Coffeeman/big Harry Mtp Thread |
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Coffeeman/big Harry Mtp Thread |
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Jan 15 2009, 10:49 AM |
What's up Harry?
hey man, whats up ? i am doing great, i cannot even work, because i nearly think of the guitar the whole day since i am part of this i have an interesting motivation, it seems i could play 24/7, hope this will keep like this for some days i guess this will end, if there will come some kind of tricky lessons *hehehe* like Muris "alternate thirds" what about you ? how are you doing with Pedja´s Fusion collab ? he asked me to get into it but i think i am not so far for now, i really would love to and i also promised him to look at it (Sorry Pedja ) You've been working very hard, you're like the student every teacher wants. come on, i have never been the teachers best friend in the past So lets go to the lessons: Smoke on the Water The Lesson You learned the lesson perfectly. i have done it with the previous mtp already, so its not so long ago and also this is a song everybody has pretty good in mind so its quite easy, nevertheless if you start learning guitar, it could be really tricky Your playing Very nice played. The only thing I would suggest is to put your thumb behind the neck , this will give you more control and it will be easier for you to stretch zour fingers on the fretboard. You have very nice sense of timing and rythm, which is the goal of this week assigment. you are right, i need to work a bit on the position of the hand/thumb, these things (position of hand or as in the last lesson economy instead of alternate picking) mostly just "happens" without thinking Tone I like it , it sounds rough and hard. Maybe try to use a little less distortion and see how it goes. Awesome work on this one. Alice in Chains style lesson The Lesson You learned it perfectly, don't worry about the solo this week we are working on timing and rythm, we'll work on soloing later. Your playing Very well played, good timing and good rythm , very consistent. In this lesson I liked that you put your thumb behind the neck. It is not mandatory , but sometimes you will feel better in this particular position. Try to mute the strings a littlebit more with your right hand. i had this problem already in the "beginner solo from Muris, when it comes to the short sweeping part i couldnt reach the 12th fret when my thumb was over the neck, but when i put it behind the neck it´s going great, you can see it here https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=23488 Tone Try this lesson with the neck pick up , we are looking for a darker sound. i will try one vid with another sound, will have a look what i can get out of it Awesome work here too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You have an awesome sense for timing and rythm , now Im looking forward to watch the blues lesson, these two were to easy for you , so I really want you to practice the blues lesson. really looking forward to Ivans blues challange, hope i can get out some update tonight for you I also agree to practice different things on one session, sometimes you can't move forward and you keep doing the same excercises, but if you change to another excercise or play a song your mind becomes clearer and than you can come back. So keep going mate you are on the right track. THX alot Andres, i really enjoy this work with you Andrés. This post has been edited by big harry: Jan 15 2009, 10:54 AM |
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Jan 22 2009, 06:24 AM |
Hi Andres I did some practice on the weekend but not so much as usual nevertheless i made some vids for you to check out what i have done so far is Lesson 1 Beginner strumming and arpeggios still not "perfect" but i guess its going better, especially with the descending arpeggios the chordchanges from F to G making some probs Blues groove - exercise 1 Blues groove - exercise 2 Blues groove - exercise 3 Blues groove - exercise 4 Blues groove - exercise 5 i slowed the tempo for the blues a bit down to 100 bpm for exercise 1, 2 and 3 and 80 bpm for lessone 4 and 5 most problems comming up at the B and the endings, the groove itself doesnt make real problems i guess when will the end of week 2 ? wednesday ? Well Harry as I promised Im back today, as I told you my girlfriend was flying to Madrid for one year so I was spending time with her. But now I'm back to work 24/7 with you. You have done an amazing job with all the lessons, and what is most important of it is that you recognize your own mistakes and abbilities. I won't extend to much on the blues lesson since you already accompplished 2 of the three lessons for week 2, but of course I wanted you to learn the blues ex. Ok, as I have told you , you have a very sence for rythm and timing, but as in week one I didn't see you very comfortable changing positions with this excersices. Do you warm up before practicing? or do you go straight to difficult excercises? How are you feeling with the thumb behind the neck , I see that in some positions you have it behind and in others you don't. In this kind of blues licks , that require some stretching I would suggest to use your thumb behind the neck all the time , try to concentrate on that. But I have to say that you always stay in time , and thats awesome, you just need a little more practice with changing positions. I'll give you tomorrow a nice warm up excercise, for changing positions. Overall , good job , don't worry about getting the ex at full speed, your getting there , is better to play them perfect slow , than to play them sloppy at full speed. Regarding the new take of the the first assigment , I see that your playing the G chord the way Muris does, thats awesome , you've been working really hard on that one. I