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Oct 16 2014, 02:07 PM
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Hi mate, that sounds great and the new backing is an excellent idea! You will have more time to dedicate to each chord so you will be able to explore more the fret board. Well done!
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Oct 21 2014, 02:54 AM
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Hi Aris, good job! Both timing and notes length are getting closer to the original lesson. There are off course some differences here and there but you are on the right track. The "metronome" version has pitch issues that seem to be related to the tuning of your guitar.
Another thing that I note is that you should improve your vibrato technique. It's not consistent, and regular. It's weak yet. I recommend you to check out this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Bens-Vibrato-Odyssey-5/ I would like to hear you playing guitar loves piano lesson over the backing track and with a tone closer to the lesson, is this possible? -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 21 2014, 03:20 PM
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Hi Aris! Thanks for the new videos. Here are some comments:
- Rhythm lesson: You are following the groove right in the section from 00:00 to 00:34, however there is still room to go tighter with the backing track. Then, when the melody starts at 00:35, the timing issue becomes more important, the melody is not going with the groove of the track there. The problem is exactly what you said, the notes don't go exactly with the hits of the drum, you have to be able to singe the melody over the groove, to understand it and then transpose it to guitar. That's what I recommend you to do to master it. The palm muting section sounds better but you have to improve the connection with the previous part to make it sound smoother. It takes you a measure to find the new groove after the melodies. Finally, the last strumming, at 01:05 is not going with the drum loop, work on it. - Alternate Picking: I can notice that this lesson is improving compared with the previous takes. Try to make that your right hand moves more relaxed, let the wrist move a bit floppier. The part starting at 00:33 has some different notes, please re-check the original lesson. Another important thing is to economize movements when you practice. I notice that your left hand fingers get out of the fret board and separate too much and that's not necessary. It's good to get used to keep the fingers closer to the fret boar to economize movements. The smaller the moments are, the easier will be to play the things faster in the near future. - Picking arpeggios: Good job with this one! You are starting to feel more comfortable with the chords positions and your AP technique is being more precise for arpeggios. Your playing is tight now, and the next goal should be to make the overall thing sound smoother. The notes are cut too early, try to make them last a bit more. -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 22 2014, 07:17 AM
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Thanks again Gabriel,
All points noted!!! I 'll get back to you with new recordings trying to incorporate your suggestions. Have a great day! |
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Oct 22 2014, 04:58 PM
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Great!
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Oct 27 2014, 12:49 PM
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Hi mate! Good job!
It's a great desicion to also create your own backing track for this workout, it makes the practice even more effective. About the backing, I'm not convinced about the drum loop. It sounds weird, too many snares, and I can't hear any hi-hat or ride, is there? I feel that the drum groove could evolve similar to this song: What do you think? And regarding your playing. You said exactly what's happening! You are playing this as an exercise and every time the chord changes, it seems like a new exercise. It's time to try to create phrases that interact, that are connected with each other, to give your jamming a direction, and evolution. Listen to that track by Joe Satriani and analyze how his uses has the concept of call and response. How? - Create shorter phrases that are related rhythmically and melodically. - Use silence between phrases. Check this lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/The_tasty_etude/ - Use your voice to create melodies and then transpose them to guitar. Analyze if this melodies are around the arpeggios of each chord and let me know. Your soloing is sounding like and exercise because you keep the same rhythm all the time and it makes it sound more like a technical practice, use more rhythm variations, silence and other expression tools. -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 28 2014, 03:12 PM
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Hi Aris, you are great man.
You not only took my suggestions, you take them farther doing a very precise analysis of Satriani's approach to phrases. Your analysis is very rich and I have to say that I've also learnt from it. Now it's time to start applying this concepts. An idea that comes to mind is to apply this concepts consciously at first, using your voice and transposing the melodies to guitar, and record each of the possibilities as different examples. I feel that it would be so cool so have it as reference and I think that it could be cool to share it at the forum for other students that will surely appreciate. What do you think? -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 29 2014, 06:31 PM
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-------------------- My lessons
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Nov 7 2014, 12:26 AM
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Hi Aris, thanks for this update.
