Original lesson: Pop Funk Rhythms by Diego Budicin

This ones was definitely out of my comfort zone, but rumours has it that that`s the place you grow!

Cool - you did a good job venturing out of your comfort zone! And yes - this is the place to be btw ������������

I can spot no "ear bleeding" problems here. However overall, you are not quite as tight as Diego. And this type of rhythm work is all about supporting the groove and try to be spot on timing wise.

I think the most important step you can take to fix this, is to relax your right hand more. This is absolutely crucial for skank / funk rhythm guitar.

Since you cannot expect to be able to think about relaxing your right while you are trying to perform - my advice would be to give yourself 5-10 minutes during warmup to play this in super slow motion. While doing so, keep track of your right hand to make sure it's totally loose - basically just 'hanging' there on your forearm - if that makes sense.

Keep it up the great work - you get a 7 from me!

Nice! This is way outside the comfort zone for sure which is what makes it worth doing. Anytime you can play things that are outside your comfort zone, you can bring things with you back in to your comfort zone that you may not have ever played before. So it's a great way to expand yourself as a player. I'd suggest doing it as often as possible. As for this one, you have a really good vibe going on here which is critical to this type of piece. It needs to "feel" groovy!. If it feels to stiff it just doesn't work. You have a great groove going on here. You might loosen your wrist just a bit to give it a bit more wag, but you've got a really good command of the fretting and picking here and you have really good hand synch. Solid 7 from me!!

Todd

Hi mate!

I could follow your progress thanks to the mentoring thread and you already know my thoughts about this one. There are many elements improved here if we compare it with the first take that you shared with me.

As I've said in the thread, and Kris also confirmed, the take sounds very good, but there is still room to make your hands go more relaxed. This is not an easy thing because the triads, chords and lines are tricky/fast and the rhythm also demanding. However, relaxing your hands will affect the groove of your take. If possible, please keep this lesson in your diary routine for some more days/weeks.

Keep on the good job!!

Hey there!

Exactly - If you keep inside your comfort zone, you just work to stay in form. In other words - just keep the skills you already own. To develope you need to play things that deliver some difficulty.

It is a good idea to go for some reasonably simple stuff, to focus on basics. It is clearly visibel that you had not much in common with strumming.

I don't think your left hand requires much feedbaack but I have one that is a critical for your right hand. You need to push/angle your wrist forward - just like you shake your hands while trying to dry them (when no towel's available). It's a most natural hand behavior that uses palm weight and relaxed "throwing" motion to get the strumming done.

Your hand is angled "solo-like" - bottom of the palm angled towards guitar body/bridge. It works when you want to mute unwanted low strings, but ot doesn't work for strumming because it is blocking it's natural motion source

Pass: 7