Lester's Thread, for Gab's Army |
HEY MAN, I really need your help...
...the thing is, I need you to start progressing faster then ever, but to achieve that I need your help:
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Sep 6 2017, 02:29 PM
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QUOTE (Lester @ Sep 5 2017, 03:02 PM)  I guess you are referring to the formula for major scales? With the intervals WWHWWWH, and chords I,IV,V major, VII diminished and II and III minor? Exactly! In those cases, you keep the same scale for the whole progression but the "function" of each note varies depending on the chord sounding at each moment. Experimenting with this is a great thing. If there is a chord that appear in the progression and it's not part of the tonality, it means that you have to switch the scale. There are some concepts that you'll have to check in those cases: modal interchange & modulation. (but these are more advanced topics). QUOTE (Lester @ Sep 5 2017, 03:02 PM) Is this the same way for soloing in minor scale over a minor chord progression? Or is this more so for major scale? Yes! -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 13 2017, 02:40 PM
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Hi Lester! That video is GREAT! It's very cool to see you playing and working all those lessons. This will give you killer results if you keep your diary practice!
You are doing a good job with all of those lessons. There are basically a few issues to polish: - The pitch of your bending. I could say that 50% of those bends are reaching the right pitch while the other 50% is not precise. It would be a good idea to isolate those bends and practice playing first the target note and then the bend. - Vibrato: Your vibrato is not regular yet. The vibrato lesson needs more work as you've said, and the more you polish it, the better this technique will be in the other lessons (as for example the last one on this vid). - Cleanness: The unwanted noises appear on legatp + picking lesson. Try to find out the way to mute the strings that your are not playing. It can be tricky when crossing strings since you need to do a combination of right hand muting with the use of your index finger tip and "body" as a bare. Check out this: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Muting-Unwanted-Noise/ Ok mate, I hope to be able to see more videos like this one from you soon. -------------------- My lessons
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Sep 19 2017, 09:49 AM
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Thanks, glad you like it!
 I am really satisfied with the progress thus far as well, so I'd say the new practice routine you helped me with is working!  QUOTE - The pitch of your bending. I could say that 50% of those bends are reaching the right pitch while the other 50% is not precise. It would be a good idea to isolate those bends and practice playing first the target note and then the bend. Yes, this keeps on being a hard topic for me. I am now consequently practicing the vid of Satriani you showed me and I think its getting better. At the beginning I think my bends were mostly too low, but now they are too high at times  QUOTE - Cleanness: The unwanted noises appear on legatp + picking lesson. Try to find out the way to mute the strings that your are not playing. It can be tricky when crossing strings since you need to do a combination of right hand muting with the use of your index finger tip and "body" as a bare. Check out this: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Muting-Unwanted-Noise/ Thanks for the advice, I'll start working on it! 
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Sep 19 2017, 02:35 PM
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Hi Lester! Thanks for the update. I'm glad to know that the routine is helping and showing results!
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Oct 9 2017, 02:26 PM
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Wou! That sounds really good!!! All my best wishes to you. I hope to find news here soon.
Cheers! -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 7 2017, 02:17 PM
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Hi Lester! Nice to hear from you! Everything is always welcome as a part of the journey, and as experience for the future, so don't worry.
Let's get back to practice! What things are you planning to work during the next days? -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 22 2017, 08:58 PM
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Hi Gabe,
Sorry for replying so late I am still working on these lessons:https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/jimi_h...string_bending/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Hendrix-Trills/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...picking-thirds/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/legato-lesson/ https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Acoust...Hybrid-Picking/ They are going way slower than the previous batch, but that makes sense since they are a lot harder
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Nov 23 2017, 04:39 PM
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Hi Lester, nice to hear from you!
That's a very inspiring list of lessons. How are you organizing your practice? -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 24 2017, 05:57 PM
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Great! It's helpful to have some kind of structure when practising. Then, you can improvise and change things along the way, but it's the best way to achieve desired goals.
What's your current arpeggios knowledge? and what made you want to learn it? -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 30 2017, 10:30 AM
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Well, my current arpeggio knowledge is zero, actually
I bought a new amp last week, this one: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BluesJrLT I bought a used one through the Dutch version of Ebay so to say And by total coincidence I bought it from my first guitar teacher, which is like 15 years ago. He was playing a little bit and I was quite impressed and asked about what he was doing to know his fretboard so well and his advice was to learn turnarounds and arpeggios...so that's why! |
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Nov 30 2017, 07:28 PM
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Nice! The link is broken but I google this one: LINK
Congrats mate! It will bring some new ideas and inspiration! We have a cool Arpeggio Workout here: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/lessonser...eggio-Workshop/ -------------------- My lessons
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Dec 3 2017, 08:06 PM
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Nice!! Congrats again on the new amp!
Please keep me updated about your progress with the arpeggios. Cheers. -------------------- My lessons
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Feb 5 2018, 09:02 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Dec 3 2017, 09:06 PM) Nice!! Congrats again on the new amp! Please keep me updated about your progress with the arpeggios. Cheers. Hi Gabe! What's going on? So I am working on these arpeggios, from this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Arpegg...rkshop-Level-1/ But I am not entirely sure what the example are from vid 6, there are 4 examples, but I do not now what they are or what to do with them... Can you help me out? Lester |
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Feb 7 2018, 02:43 PM
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Hi mate!
In part 6, you'll find those 4 examples that are related to the backing tracks. The examples show the different triads that you'll have to play over the backing. - The first thing that you need to do is to identify each triad and play it. I've marked each triad with a green.  The triads that appear in order are: C - Dm - Em - F - G - Am - Bdim Play them in order as it's showed by the instructor in the video with other "examples". - Then you can practice this over the backing track. If you listen to the backing track, you'll notice that it's the progression related to the triads in the same order. Example 1 backing is: C - Dm - Em - F - G - Am - Bdim, so you have to play each triad over each chord of the same name. At first you can play it up and down, then you can mix note and try to be more creative. Is it clear? -------------------- My lessons
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