I can feel that you have a very good attitude and energy regarding your practice and guitar playing. Your analysis is deep, and we have a very well organized plan here. Now it's just time to find the moment of your day when you can complete the diary tasks that are necessary to keep on improving and progressing. I know that life is full of obligations and work to do, it's also difficult for me to find time to just enjoy guitar, even being a full time musician! I dedicate my life to my band, giving music course (at GMC and at my studio) and producing music and bands. I'm all day with music but I even find tricky to just sit down and practice or play guitar. I have to organize myself really good to do all the things I want to do. You are very motivated and that's a very important thing. Try to find the way to organize your life to be able to play guitar at least 1 hour every day, and if a day it's so busy, play at least 20/30 minutes. We always can sleep 20 minutes less...  But, even more important is to enjoy music and guitar. I must not be an obligation, something that you HAVE to do, it should be something that you want to do. If not, it doesn't make sense. About the quality of the phrases, don't worry about it, we are at learning and analyzing stage. 
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Nov 11 2014, 03:23 PM
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Hi mate! Nice to hear from you again! I just found the post so I will check it in a moment, but I can say that it's looking great! Congrats on that deep analysis. Be sure that this analysis and conclusions will have a big impact in your playing, improvisations and compositions. These are the type of works that are much more creative and inspiring than practicing lots of hours of technique. So don't worry about the lowering the routing practice this last week, you can get back now, but let me say that it's not a bad idea to give priority to more "creative" stuff every time it appears.
Also, working on the routine exercises in a creative way is something that I always recommend. Learning the lessons, but then also creating your own variations, and using the backings to improvise your own stuff using the scales and concepts suggested is definitely the way to go. -------------------- My lessons
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Nov 17 2014, 03:30 PM
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Hi Gabriel, It's been long enough since the last time I sent you samples of my routine practice on the rest of the stuff. Here are my samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDCgGj8Sks...eature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2S7QnCsG4...eature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNWX3wLplA...eature=youtu.be (I 'll try to see if I can get rid of this awful background noise from future recordings since I only realized it was there after I did them.) * Alternate picking - I recorded over backing track #02 of the lesson. I see that I still need to improve on my timing for the melody in part 7 and general accuracy. I have also tried to keep my fingers closer to the fretboard but I'm not sure if I have improved on this since the last video. I will double check the lesson for adding the missing vibratos too. * Warm up Arpeggios - This still sucks. Especially the 4th & 5th chords have a lot of accidental mutterings due to fingers not being able to reach. However, I feel much better since now I can almost stretch my fingers enough for these chords. So I am now thinking it will be possible with time whereas before I had very little faith  I played this over backing track #04 of the lesson. * Rhythm (SD Style lesson) - I played all of the lesson except for the last part (I did not realize at that time it would be easy to try until I saw the tab the next day:o ). Sorry about the tone. I completely forgot to check for similar settings. This was played over backing track #03 of the lesson * I will have to redo the phrasing lesson. It is not as good as I thought it was. BTW I liked Andy Timmons from the guitarists you proposed. At "Cry for you" the solo evolution seems so natural and goes over so many different moods. I hope this does not mean I 'm growing old seeking softer sounds It may be also that I was never too much into metal stuff except for some hardcore/punk. Please let me know on your comments. |
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Nov 18 2014, 03:53 PM
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Hi Aris!! Great stuff here!!
I could notice that the thread about phrasing has been evolving and growing a lot and that's thanks to your great first analysis. Congratulations!! I think that Andy Timmons is a great one to continue with this analysis. He is very melodic and tasy, his tone is majestic as well as his feeling and vibrato but he can also shred that guitar when he want. A real master. Let's go for him! About your takes, I can see that your playing is evolving, not very fast but it's going forward and that's the most important thing. The alternate picking lesson is the best one of the three. You can play most of the lesson with a good tempo and I think that one of the things to have in mind is the your muting technique to be sure that there are not unwanted noises while you play the different parts. Remember that when you are playing a lick, the notes that need to sound are as important as the ones that don't have to sound. This balance must be perfect. This is applicable to muting and also to silences when you are phrasing. The picking arpeggios lesson is the one that evolved most, it's true that it's not tight, it has important timing issues in the second half but I can see that your fingers are getting used to those shapes and that your alternate picking is ok for this lesson. Remember to put your thumb (from your left hand) more in the middle of the other four fingers to make the stretches easier. Finally the rhythm lesson is evolving well. The first rhythm section is ok, but you should liberated a bit more your right hand, relax it and let it move freely with the groove. The melody for the second part has important timing issues so please re-check the rhythm and practice it over the original lesson. Ok mate, it's really cool to see you working hard and covering different aspects of your playing and musicality, just keep on the great job! -------------------- My lessons
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