibrato starts too soon. That's all by now. I think that it would be good to dedicate some more days to these ones, what do you think? PS: Great t-shirt! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 11 2019, 12:20 PM
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Thank you for the feedback! Things I don't even notice myself so it is really good for me.
I'll take you comments into account and I'll get back to you when I am ready with new videos. Ybritt And yes, I am a big Iron Maiden fan \m/ Hi mate! Thanks for the videos! Here I go with some feedback: - What's happening with metronome in first video? It's very confusing because it's not going with the backing track, isn't it? - That legato lesson is a good choice for you because you really need to work on this technique. You need to polish timing on each pattern and also make the positions shifts smoother. - Try to relax a bit your left hand when doing legato and do less strengh when pressing frets. - I think that practicing land of legato at a slower tempo can be positive to work on the previous tips and comments. - Now talking abour Guitar Loves Piano. Remember that both vibrato and bending should start from your left hand wrist, not from your fingers. Check out the first exercise from this video and practice it 3/5 minutes every day: https://youtu.be/JNDyI5b3Fh8 - The lesson needs more time of practice to get most of the expressive elements (vibrato, bending, dynamics, articulation). I recommend you to play it over the original lesson a few times to emulate vibrato and bending. Sometimes your vibrato starts too soon. That's all by now. I think that it would be good to dedicate some more days to these ones, what do you think? PS: Great t-shirt! |
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Jun 11 2019, 02:24 PM |
Thank you for the feedback! Things I don't even notice myself so it is really good for me. I'll take you comments into account and I'll get back to you when I am ready with new videos. Ybritt And yes, I am a big Iron Maiden fan \m/ Excellent! That's the main idea of this thread! Keep on the hard work!! -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 16 2019, 09:20 PM |
Hi mate! Nice video!
This is exactly what you need to do as a part of your diary practice. Some thoughts about this video to inspire your next sessions: - The good side here is that there are not pitch issues in this video. - The main thing to improve here is timing and rhythm feel. You need to identify this issue by listening to this video and notice that your phrasing is not going tight with the backing track's groove. As a part of your practice I recommend you to dedicate some time to play different rhythms playing the same note. Try playing 4th, 8th,, 16th, and triplets over the backing for some minutes before starting the improvisation. - Try to relax while playing, make your vibrato less nervous, let the note sound first and then add vibrato gradually. Also, use other fingers to help the one that is doing vibrato unless you are pressing the fret with your first finger. - It's always good to dedicate some minutes every day to polish your guitar tone. I don't think that your tone is bad, but I feel that it can sound warmer, and more connected with the backing track. Try different settings, experiment! -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 7 2019, 04:57 PM |
Hi mate! Great to find news from you!!
Thanks for you update regarding your practice sessions. That legato lesson is sounding good. I just have these thoughts: - Try to decrease the strength then doing hammer ons, and maybe when you play the whole lesson. Please check out THIS VIDEO. - Timing is not precise yet. It's not regular on each pattern. Just take care of it. Regarding bending. The best is to be able to bend with any finger, in any fret, and reaching different intervals. That's why I recommend the first exercise from THIS VIDEO for diary practice (at least 3 minutes). Does this answer your question? -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 7 2019, 09:05 PM
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Thanks Gab! It does answer my question.
I appreciate your feedback. All those things I haven’t paid attention to over the years. The video about tension was very interesting and I will work on that too. Another thing I have thought about, when I see videos of people playing fast, is that they keep their fingers on the fretting hand very close to the fretboard and moves them with a minimum of effort. Myself, I have realised that my fretting fingers move quite a lot to and from them fretting board when I play. Seems like I can’t continue doing this if I want to increase the speed in my playing. But one thing at the time maybe... Cheers! Hi mate! Great to find news from you!! Thanks for you update regarding your practice sessions. That legato lesson is sounding good. I just have these thoughts: - Try to decrease the strength then doing hammer ons, and maybe when you play the whole lesson. Please check out THIS VIDEO. - Timing is not precise yet. It's not regular on each pattern. Just take care of it. Regarding bending. The best is to be able to bend with any finger, in any fret, and reaching different intervals. That's why I recommend the first exercise from THIS VIDEO for diary practice (at least 3 minutes). Does this answer your question? |
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Jul 8 2019, 10:05 PM |
Thanks Gab! It does answer my question. I appreciate your feedback. All those things I haven’t paid attention to over the years. The video about tension was very interesting and I will work on that too. Another thing I have thought about, when I see videos of people playing fast, is that they keep their fingers on the fretting hand very close to the fretboard and moves them with a minimum of effort. Myself, I have realised that my fretting fingers move quite a lot to and from them fretting board when I play. Seems like I can’t continue doing this if I want to increase the speed in my playing. But one thing at the time maybe... Cheers! Exactly! The key to play fast and have an effective technique is to economize strength and movements. -------------------- My lessons
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