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Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 7 2009, 06:42 PM

first assignment:

Time to complete: 7 days (next Wednesday)
Level: Intermediate

Remember: you must provide audio or video of how progress is going. if you want it, and have the time to add drums and more instruments, do it. but for this first assignment I am not asking for it. so, since we have a dead-line to respect, you can rec your takes using only the metronome.


Part 1
Neoclassical approach:
Scale: A harmonic minor

Technique: Alternate picking exclusively.


step by step:
learn this first assignment start at 120 bpm
increase to 140 bpm
increase to 160 bpm
increase to 180 bpm

part 2
-routine
once you feel comfortable with it apply the following:

start at 120 bpm (2 times)
at 140 (3 times)
at 160 (4 times)
at 180 (4 times)
rest or jam during 10 minutes and repeat the assignment 2 times more. remember to focus on your practice, concentrate and have fun during the process that´s better than 100 hour-practice


REMEMBER: practice using metronome.

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 8 2009, 09:03 PM

cool patters, ill have it learned fast i hope. 4 questions thogh
1. can i do it in E tuning instead of e flat?
2. you wrote to do it untill 180 bpm but the gutiar pro file is at 200 so what speed did you intend for me to go up to?
3. u used muted guitar, does that mean you want me to PM all the notes or jsut because you like the sound of it in gp the most?
4. what am i suppose to record at the end?

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 9 2009, 07:19 PM

1- yes, off course you can.

2- well, that´s a mistake from me. I was tasting which tempo will work better for you. so, I though in 180 bpm would be ok. but I saved the file in 200 bpm XD.
so, your goal is 180 bpm, but if you feel comfortable to rec a take on 200 bpm, is also welcome

3- well, both to be honest on one hand I like the muted sound the most.
on the other, you should rec this assignment with a distortion sound, since we are focused on metal style. so, you´ll find that if you play this etude without palm muting you´ll have lots of unwanted noise. so, you have to find a cool palm muting position to block this unwanted noise but not too much.

4-this is one part of a little tune.
by your dead-line, you should rec this etude only with metronome.
then, for the next week I´ll give a second part, then a third. all this parts together will create a little tune composed by different techniques.
and in the last week of this month you´ll have to play the whole tune using a BT I´ll provide you. and then you´ll get your month evaluation.

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 9 2009, 08:53 PM

ok, ill try and reccord it today if all you want is audio but i think you misinterpreted my question. ovcourse i will palm mute all other strings to eliminate all other noist just like whenever i paly but the question is does the string played need to be palm muted?

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 10 2009, 12:17 AM

not necessarily man, the only technique I asked you to use is alternate picking. if you want or not use palm muting is your choice.

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 10 2009, 06:27 PM

ok, heres the licks in various bpms.
if you want me to make a video or have any comments ill re record it
p.s
its not first try, just called that so i would recognize it

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 16 2009, 09:36 PM

well man, awesome takes!!! really really what I was looking for from you

if you can add a vid would be awesome to see your hands (positions, fingers and so on) also, remember to rec every take with a metronome.

now I´m uploading your next assignment for week 2

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 16 2009, 10:03 PM

2nd assignment for this week!

Time to complete: 6 days (next Thursday)
Level: Intermediate

Remember: you must provide audio or video of how progress is going. if you want it, and have the time to add drums and more instruments, do it. but for this first assignment I am not asking for it. so, since we have a dead-line to respect, you can rec your takes using only the metronome.


Part 2
Neoclassical approach:Alternate picking + sweeps!

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 17 2009, 03:58 AM

i really liked the sound of the new one, since i have a lot of time i would try and record everything in video and i am very happy for the step up in difficulty level!
anyways i will try also to provide video of the first rec but to tell you the truth all i did was using the classical one finger per fret technique and used first finger for the alternating open high e and fretting the notes.

i would like to really put an emphasis on "the band" so to speak to learn how to compose a full song including all instruments, so for this exercise i will try to also add drum, bass and maybe also a rhythm guitar

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Oct 21 2009, 07:18 PM

great man! how´s it going? need any help adding drum and bass?

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 21 2009, 07:37 PM

i think i need help finishing it up, its much harder than i expected, getting sweeping and string skipping clean without a backing track to drown it in is killing me lol, but im sure i will be able to get it done by tomorrow

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 22 2009, 03:56 PM

im felling bad for not being able to complete the assignment on time so im uploading a video of me playing assignment one quite poorly but its jsut for you to see fingering and positions and such