Todd's Video Chat Lesson Notes |
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Nov 30 2014, 07:32 PM |
LESSON 339 - STAMINA/ENDURANCE II (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bitly.com/gmclesson339 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- KEEPING IT UP AND UP AND UP Let's continue our work on ENDURANCE today. Some of these patterns may be difficult at first. I've balanced them again some that will be familiar so that our arms don't melt! STOP PLAYING IF IT HURTS!!! 339a.gp5 ( 1.62K ) Number of downloads: 97 339b_.gp5 ( 1.68K ) Number of downloads: 60 339c.gp5 ( 1.89K ) Number of downloads: 69 339d.gp5 ( 1.6K ) Number of downloads: 62 339e.gp5 ( 2.03K ) Number of downloads: 58 339f.gp5 ( 1.79K ) Number of downloads: 75 339g.gp5 ( 1.96K ) Number of downloads: 65 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56000160 THANKS FOR COMING TO THE PARTY!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Nov 30 2014, 11:09 PM |
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Dec 6 2014, 06:36 PM |
LESSON 340 - PINKY PONIES I (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bitly.com/gmclesson340 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- It's high time we took a good look at YOUR PINKY!!!! It's very easy to forget about this humble digit on the hand. But today, we are gonna look deep in to the gaping maw where technique starts to collapse in many players. The PINKY!!! FIRST UP!!!! (The NeoClassical Pinky) This lick will allow your hand to explore the "TILT/SHIFT" technique. You will need to tilt your wrist and shift your hand to reach the opposing notes. Make sure to use your first finger and PINKY only. 340a.gp5 ( 1.75K ) Number of downloads: 87 340b.gp5 ( 1.74K ) Number of downloads: 88 340c.gp5 ( 2.03K ) Number of downloads: 82 340d.gp5 ( 1.64K ) Number of downloads: 79 340e.gp5 ( 2.24K ) Number of downloads: 78 340f.gp5 ( 1.6K ) Number of downloads: 81 340g.gp5 ( 2.03K ) Number of downloads: 80 HERE IS OUR VID CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56184761 YOU GUYS RAWKED!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 6 2014, 11:12 PM |
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Dec 7 2014, 06:34 PM |
LESSON 341 - PINKY PONIES II (*Fave Shred Licks with PINKY WORK) (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bitly.com/gmclesson341 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- PINKY PONIES RETURN!! I'm going to be building my FIRST EVER gmc video lesson for our collection. To wit, I've assembled some of my FAVE shred licks. In doing so, I realized that several of them are KILLER pinky workouts!!! *Let's get going with something more "Rythm" than "Lead". Note that you are using left hand hammer/pull instead of picking! 341a.gp5 ( 2.25K ) Number of downloads: 112 341b.gp5 ( 1.77K ) Number of downloads: 87 341c.gp5 ( 2.07K ) Number of downloads: 81 341d.gp5 ( 2.05K ) Number of downloads: 87 341e.gp5 ( 1.84K ) Number of downloads: 77 341f.gp5 ( 1.79K ) Number of downloads: 94 HERE IS OUR VID CHAT FROM TODAY!! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56230225 I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU GUYS PLAYED EVERYTHING!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 7 2014, 11:04 PM |
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Dec 13 2014, 08:18 PM |
LESSON 342 - FINGER CONTROL (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bitly.com/gmclesson342 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- FINGER CONTROL! Let's take control of our DIGITS! Some patterns make them want to misbehave. Not today!!! 342a.gp5 ( 1.95K ) Number of downloads: 84 342b.gp5 ( 1.68K ) Number of downloads: 74 342c.gp5 ( 1.77K ) Number of downloads: 77 342d.gp5 ( 1.69K ) Number of downloads: 73 342e.gp5 ( 1.89K ) Number of downloads: 81 342f.gp5 ( 2.08K ) Number of downloads: 80 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56420460 THANKS FOR COMING TO THE PARTY!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 13 2014, 11:13 PM |
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Dec 14 2014, 08:16 PM |
