Rhida's Music Journey, for Gab's Army |
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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 ;)
Rhida's Music Journey, for Gab's Army |
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Jul 12 2014, 08:13 PM |
Hi Rhida! Welcome to your custom thread for Gab's Army! In this thread I will help you to design your guitar routines to achieve your wished goals.
At first, I would need to know more about you. Please tell me all the things about you that you think can help me during this journey. This are some questions that I'd like to know. - 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? - Can you record videos of you playing? - Share here audios and videos that you've recorded. That's all! Sorry if this seems to be an interview but the more I know from you, the most precise this workout will be. I hope that you enjoy your stay at Gab's Army! This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Oct 22 2014, 07:49 PM -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 13 2014, 12:36 AM |
Actually 2 hours a practice per day is definitly doable!☺
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Jul 13 2014, 04:43 PM |
Excellent! Thanks for the info. I think that this first week we could start with a routine that covers different techniques every day. The topics that you could work are:
Warming up (10 minutes) Alternate Picking (20 minutes) Legato (20 minutes) Bending (20 minutes) Vibrato (20 minutes) Creative Stuff: Jamming over backing tracks, composing, playing along with songs, etc (20 minutes) Let me know what you think of this plan and then I will fill the topics with suggested GMC lessons. Please also share here some lessons that you like from the site that cover these topics. -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 13 2014, 05:12 PM |
Excellent!
Just what I need. |
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Jul 13 2014, 06:02 PM |
I checked some lessons
These ones seem very interesting Legato https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/ Bending https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Classi...ing_Techniques/ Vibrato https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey/ For alternate picking I forgot to tell you that I do it only one string and when I change strings I pick in the same direction as the directional string change (economy picking, cross picking or directional picking I 'm not sure of the name). It seems to work better for me that way and I can adapt the exercises. For the other topics I will let you make the suggestions. I am on vacation for the next 5 weeks so I can easily add 20 mins of practice for some metal rhythm like https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...c-metal-rhythm/ What do you think? Thanks |
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Jul 13 2014, 07:04 PM |
Great stuff Rhida!
So, the routine for this week could be: Warming up (10 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Arpeggios/ Alternate Picking (20 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Altern...king-Workout-2/ Legato (20 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Land-Of-Legato/ Bending (20 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Classi...ing_Techniques/ Vibrato (20 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-5/ (We start with part 5 of these series because it covers the most used vibrato, then we can go for the other parts) Metal Rhythm (20 minutes) https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/rhythm-gu...c-metal-rhythm/ Creative Stuff: Jamming over backing tracks, composing, playing along with songs, etc (20 minutes) What do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 13 2014, 07:57 PM |
Here we go!
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Jul 14 2014, 03:22 PM |
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Jul 16 2014, 10:17 PM |
Hi Rhida! Thanks for this diary. It helps me a lot to see how you are feeling each exercise and it's also useful to have a reference for now and for the future about your practice and progress. It's really interesting to get back to our diaries where we write down goals, things that we are practicing and the stuff that is giving us trouble.
Remember these two goals, a least once a week. We are going there! I want to be able to express myself like my heroes. In 5 years I would like to write my own music and perform it with a band. -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 18 2014, 10:46 PM |
Hi mate! Relax! This is not as dramatic as you think, enjoy this journey that will take your whole life if you love music and guitar. I've played for more than 20 years and I continue improving my playing every day. It's an endless and amazing journey.
I have one important question, do you have a video camera or webcam? -------------------- My lessons
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Jul 20 2014, 03:04 PM |
Hi Gab
Just figured out the video system with reaper and youtube channel Here's a video with my attempt on the vibrato lesson. Hopefully others will come soon. Been working a lot on relaxing my fretting hand (and no more sqeezing with my thumb and index finger!) Anyway thanks for the support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTp2s-z1Ew...eature=youtu.be |
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Jul 20 2014, 06:25 PM |
Hi Rhida! Good job with this video, audio and playing! It's great to see you ready to start uploading video regularly. It's a very good addition to your practice. Remember that recording yourself is the best way to judge your playing, to see the things that need improvement and to monitor your progress.
I think that you are working very good on your bending technique. This lesson is a great exercise and I think that with some more practice you will be able to play it more consistent. Sometimes the movement is not totally regular, and I think that you lose a bit the groove when you play the faster ones near the end of the lesson. I would alternate the practice between playing with over the lesson and over the backing track to be sure that you play it tight and consistent. Keep on the good job! -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 6 2014, 05:11 PM |
Hi Rhida! How are you?
Thanks for this cool update. I can notice that you are very focused and working hard. That's the key! Keep on working in this way and be sure that you will note big improvements in the next weeks/months. It's good to focus on making the lessons sounds good instead of fast. You should first be sure that you are playing everything with the correct groove, dynamics and feeling before trying to reach the tempo suggested by the lesson. Once you can play the lesson at an average tempo but well played, you can work on bursts to gain speed. For bending, I recommend you to incorporate 10 minutes every day, practicing this simple exercise: It's a killer workout that doesn't require to be played for lots of hours, it must be played some minutes every day. After some weeks, you will notice that your bending will become much more precise. You said: "Phrasing has become my big short and long term goal and hopefully I will nail that solo soon!" What are you working for it? Another question, do you have any video playing the legato lesson? -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 6 2014, 05:32 PM |
Thanks for the link. I will add it to my practice.
I was talking about this solo. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Classi...ing_Techniques/ For the legato lesson I am playing it quarter notes at 120 bpm. I am taking my time with it trying to play it very relaxed. |
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Aug 6 2014, 05:38 PM |
Ah! the bending lesson, yeah, it's excellent to develop your phrasing and many expression aspects. I just gave you feedback at Blues Rock Collab, please check it out and let me know if you have some questions about it.
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Aug 6 2014, 06:06 PM |
Thanks for the feedback and the support.
I know what to emphasize in my practice routine. |
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