I Need A Piece Of Advice On "getting Better". |
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Sep 30 2008, 09:41 PM
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Well, using legato I can play a lot faster yes... but this makes me feel like cheating
 .Thanks in advance, HexDump. |
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Sep 30 2008, 11:17 PM
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Well it is normal to feel that way, no one got better over the night. But if you look a year back you will see just how much progress you've made. Maybe you need a better routine, or some more motivation. Try to make a goal with exercises, and make a system, and watch some of guitar players that inspire you. This can help.
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Oct 1 2008, 01:19 PM
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Hi again,
Thanks a lot mate. You don´t know how important this is to me, I really apreciate it. Can´t wait to start with your instructions  .Thanks in advance, HexDump. |
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Oct 1 2008, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE (HexDump @ Oct 1 2008, 11:45 AM)  I like Vinnie moore, Yngwie and Satriani a lot. I know this guitarists technique are impressive and my objective is not match it, but, I would like to play their songs (not the most difficult). So, I think Legato, Alternate, Tapping, Sweep picking, Economy picking and vibrato will be the techniques I should be putting time on. Could we do a practice ruotine with this? I just have 2 hours per day to play. I would like after a month or something like this to inform our teaches about my improvements and see if I´m doing things ok. What do you think?. I need a mentor!!! .Here are a couple of suggestions mate: - Legato I would start with this lesson, easily, to get a hold of pentatonic patterns a bit https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-legato-slides/ Also you can make various combinations based on these patterns and practice what you like. - Alternate https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...ernate-picking/ Here you have 3-note-per-string pattern of the major key modes, that you can work out along side alternate picking. Very basic exercises that will increase your precision and timing. - Tapping Joe made two very nice basic tapping lessons: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-you-must-know/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...s-with-tapping/ - Sweep Picking https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...-basics-lesson/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...weeping-basics/ - Economy Picking Stay tuned for my new lesson on modes where we do economy modes: Also Danilo made a good series on economy - here's the link for the first lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...nomy-picking-i/ - Vibrato Good series from Marcus where he explains vibrato very good. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...ibrato-lesson1/ All these examples should give you some insights on how to create your own routines. The best advice that I can give you is to take it easy, and set your goals in a short term kind of way. This means that you don't make a heavy routine that will get you stuck with some exercises more than 1-2 weeks. Remember practicing is fun. If you have two hours, make 4 30 minute parts from that session, with a little 5 minute pause in between. While you progress, keep a notebook at hand and write down daily exercises and things what you will be practicing during next week. Don't go too far and write for a whole month, just take it slow. If you feel you have a lot of things to learn, just take the bits and pieces that you find the most interesting, but from as many techniques as you can. Don't worry if you don't learn "everything" because there is NO everything, as long as you keep those 2 hours you will advance pretty quickly. So rock on mate, and ask if you need anything else. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 1 2008, 06:11 PM
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Awesome advice from Pedja and Ivan, you should have enough material now to practice.
Good Luck!!! |
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Oct 1 2008, 08:03 PM
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Thanks a lot for the answers.... I will try my best to get the most from your advises.
HexDump. |
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Oct 1 2008, 10:08 PM
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QUOTE (HexDump @ Oct 1 2008, 02:19 PM) Hi again, Thanks a lot mate. You don´t know how important this is to me, I really apreciate it. Can´t wait to start with your instructions .Thanks in advance, HexDump. HexDump I am back ! Here is my detailed plan and suggestion for your 2 hour slot ! Couple of things about the plan: 1) You will practice for one hour straight then take 15 minute brake and do another hour, so whole plan will really be 2 hours and 15 minutes 2 hours = 120 minutes : 3 minutes for exercise = 40 exercises total : 6 techniques = 6-7 exercises per technique or 3 -4 exercises but repeat them in second hour of your practice! Your techniques are : - Legato - Alternate - Sweep picking - Tapping - Economy picking - Vibrato Suggestion : You will practice each exercise for 2:30 minutes and have 30 seconds brake in between exercises. Now I will upload you some Guitar pro files with exercises in those areas. I will give you couple for each area and you should practice them at very slow tempo at first and gradually increase tempo every day by 4-8 bpm. In the beginning this will be easier but once you get to 140-150bpm take it easy with 16th notes and triplets - it will take you longer than a day to move to another tempo. I will get to tabbing right now and post you examples for these techniques very soon. In the meanwhile you can create word sheet or excel with different columns and time slots as well as days (7 days on top, then on the left Legato then 3 -6 exercises below it then another technique and so on and so forth). You will use this table to write in your tempo in there every day that you practice and keep your progress. See you in half an hour or so Here is 2 Alternate picking examples using single string only ! You can do this on any string really its great stretching and warm up. More examples coming soon! Here is 3rd Alternate picking example. This should be enough for start ! I will try to do some legato ones for you right now. Here is one for legato ! Make sure you do this one really slow because it stretches out 2nd and 3rd finger which are really hard to stretch - don't go for speed here just get the mechanics down. Another one for legato - 3 note per string pattern in A dorian - you can see this one in Ritchie Kotzen video I believe , and Satriani does this one a lot! Exercise 3 for legato is sequence in C major or A relative minor. Read the notes in the score information for more info! Hope this is enough for tonight ! I will try to post you more examples tomorrow (for tapping and sweep picking for example). Let me know how you are doing with these exercises ! Thanks This post has been edited by Pedja Simovic: Oct 1 2008, 11:14 PM
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Oct 2 2008, 01:45 AM
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Wow Pedja - that's an excellently constructed routine - I am sure many others will benefit from this too
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Oct 2 2008, 02:29 AM
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Good Idea! I added it to the "Important Topics" list
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