LESSON 343 - FINGER CONTROL II (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson343 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- ONWARD!! Let's use some pick and mute control to make these licks sound spiff 343a.gp5 ( 1.81K ) Number of downloads: 79 343b.gp5 ( 1.56K ) Number of downloads: 83 343c.gp5 ( 1.85K ) Number of downloads: 83 343d.gp5 ( 2.07K ) Number of downloads: 75 343e.gp5 ( 1.78K ) Number of downloads: 80 343f.gp5 ( 1.78K ) Number of downloads: 78 343g.gp5 ( 1.8K ) Number of downloads: 77 343h.gp5 ( 2.33K ) Number of downloads: 83 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT FROM TODAY!! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56474421 YOU GUYS WERE EN FUEGO!!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 14 2014, 11:06 PM |
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Dec 20 2014, 06:15 PM |
LESSON 344 - LEFT HAND PATH ADVENTURES (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson344 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- We have done a lot of work synching up our hands. Let's spend some time focusing on each hand for a bit. Today, we shall follow the "Left Hand Path" Try to use your LEFT HAND ONLY unless otherwise specified. *you can use your right hand on the bridge to mute or use the "CROSS OVER" mute technique. 344a.gp5 ( 1.91K ) Number of downloads: 76 344b.gp5 ( 1.93K ) Number of downloads: 79 344c.gp5 ( 1.93K ) Number of downloads: 77 344d.gp5 ( 2.36K ) Number of downloads: 79 344e.gp5 ( 1.92K ) Number of downloads: 78 344f.gp5 ( 1.87K ) Number of downloads: 74 344g.gp5 ( 1.92K ) Number of downloads: 71 344h.gp5 ( 1.9K ) Number of downloads: 78 Here is our VID CHAT from Today!! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56701411 THANKS FOR MAKING IT A PARTY EVERYONE! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 20 2014, 11:09 PM |
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Dec 21 2014, 07:22 PM |
LESSON 345 - LEFT HAND PATH ADVENTURES II (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson345 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! RIGHT HAND? NOT TODAY.In our last session we worked on our left hand power and precision. Let's take things a step further on our "DAY OF REST" lesson 345a.gp5 ( 1.83K ) Number of downloads: 80 345b.gp5 ( 1.78K ) Number of downloads: 82 345c.gp5 ( 1.66K ) Number of downloads: 76 345d.gp5 ( 1.66K ) Number of downloads: 87 345e.gp5 ( 2.15K ) Number of downloads: 81 345f.gp5 ( 1.77K ) Number of downloads: 85 345g.gp5 ( 1.67K ) Number of downloads: 87 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT!! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56753097 YOU GUYS WERE INSANE TODAY!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 21 2014, 11:05 PM |
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Dec 27 2014, 08:24 PM |
LESSON 346 - INSIDE OUT (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson346 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- INSIDE OUT / OUTSIDE IN It's been a very spiff year here @ GMC and for our last couple of lessons before we start the year anew, I want to focus a bit on. ......PICKING!!!! These pieces will leverage your outside picking, inside picking and your inside out picking Inside out picking is just starting with inside strokes and transitioning to outside strokes in the same lick. Also, we will do some outside in picking as well Let's get warmed up with some standard picking. 346a.gp5 ( 2.02K ) Number of downloads: 80 346b.gp5 ( 2.02K ) Number of downloads: 58 346c.gp5 ( 2.05K ) Number of downloads: 53 346d.gp5 ( 2.11K ) Number of downloads: 53 346e.gp5 ( 1.8K ) Number of downloads: 52 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/56966949 YOU GUYS WERE NUTS TODAY!! BONUS RIFF!!!! From our very own VERC!!! https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showuser=18475 Verc_346e_extended.gp5 ( 2.57K ) Number of downloads: 57 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Feb 18 2015, 07:47 PM |
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Dec 28 2014, 08:07 PM |
