When You Don't Know Where To Head To, What Do You Do? |
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When You Don't Know Where To Head To, What Do You Do? |
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Apr 21 2011, 09:38 PM |
I'm that way a lot. I don't push myself to practice much.
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Apr 21 2011, 09:54 PM |
it's been 3 weeks since i stop havin' guitar class with my teacher...and now i am kind of lost i don't know what to do to reach that X place or what path to follow, did you ever felt like this and if you did what have you dont to surpass this? Happened to everyone! What you do now is : - Write down your near future goals. Select one thing/topic you'd like to practice (bending, vibrato, improvisation, theory etc) - Find lessons/exercises (on GMC?) which cover those topics - Make a practice plan and start working on the lessons towards your near future goals - After few weeks review where you are and make changes to routine if its needed - Try using a metronome while practicing and also keep a video or written log of your playing Idea is to choose a near future goal - for example : be able to play alternate picking licks on 120 bpm in 16th notes. Something that is within your reach. That way you will always know where you are going and feel the progress. Hope this helps -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Apr 22 2011, 10:42 AM |
really wanna a hit on theory! that's my weakness! <--that's my main goal "in general" right now" ->wanna learn scales, chords, why are these chords there and there what to play over that, recogniz' them by ear. -> got the "goals", now what would be my first step learning chords? scales? listen to million of millions chords till i can recognize them? If you have a friend who can play piano or guitar, you can do some exercise with him, without watching his hands while is playing of course. You can start with intervals in different keys, trying to recognize them. This is a good start to train the relative pitch. Then move to some simple chords like basic minor and major triads. Then you can add diminished, augmented and sus triads. Same about the scales. Start with major and natural minor scales and then add one mode at time to recognize between the others. There are also some softwares around to help your ear training but in my experience it's a lot more fun to train with other people. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Apr 22 2011, 01:33 PM |
I've been there, all got solved when I realized what my main goal is: play my favourite songs!
So now all I do is learn new songs, try not to forget the ones I've learnt, and when I find some difficult song I can't play, I look into it's technique and try to learn it with exercises. This last step is the hardest, and so far I've mnostly learnt songs I can play with basic riffs and chords, no sweeping or high speed AP, complex tapping etc. -------------------- Guitars:
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Apr 24 2011, 07:43 PM |
Perhaps it's time for some theory? What is the last thing you worked on with your teacher?
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