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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 8 2012, 04:26 PM

Hola Tato2002!! Welcome to your http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=43110&st=20 thread!!

Could you please tell me a bit about you, your musical tastes, influences, strengths and weaknesses? I would need some videos of you playing rhythm and solo guitar, so please post your best material here. If you have some music or ideas of your own, also post them here. Also let me know how you think that I can help you and what are your expectations for our job. You can check the other Army's thread to discover the different modalities of this project.


The principles of our Army are:

+ Improve your technique
+ Make music and solos
+ Have fun
+ Destroy the enemy (hahaha not realy just kidding... )

Posted by: tato2002 Aug 9 2012, 12:05 AM

Hello Gab.
As I told yo before by mail I´m an intermediate guitarsit (Level 4/5 some 6) and I trying to improve my skills to overpass this level and become to a new one.
I´m trying to aquire more speed with alternate picking but I feel dissapointed because I can´t progress. My average high speed is about six notes per beat at 80/85 speed (not much). I´m trying to improve it but I get stucked at 90/95/100, no matter how much time I practice in 80/85. I´ve wondered that the main problem is on my right hand, maily when I play ascending scales and I mute a little bit the 6th and 5th strings, then when I have to continue the scale to the 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st string it become messy. How did I get this? because I´ve been trying to play triplets alternating two chords (with no left hand in use) and I can´t do it clear and accurate in time. I´m 45 so I don´t know if it´s a matter of age, muscles or joints of my hands or maybe my burned brain...(ja). Could you help me to find the way to improve my speed?
Other areas where I want to work on are arpeggios & Legatos.
Here there are some videos I recoreded for you (I´ve sent them the links before by mail)







Thank´s a lot in advance man!!!!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 9 2012, 03:19 PM

Hi mate! Thanks for your info and videos! We will do an intensive work on your technique. These are the things that you should work this week:

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guitar/alternate-workout/

http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=42825

I will also send you some reading stuff about alternate picking that you must know. Check my private message!