LESSON 347 - INSIDE OUT II (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson347 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- INSIDE OUT / OUTSIDE IN CONTD. This is our last lesson of the year!! To wit, we are going to employ variations of some of my fave licks we have done this year and a couple of new ones to continue to work on our inside and outside picking Thanks to everyone who attended my lessons this past year You guys have made it a blast each and every time!! Looking forward to more madness and more easy sundays in 2015 347a.gp5 ( 2.3K ) Number of downloads: 89 347b.gp5 ( 1.73K ) Number of downloads: 78 347c.gp5 ( 2.02K ) Number of downloads: 80 347d.gp5 ( 1.83K ) Number of downloads: 83 347e.gp5 ( 2.21K ) Number of downloads: 75 347f.gp5 ( 2.02K ) Number of downloads: 76 347g.gp5 ( 2.02K ) Number of downloads: 75 HERE IS OUR FULL VID CHAT!!! PART I http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57011291 PART II http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57014075 GREAT YEAR GUYS!!! MORE IN 2015!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Dec 28 2014, 11:12 PM |
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Jan 3 2015, 08:00 PM |
LESSON 348 - "IT LOOKED EASY ON PAPER" (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson348 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- EASIER THAN IT LOOKS, ......SORTA. *Props to AKRICH for sharing some very spiff licks on which these first few are based! 348a.gp5 ( 1.62K ) Number of downloads: 108 348b.gp5 ( 1.72K ) Number of downloads: 120 348c.gp5 ( 1.72K ) Number of downloads: 96 348d.gp5 ( 1.62K ) Number of downloads: 86 348e.gp5 ( 2.06K ) Number of downloads: 99 348f.gp5 ( 2.06K ) Number of downloads: 105 348g.gp5 ( 1.57K ) Number of downloads: 101 348h.gp5 ( 1.57K ) Number of downloads: 112 FROM AK RICH : BONUS TABS!!! Ascending_A_harm_minor_run_with_no_4th.gp5 ( 2.09K ) Number of downloads: 121 HERE IS OUR VID CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57187674 YOU GUYS WERE ENFUEOGO!!!! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 16 2015, 06:36 PM |
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Jan 4 2015, 07:55 PM |
FROM AK RICH : BONUS TABS!!! Ascending_A_harm_minor_run_with_no_4th.gp5 ( 2.09K ) Number of downloads: 121 Thanks Todd! I should point out a misprint I made that describes the scale run . It is actually an ascending A harmonic minor run with no "3rd." The run starts on the 7th note of the scale (a half step above the root on the low E string) and goes 7th, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th. Hope you guys like it! |
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Jan 4 2015, 08:51 PM |
No problem, Todd. See you next week.
Good luck with your Father. Greg |
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Jan 4 2015, 09:45 PM |
Good luck Todd, catch you on the flipside.
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Jan 10 2015, 07:33 PM |
LESSON 349 - ECON OR AP? (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson349 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- TO ECON OR NOT TO ECON? Let's work on some picking!!!! Instead of using non sensical patterns to work on our ECONOMIC and ALTERNATE picking. Let's try something more musical and more interesting. In the Tablature when you see this symbol above a note it means DOWNSTROKE. Two of them means two downstrokes in a row or in other words, "ECONOMIC PICKING!" 349a.gp5 ( 1.87K ) Number of downloads: 71 349b.gp5 ( 2.26K ) Number of downloads: 72 *BASED ON A LICK BY AKRICH! 349c.gp5 ( 2.2K ) Number of downloads: 70 *HERE IS THE ORIGINAL LICK Decending_A_harm_minor_run.gp5 ( 1.88K ) Number of downloads: 80 349d.gp5 ( 2.1K ) Number of downloads: 80 349e.gp5 ( 1.79K ) Number of downloads: 78 HERE IS OUR FULL VIDEO CHAT FROM THIS LESSON PART I: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57408867 PART II: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57410719 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 16 2015, 05:55 PM |
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Jan 11 2015, 07:29 PM |
