Hi Mad!! Welcome to your Gab's Army thread!!
Could you please tell me a bit about you, your musical tastes, influences, strengths and weaknesses? I would need some videos of you playing rhythm and solo guitar, so please post your best material here. If you have some music or ideas of your own, also post them here. Also let me know how you think that I can help you and what are your expectations for our job. You can check the other Army's thread to discover the different modalities of this project.
The principles of our Army are:
+ Improve your technique
+ Make music and solos
+ Have fun
+ Destroy the enemy (hahaha not realy just kidding... )
Hi Gabriel!
Thanks for starting this thread for me
I'd like to work on my AP-techniques (mainly). Here is a video of trying to play your ITC class 1
Warmup excercise:
Here's a video showing one of the warmup techniques I usually use:
I'd like to be able to play fast and clean AP up to shred speed (>=170 bpm)
And I think I need a practice plan for that. Do you think it's possible to have a plan that works when I spend half an hour a day?
Hi Mad! Good videos! yes, I think that if you work hard those minutes every day you will notice an improvement after some weeks.
Let's start this week with these exercises:
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=42828
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Hand-Synch/
Please check out the 3 links and let me now what you think and if you have any question!
Thanks!
Will give ITC Class3 a try and upload something for you soon.
I remember the picking hand basics lesson is already recorded, but can't find it - will do another take though.
Hand Synch is great, practiced it a few month ago for a few weeks but never get the original speed, so let's see where I can get to this week
OK, here are my first recordings from the ITC3 for today:
Example1@120bpm:
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/ex1-120bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
Example1@160bpm:
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/ex1-160bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
3 Patterns@100bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/3patterns100bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
and here is a recording for the picking hand basics:
Hi mad! The youtube video is private so I cannot see it. The other samples sound good. The patterns could sound tighter with the tempo. Also, the idea of these patterns is to also move them along the whole string in A minor. This means that you play 4 repetitions and then you move to the following position. If this is not clear, please join my Vchat later today where I will review the ITC course.
Oh, sorry - corrected that..
Won't be able to join your v-chat today, sorry. But I have the idea, so I'll do another recording. I recognized problems with the pattern when descending with my pinky, so I'll make a slower recording with video, maybe you can catch something where the problem could be..
Marc
The video sounds good! The only comment that I have is that it would be better if you pick the first note öf each beat with a downstroke. The accentuation will be easier to do a more natural than starting with an upstroke. Does this make sense?
Thanks!
Well, regarding the downstroke at the first beat: I play it, but the video isn't that good synchronised, sorry.
I'll upload a take of the patterns asap and a very slow take of hand synch soon!
Here are the 3 Patterns played at 80bpm each:
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern1-80bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern2-80bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern3-80bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1-day1
The third one was the hardest..
Hope that's how you meant it to play
Great! Will do so and keep you updated!
Progress..
Pattern1 @ 100bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern1-100bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern2 @ 100bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern2-100bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern3 @ 90bpm
Disabled by soundcloud due to copyright reasons!?
Wasted Years Intro @ 100bpm(I've taken the "original" tabs...)
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/wastedyearsintro100bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
I work on the hands-synch lesson, too. But atm I'm just practising the first measure to get it to 60bpm...
haha copyright reasons???
Hey mad! These samples sound great! There is nothing to fix here, just keep on the hard work!!
Hey Gab, happy new year to you, too
Here's the result of keeping my hard work..
Pattern1 @ 110bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern1-110bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern2 @ 105bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern2-105bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern3 @ 95bpm (no copyright probs this time )
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern3-95bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Wasted Years Intro @ original speed
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/wastedyearsintro-full?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
This is awesome!! You are improving so fast!! Congrats for the great work! The samples sound very good.
Happy New Year mate!
Thank you
Well - to be honest, the last days I spent more than half an hour working on AP-techniques (got some free time). So I do few sessions a day each 30-60mins.. as long as I'm not too tensed while playing it's OK (I think).
Today I was able to speed up even a little bit more without messing up too much (few slips here and there). But when I remember the days before I dreamed to play these simple patterns at that speed
Here we go..
Pattern 1 @ 125bpm (this one was really like a WOW-effect for me )
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern1-125bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern2 @ 110bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern2-110bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern3 @ 105bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern3-105bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
This takes also have a WOW effect on me!! This is amazing! Congrats man, keep on working on these ones!
I'm so proud mate.
Thanks Gabriel
I'll try to keep that bpm speed the next days and will practise to play it more clean..
The Hand Synch - lesson is giving me some trouble, especially the opening 3-patterns run over all 6 strings. ATM I play it really sowly with a metronome until the speed gets uncomfortable...
I think it would be a goal to play this lesson by the end of this month..
I'll do so! I was able to play that opening riff @ 60 bpm yesterday, finally
And the first 3-string pattern is running at 145bpm quite well now! I'll do a recording for you soon!
Cheers,
Marc
Update
For the latest recordings on 3-Pattern exercises I use speed bursts as I think it's better for building endurance, too.. what do you think?
Pattern1 @ 155bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern1-155bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern2 @ 125bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern2-125bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Pattern3 @ 115bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/pattern3-115bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Here are a few recordings for the string crossing exercises:
Ex.1 @ 80bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise1-80bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.2 @ 90bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise2-90bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.3 @ 85bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise3-85bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.4 @ 85bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise4-85bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Exercise5 is coming soon
AWESOME JOB mate. I'm so proud of you Mad! You are doing a great job, and if you continue in this way, you technique will be flawless.
Well done!
Gabe! THIS IS INSANE
Here are todays results so far..
Ex.1 @ 90bpm
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise1-90bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.2 @ 100bpm (using speed bursts..)
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise2-100bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.3 @ 90bpm (using speed bursts..)
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise3-90bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.4 @ 90bpm (using speed bursts..)
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise4-90bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
Ex.5 @ 84bpm (The first time my fingers where doing everything automatically )
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/exercise5-84bpm?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army-week1
This is helping so much in getting a fast run for Cosmins song finally clean played, too! :dance:
Thank you!
Excellent job mate!! It would be cool to incorporate any other technique to do the same workshop in parallel. What do you think?
Definately!! What technique are you thinking of??
Actually I like the solo-works by Brent Hints (Mastodon). He often combines slow powerful melodies and fast AP-Runs
Here's my favourite atm (solo starts at 2.50):
And I simply love Buckethead
Currently I have no recording of me playing a solo - actually I learn to play Ben's Epic Metal Beginner Solo.
I try to put as much feel into it as he does regarding techniques like vibrato, bending, hammer-ons and pull offs. In fact it does look like a very simple solo - but especially the first 36 seconds are quite difficult for me to play...
As far as i can say - I'd like to combine techniques like legato or sweep within our current schedule. What do you think?
Brilliant
BUT: As I stated at the beginning of all this here, I need kinda practise-plan - and these are lots of routines, how long do you recommend practising each exercise? I mean, do I have to practise all of them every day?
OK, that's what I'm going to do.
I've got another AP-Exercise to practise (Cosmins recommendation )
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/alternate-workout/
I practise that quite slow atm (70bpm max) additionally to the ex. from your ITC..
Here is my first recording for legato (if I go faster by now, it's starting to sound more sloppy)
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/legatoday1-80bpm-1?in=mad-gmc/sets/gabs-army
I just took the first two patterns of Bens lesson.
Short update on the Hands Synch-Lesson:
https://soundcloud.com/mad-gmc/hand-synch-60bpm
I don't think I'll get it to full speed by the end of this month... but still a great improvement for me, as I definately wasn't able to play it at that speed a month ago
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