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Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 27 2012, 01:41 PM

Examples : Palm muting, Fusion, Arpeggio (try clicking on the words)
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How to enter the competition:

1. Find as many keywords which are not currently in the database (the ones that are NOT underlined and clickable when browsing the lessons, forum...) - yet should be explained.

2. Write down the short explanation for each keyword in this format : "Keyword - short explanation/description"

Example : "Palm Muting - Palm muting is a playing technique performed by placing the outer side of the picking hand, below the little finger, against the strings near the bridge. This deadens or mutes the strings, resulting in a tighter sound. This is an ideal technique for chunky metal riffs!"

3. Send us your entries to : [email protected] or via forum http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=4&MID=3410

The more entries/keywords you submit the better chances of winning!
We'll look both at quantity of newly discovered keywords and descriptions/explanations text and format.
Tip for the texts: try to explain and define the term/keyword in as shortest possible text.

Our instructors often say this - thinking about and trying to explain different guitar terms/topics, even the simplest ones, is a very good learning experience and gives you a whole new perspective. We hope that you'll get a chance to explore our lessons archive and forum more in depth and learn new things while writing the explanations for the keywords/unexplained terms you find. After the competition is over - we will also update all the keywords and add the ones that you have discovered - lets shape our site together for current and future GMCer generations!
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THE PRIZE

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Details of competition:

- The competition deadline for entry submission will be August 31st 2012.
- Feel free to use this thread for any questions you might have
- Please do not post your keywords entries in this thread. Please send them to "[email protected]" or via http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=4&MID=3410.

Good luck with the hunt!

EDIT : Competition is now closed - click http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=45368&view=findpost&p=604901 to see the winners!

Posted by: Ben Higgins Jul 27 2012, 04:02 PM

Great idea !

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 28 2012, 03:02 PM

Who is planning to enter?

Posted by: Gitarrero Jul 28 2012, 03:34 PM

I am...already hunting for keywords.
I'll give away my first two:
Crazy Train
Songs to score chicks



Seriously, it's a great idea and you'll get an email from me

Christian

Posted by: Yash Jul 28 2012, 03:56 PM

Posted by: DeGroot Jul 28 2012, 04:25 PM

I have two keywords in mind. I'll be sending them your way soon!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 28 2012, 07:56 PM

heheh great find!

Feel free to include those as well.



Awesome - looking forward to it!

I would suggest finding as many as you can, good place to look for are lesson pages and forum topics.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 31 2012, 11:20 PM

Anyone else planning to enter?

Feel free to send in keywords as you find them.

Sending them via http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=4&MID=3410 works as well.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 1 2012, 02:14 AM

This is a great idea! I hope to see many guys joining!

Posted by: jstcrsn Aug 1 2012, 02:26 AM

Gitarrero-- a crazy german that spends to much time in the chatroom

Posted by: Fran Aug 1 2012, 11:11 AM

Excellent idea for a competition and cool prize too

I'll be happy to add all of them to the wiki when it ends

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 7 2012, 06:23 PM

Anyone else going to enter?

Posted by: korblitz Aug 17 2012, 04:30 PM

I want to enter!!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 17 2012, 05:16 PM

Great - feel free to send me keywords/definitions you find via http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=4&MID=3410 or to [email protected] email address. The more of them you find the better!

Please let me know if you have any questions about the competition.

Posted by: Alex Feather Aug 17 2012, 06:04 PM

Great Idea! Love it!

Posted by: korblitz Aug 17 2012, 06:39 PM

A couple more questions.

All those definitions link up to this page http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page It seems that it only takes the definition header . So are we suppose to edit the wiki or just send you the definitions?

What are we allowed to define? Can we give a better definition of Palm Muting, if it were the case or just definitons that haven´t been created. Regardless of that, are we also allowed to make definitions not only for techniques but artists?

Kind regards,

korblitz

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 17 2012, 06:51 PM

Very good questions!

Q: So are we suppose to edit the wiki or just send you the definitions?
A : No need for editing wiki. You just need to send in definitions in this format : "Keyword - definition"

Q: What are we allowed to define? Can we give a better definition of Palm Muting, if it were the case or just definitons that haven´t been created.
A : Let's focus primarily on definitions that haven't been created yet (the ones that are not underlined on the site).

Q: Regardless of that, are we also allowed to make definitions not only for techniques but artists?
A: Absolutely! Please feel free to send in definitions for any keywords/terms you find useful. For example : artists, music genres, theory terms, guitar parts, software terms, abbreviations and any term that would benefit from having a clickable additional explanation and that is not already included in our database.

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck with the hunt!

Posted by: Slavenko Erazer Aug 17 2012, 08:31 PM

Man you're sabotaging everything!!!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 24 2012, 08:41 PM

One more week to go!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Aug 28 2012, 08:48 PM

3 more days left to enter the competition!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Sep 4 2012, 01:30 PM

The competition is now closed and here are the winners of GMC Keywords Hunt Competition :

Bonus winner :




Congratulations and thank you all for participating, see you in the next competition!

Posted by: vonhotch Sep 4 2012, 02:31 PM

AWESOME! Thank you for doing this contest. Congrats Miltonex.

Posted by: korblitz Sep 4 2012, 02:52 PM

ongrats VonHotch und Miltonex!

Just out of curiosity: How many words did you send, VonHotch?

Posted by: Fran Sep 4 2012, 04:58 PM

Congrats guys

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Sep 4 2012, 05:51 PM

Both VonHotch and Miltonex sent 20+ keywords entries.
VonHotch won by term of keywords explanations/format quality and Miltonex won by term of keywords quantity discovered.

Posted by: vonhotch Sep 5 2012, 02:22 AM

Thanks guys.. I did not keep track of how many I sent in. It was just a few at a time, as I thought of it.