LESSON 350 - ENDURANCE ON OUR DAY OF REST (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: http://bit.ly/gmclesson350 FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- ENDURANCE AND STAMINA Let's focus a bit on our ENDURANCE. You may notice that your hand/arm tends to get tired before you are done playing for the day. No problem. Today we are going to work your endurance up to an entirely new level. Let's start slow and work up to crazy. 350a.gp5 ( 1.66K ) Number of downloads: 78 350b.gp5 ( 2.44K ) Number of downloads: 79 350c.gp5 ( 2.24K ) Number of downloads: 87 350d.gp5 ( 2.06K ) Number of downloads: 80 350e.gp5 ( 2.24K ) Number of downloads: 84 350f.gp5 ( 2.04K ) Number of downloads: 83 350g.gp5 ( 2.05K ) Number of downloads: 74 350h.gp5 ( 2.05K ) Number of downloads: 72 HERE IS OUR VID CHAT FROM LESSON 350 PART I http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57453113 PART II http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57454849 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 11 2015, 11:07 PM |
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Jan 17 2015, 08:42 PM |
LESSON 351 - PINKY'S REVENGE (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SATURDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- POWER TO THE PINKY!!!! Let us ponder that most ignored of fingers. That most underpracticed digit. The lowly pinky. Today, we are going to dive deeeeep in to the sometimes scary world of PINKY WORK!!! 351a.gp5 ( 1.55K ) Number of downloads: 83 351b.gp5 ( 1.78K ) Number of downloads: 84 351c.gp5 ( 2.2K ) Number of downloads: 75 351d.gp5 ( 2.66K ) Number of downloads: 79 351e.gp5 ( 2.08K ) Number of downloads: 77 351f.gp5 ( 2.04K ) Number of downloads: 71 351g.gp5 ( 2.67K ) Number of downloads: 78 HOMEWORK LICK!!! 351h.gp5 ( 2.62K ) Number of downloads: 74 HERE IS OUR VID CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57682262 THANKS FOR COMING OUT! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 17 2015, 11:15 PM |
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Jan 18 2015, 07:52 PM |
LESSON 352 - PINKY'S REVENGE II (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SUNDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- POWER TO THE PINKY ON THE DAY OF REST!! Let's continue our work from last session on our PINKY!!! We stopped last time before we could work up our MULTI PICKING on a finger twisting bit of music called EXAMPLE H! Yup, we made it all the way to example H. We are going to do a bit more on this first rythm pattern then switch to doing LEAD/SOLO work using this pattern as a backing. https://soundcloud.com/techniqueswithtodd/gmc-lesson-352-backing-trac-c-minor If you missed last session, FEAR NOT! Here is the tab. If you were here last session, let's multi pick this guy, as a warmup It's the day of rest after all!! 352a.gp5 ( 2.63K ) Number of downloads: 81 352b.gp5 ( 2.64K ) Number of downloads: 82 352c.gp5 ( 2.63K ) Number of downloads: 78 352d.gp5 ( 3.02K ) Number of downloads: 79 352e.gp5 ( 1.82K ) Number of downloads: 77 352f.gp5 ( 1.8K ) Number of downloads: 68 352g.gp5 ( 1.81K ) Number of downloads: 79 HERE IS OUR VIDEO CHAT FROM TODAY! http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/57730273 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 18 2015, 11:07 PM |
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Jan 24 2015, 08:54 PM |
LESSON 353 - PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER (STOP PLAYING AT THE POINT OF PAIN) CLICK HERE TO JOIN CHAT ROOM @ 8PM GMT, 3 PM EST (SATURDAY SESSION) DIRECT LINK TO LESSON NOTES: FINGER YOGA! (Always Warmup BEFORE Playing) ---------------------------------------------------------- PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER Let's play some bits that will put all that we have been working on, together in a cogent way. 353a.gp5 ( 1.76K ) Number of downloads: 75 353b.gp5 ( 2.08K ) Number of downloads: 77 353c.gp5 ( 1.79K ) Number of downloads: 73 353d.gp5 ( 2.63K ) Number of downloads: 83 353e.gp5 ( 1.67K ) Number of downloads: 78 353f.gp5 ( 2.67K ) Number of downloads: 75 This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jan 24 2015, 10:50 PM |
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