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Jan 17 2009, 01:33 AM
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Are you finding everything ok man?
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Jan 19 2009, 10:54 AM
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I sucky suck bad this week you will not want to pay me $10
 I have found it hard this week trying to get the Alice in Chains video up but can't get a half decent take, Here's my progress with lesson 2 sweeping though. 
Sweeoing_2.wmv ( 349.46K )
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Jan 19 2009, 01:27 PM
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Well after a week of hard time with work, you've exceeded my expectations mate!
It's a tricky step, going from last weeks lesson to this weeks. 3 string sweeping to 5 string sweeping, including right hand pausing with the hammer ons, pull offs - is not easy stuff. This is advanced in anybodies eyes. The great thing about this kind of practising though its hugely rewarding. It may take a lot of time and patience to truely develop a consitent level of playing at moderate speeds, but it will help speed up those fingers for lots of other playing styles. You should also notice that you naturally begin to fret the strings quite lightly - this is an important progression when playing fast. You won't be able to fret the notes with the same level of pressure that you would for slower playing. I wanted to give you this exercise early on in the MTP because you will see results over a reasonably stretched out time period, so you can practice it along with other things for a little part of your practice regiem  As far as advice goes for your current playing: Left hand fingering looks spot on, what I would advice is trying to bring your thumb under the neck more. It may feel counter intuitive because you have less grip, but it will make the stretches easier to do fast and will naturally feel better playing lighter. Maybe make a concious effort to bring the thumb around in small increments daily, to make it less alien completley switching. Looking forward to your take on Alice in Chains style video. We have a few days left before week 3 so I would suggest making an upload of your current progress just to see if there are any areas to advice on before week 3 kicks in If you're finding you have less time due to work at the moment, I can factor that in to the weeks practise schedule. Also, have you had a chance to glance at Andrews section? QUOTE (Bondy @ Jan 19 2009, 09:54 AM)  I sucky suck bad this week you will not want to pay me $10 I have found it hard this week trying to get the Alice in Chains video up but can't get a half decent take, Here's my progress with lesson 2 sweeping though.
Sweeoing_2.wmv ( 349.46K )
Number of downloads: 121-------------------- GMC Travel Agent, at your service.
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Jan 20 2009, 11:14 PM
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Ok Adam got a few takes here,
My first Alice in Chains Upload part lesson no backing, Lesson 1 Sweeping at 120bpm mistakes but i think it shows progress; Sweeping lesson 2 at 60bpm was like 30bpm the other day so an improvement there still mistakes there though.
Alice_in_Chains_part_lesson.wmv ( 1.63MB )
Number of downloads: 112
Sweeping_120bpm.wmv ( 2.13MB )
Number of downloads: 111
Sweeping_2__60bpm.wmv ( 1.21MB )
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Jan 21 2009, 01:36 PM
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Thanks for doing that Bondy, much appreciated.
Alice In Chains - It's difficult to tell with the video, but are you exclusively using downstrokes for this lesson? If so, great as it looks like Gabriel does this through out the song. Sweeping Lesson 1, 120bpm -
Sweeping lesson 2, 60bpm - As I said last week, this really is a lesson to take slowly, so the fact that you haven't had time to really push yourself at this lesson is actually a good thing. We want it to go in to your muscle memory CORRECTLY. I learnt this piece TOO quickly and TOO fast. This left me spending more than twice the initial learning time, correcting bad habits, which is very frustrating I can tell you! So yes, take it nice and slowly as you are doing and guess what? Metronome please I hope all this makes sense, if you have any questions or doubts, as always do ask. I know this week has been difficult with work taking up a lot more time than you thought, so overall great job on still getting some good work down on these lessons QUOTE (Bondy @ Jan 20 2009, 10:14 PM) Ok Adam got a few takes here, My first Alice in Chains Upload part lesson no backing, Lesson 1 Sweeping at 120bpm mistakes but i think it shows progress; Sweeping lesson 2 at 60bpm was like 30bpm the other day so an improvement there still mistakes there though.
Alice_in_Chains_part_lesson.wmv ( 1.63MB )
Number of downloads: 112
Sweeping_120bpm.wmv ( 2.13MB )
Number of downloads: 111
Sweeping_2__60bpm.wmv ( 1.21MB )
Number of downloads: 104-------------------- GMC Travel Agent, at your service.
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Jan 22 2009, 05:22 PM
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Week 3
Right Bondy, this week we're BREAKING OUT! ... off the Syllabus lessons  and I want us to concentrate on something new and different. We've covered sweeping, tapping, rhythm, timing and more! Now its time to move on to.... ALTERNATE PICKING!!You lucky lucky guy you So I wanted to basically give you a head start on next weeks lesson, which will be Muris' Alternate Picking Thirds, and give you some nice and simple alternate picking practice exercises. So onwards we go! Alternate Picking Basics: Now before we go on, I'd like to briefy describe what exactly Alternate Picking is. It's very simple to explain, but much harder to use in practice. It essentially means that every single pick follows this pattern: Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up and so on. Now you may be thinking, yeah? And what?! I do that already! And that may be true for some of the time, but the difficulty is keeping it alternate ALL the time. For example try this: Play the first arpeggio from the 3 string sweeping lesson I gave you using sweep picking, then attempt it with alternate picking. The first note (12th fret on the G) is played with a Down pick, the second note (13th fret on the  is played with an Up, the third note (12th fret on the E) is played with a Down pick, the fourth note (15th fret on the E) is played with an Up. Obviously for this example we're not playing it with a hammer on as we have been doing previously, but this should give you a feel for how different it is to play using alternate picking. So thats what it is, now lets use it Activity 1 Palm Mute Workout Activity 2
You still haven't mentioned if you've had time to go over Andrew's Theory lessons so if you could let me know if you have or not, or if you'd like any help with it or an "Ajmurrell trademark Quiz" on the lessons. If you have I'll post the next ones to look at over this week, if not... Well, I shall have to take appropraite action.  I've kept it nice and simple for this week, because I know you're having trouble with finding as much time for guitar with work pressure. This week is really all about making next weeks lesson a lot easier. Next week I'll give you the rest of the sweeping piece and possibly another tapping piece as it will be the last week of our wonderful mentoring partnership and will want to leave you with Ajmurrell things to do if I don't go further in the MTP
This post has been edited by Ajmurrell: Jan 22 2009, 05:28 PM -------------------- GMC Travel Agent, at your service.
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