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Posted by: staticstef Oct 9 2008, 04:48 PM

Hey everyone my name is Stefano but you can call me Stef

Been playin guitar for nearly 2 years now, i was receiving guitar tuition for about 1 year but stopped because i wanted to do things my way and it was expensive and i didnt seem to be progressing much with him. I came across this site basically because i heard of Kristopher Dahl (The nocturnal Vision song was what started all this off lol - its awsome) on ultimate-guitar.com. Gota say this website is much better than paying £100 a month for guitar lessons lol.

Ok so abit about myself. Im 19 turning 20 soon, i would class my self as an intermediate guitar player but close to beginner when it comes to theory. I basically suck when it come to contruting music myself but when it come to playin peoples music i can do it fairly well (except for the real fast stuff lol)

I love metal, heavy metal, classic rock (black sabbath, iron maiden, led zeppelin etc) and instrumental stuff like satriani. And this is the kind of music i would like to play.

So what i really want to achieve is to be able to shred and do sweeps but also learn alot of theory coz im only limited to the pentatonic scale which is ok but i wana be really gud lol.

Strengths
Accurate when it comes to both finger picking and using a pick (unless under pressure lol)
Very gud at alternate picking but speed is not what id like it to be
Gud vibrato and string bending technique
Gud hammer ons

Weaknesses
oof where to start lol ok....
Very limited theory knowledge
pull offs suck (cant get the technique spot on)
Sweeps are fairly gud but not fast
cant shred to save my life and dont no where to start lol
Suck at contructing my own songs

Ok so theres a little about myself hope thats enough, i hope to progress well with this website and would quite happily take any suggestions on how to improve my weaknesses on board.

Anyways hope to hear from some of you because id like to get to know a few peopl on this site since im new and dont no anyone lol

Thanks

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Oct 9 2008, 04:52 PM

Hello Stef , welcome to GMC !! You will find all the knowledge you need here, to develop your guitar skills to a new level!!

See ya round!

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 9 2008, 07:16 PM

Hi Stefano and welcome to GMC

I have read your post and this is what I can suggest about your week points


Very limited theory knowledge

Try my lesson about modes and intervals. This might be a good point to start with some theory
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/modal-solo-all-7-modes-of-c-major-scale/

Sweeps are fairly gud but not fast

This is my first one published by GMC, it's about sweep picking. Make sure you get the Guitar Pro file you have all picking signs in there

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/horizontal-arpeggios-lesson/


I hope this will help a little

Posted by: Toroso Oct 9 2008, 07:35 PM

Welcome Stef!

Posted by: skennington Oct 9 2008, 09:04 PM

Welcome Stef, all the techniques are here so you can practice whenever and whatever you like!

Posted by: Muris Varajic Oct 9 2008, 09:42 PM

Welcome to GMC.

Posted by: staticstef Oct 9 2008, 09:53 PM

hey everybody thank you so much for your replies, its nice to feel welcomed

Emir Hot, thanks soo much for your advice im going to get right onto ur theory and sweep lessons, im not too used to using this site yet so thanks for the links . If you or anyone has any more advice im all ears after all im here to get professional advice on how to be a better musician as well as guitar player

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Oct 9 2008, 10:03 PM

welcome Stefano to the site

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 10 2008, 03:40 AM

welome man!

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 10 2008, 04:03 AM

QUOTE (staticstef @ Oct 9 2008, 09:53 PM)

hey everybody thank you so much for your replies, its nice to feel welcomed

Emir Hot, thanks soo much for your advice im going to get right onto ur theory and sweep lessons, im not too used to using this site yet so thanks for the links . If you or anyone has any more advice im all ears after all im here to get professional advice on how to be a better musician as well as guitar player

Posted by: CompleteNewbie Oct 10 2008, 05:28 AM

Welcome to GMC Stef

It's a great place to be , and you will learn a lot.

I have only been playing about 3 weeks, but have been accepted on the MTP and I can actually make the guitar make notes now, not noise

enjoy!!!!

Posted by: Jerry Arcidiacono Oct 10 2008, 07:38 AM

Welcome to GMC Stefano

Posted by: Velvet Roger Oct 10 2008, 08:46 AM

Welcome to GMC!

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Oct 10 2008, 09:18 AM

Welcome to the site

Posted by: Nazgul Oct 10 2008, 09:35 AM

Welcome here.

Posted by: staticstef Oct 10 2008, 04:04 PM

Hey to everyone else that has replied since my last login

Im not really good at using forums all be totally honest so im not sure how you quote but thanks for ur replies

Hey completenewbie thats great it took me ages to be able to pick notes and strum a chord and then came the harder part - changing from one chord to another , and then power chords and barre chords i struggled with alot for a long time lol, ur fingers will get used to moving and will become stronger just keep at it, we've all been there but only the determined ones will keep trying one of my friends bought a £200 guitar to learn on and then decided it was too hard and quit

Thanks Emir Hot, i wouldnt mind doing some recordings but like i sed im really useless at composing my own music all i can do is play others (due to my lack of theory), I dont know where to start (scales, learning the notes on fretboard,intervals etc etc), What sort of things do members on GMC normally record for you to analyse?

Thanks again people

Posted by: Zizi Top Oct 10 2008, 04:05 PM

Welcome to GMC mate,
Hope you'll get enough theory here to compose your own music

Posted by: mattacuk Oct 10 2008, 04:17 PM

Welcome to Guitarmasterclass.net , please enjoy your stay

Posted by: Emir Hot Oct 10 2008, 07:53 PM

QUOTE (staticstef @ Oct 10 2008, 04:04 PM)

Thanks Emir Hot, i wouldnt mind doing some recordings but like i sed im really useless at composing my own music all i can do is play others (due to my lack of theory), I dont know where to start (scales, learning the notes on fretboard,intervals etc etc), What sort of things do members on GMC normally record for you to analyse?

Thanks again people

Posted by: Pedja Simovic Oct 10 2008, 08:16 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Jose Mena Oct 10 2008, 08:59 PM

Welcome, you will find what you need here

Good Luck

Posted by: staticstef Oct 11 2008, 01:45 AM

Hello again to everyone else

Thanks again Emir for your help i will take everything you have said onboard and i will find a video lesson that challenges me to the point where people will be able to analyse me weaknesses , I will get back to you when i get a webcam of somesort to make the recording and then i will post up something

Thanks again people

Posted by: Dejan Farkas Oct 13 2008, 08:58 AM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Nemanja Filipovic Oct 13 2008, 09:02 AM

Great presentation man,it is great when a person knows heres or his weaknesses.Thant is the best way to go.
Welcome to GMC .

Posted by: staticstef Oct 15 2008, 10:11 AM

hey Dejan and Nemanja thanks for your replies. I gota say i know my weaknesses but i wish i didnd av as many hopefully i will improve them using this site

Posted by: audiopaal Oct 15 2008, 12:39 PM

Welcome to GMC

Posted by: Kuba Szafran Oct 15 2008, 12:45 PM

Welcome to GMC, it's the best place you could find to improve your playing:)!

Posted by: staticstef Oct 15 2008, 01:09 PM

Hello audiopaal and Kuba nice to hear from you