I kinda miss the long 15min(or so) 101 lessons.
These were sometimes split up in two, and usually had many installments, and they had about a page long written explanation.
Ya know, the lessons in witch Kris(or the instructor) would explain the concept in detail, like what's cool about the concept, why it's important, talk about some famous players that use the technique/concept, then Kris would show us how to go about learning how to play or use the technique/concept, then he would give us some exercises that help us to get good at the technique/concept, and then finally he would show us how to apply the technique/concept to our playing, and he would explain how it would help and improve our playing.(This is kinda what the lessons were like, because all the lessons are different)
These 101 lessons were my favorite, I really showed great improvement from these lessons, and enjoyed watching and reading them and sucking as much information out of them as possible.
Recently though we have had these great lessons with a lot of shorter videos and short written explanations(in a really cool format!). They usually have a main tune that contains the technique/concept, an explanation of the technique/concept, and then a breakdown of the tune. These really helped my technique, and gives me lots of cool riffs and licks to learn.
But as much as these lessons help I think the long 101 lessons had a bigger emphasis on making the technique unique to you, and applying the technique to your own playing so you can make better songs and solos.
Now I'm not saying we should stop doing the short lessons, I think the short, multi-video lessons are the best way to do
solo lessons and
riffs and licks lessons.
I think that the long lessons in the old format were the best for 101 lessons, and I think that lessons like the
How to Sweep,
Legato,
Advanced Chords, and
Fingerpicking might have been better suited to the old, longer 101 lesson format.
Well I guess what I'm saying is that I love the new lesson format, I love how it helps with the solo, and riffs and licks lessons, but I think the 101 lessons are better suited and might help us more in the old longer video format. I think that if the site were like this I'd never stop practicing!
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