also notice that you're changing better to the F chord, but still have a tiny problem getting to the D chord. Keep practicing you'll nail those chords , before the MTP runs out. problem with barre chords , that sounds familiar. There was a time when I avoided barre chords all the time , but it's imposible , getting comfortable with barre chords will give you an incredible chord vocabulary. I want you to warm up very well before playing barre chords. If your hand is hurting , stop playing , rest for a cpuple of minutes and got to another excercise , somthing that feels very comfortable for your hand. Try not to make to much pressure, find the teh addecuate pressure for the chord to cound right. Keep practicing , but don't over use them if your feelling pain, with the days you will get more comfortable with them. So lets get into week three. Since you already learned week 3 solos , but you have a couple of problems with them including alternate picking, I want you to concentrate on the thirds picking lesson by Muris, and after that I want you to record , week 3 solos again but using strictly alternate picking. I don't want you to play Muris lesson at full speed , I want you to get comfortable with the picking pattern it isn't an easy pattern it needs practice. One thing that helped me a lot for this lesson is that I sing the lesson before playing it , and the is just like my fingers know where to go. So please upload a video as soon as you have it. So keep practicing week one lesson, and the blues ex of week 2. And before practicing I want you to warm up with this lesson from Danilo Capesutto, but we will make a change of it , instead of playing with economy picking I want you to strum each position. Practice it very slowly , it's a warm up excercise , and I think it will help you to improve the chor changes. I forgot , please strectch your fingers and your hand before playing. So I think thats it for now. I'll update the resume you made, awesome work by the way. Talk to you tomorrow , please ask every doubt you have. Cya my friend! |
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Jan 22 2009, 03:30 PM |
Hey Andres
did you have a look at this one ? https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...&pid=319718 what do you think of it ? cheers Harry |
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Jan 22 2009, 09:08 PM |
ok Andres here we go with the first take of alternate picking thirds at 85 bpm
just standard fingerings lets see what you have to say :-)) |
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Jan 23 2009, 11:04 PM |
Hi Harry, Let's take a look at the alternate picking thirds lesson: The lesson You learned half the lesson, we have still the thirds picking pattern to learn Your playing You started with a nice and consitent alternate picking, and then when you're going up you changed to a nice and consitenf economy picking, and you did that on the 4 patterns. Going down you can mantain the alternate picking but when your going up you changed to economy. This is very strange , I find it harder the way you're doing it , and the economy picking sounds very good , but remember that the goal here is to play the whole lesson in alternate picking. Something I miss in this lesson is a little more right hand muting , try to keep your right hand close to the strings muting the strings your not playing. As always your timing is very nice. Tone Your working on your tone and thats very nice. I woulf only suggest for this one to use less distortion , thats all Conclusion I want you to play the lesson in the 60 bpm backing track , first the 4 basic patterns, but all of them with alternate picking. And then I want you to play the whole lesson at 60 bpm with alternate picking. At this moment speed is not important , what is really important is to concentrate on your alternate picking , so when you are going up concetrate on not repeating the up stroke. You have a nice economy picking technique and sounds very smooth. Thats cool , because when you master both techinques you will be able to choose between a stacatto sound (more attack) wich is the alternate picking or a legatto(smoother sound) sound wich is the economy picking. Nice job , no problems with timing but I really want you to concentrate on the alternate picking. If you want a slower backing please let me know. ------------------------------------------------- I'll comment on your improvisation and on the Muris lesson later. Your playing very good , keep on rocking! Hey Andres my friend, how are you doing ? here i have 2 videos for you 1) in this i have just focused on the AP so i took the speed down to 60 bpm on the first scale 2) here i tried the first scale with the alternate fingerings at 50 bpm i really have to concentrate on that kind of picking, comes a bit unfamiliar at the moment, but i think i will get it just some work and practice and then i will have it in mind .. just looking for your comments as usual cya Harry
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MTP___AP_thirds_1_60bpm.wmv ( 1.99MB )
Number of downloads: 137
MTP___AP_thirds_2_50bpm.wmv ( 1.9MB ) Number of downloads: 124 |
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Jan 23 2009, 11:48 PM |
Very nive work Harry, congratulations.
Now I want you to play both patterns together like in the lesson, Im uploading 3 bakings at 50,60 an70 bpm for zou to work on. Another recommendation watch your previous video , the one you made with economy picking, do you see that you have a very short movement when doing economy picking, I want you to try and do a shorter move with alternate picking too. That would give you a little bit more speed when needed. So here you have the backings: alternateBT50.mp3 ( 1.85MB ) Number of downloads: 215 alternateBT60.mp3 ( 1.54MB ) Number of downloads: 199 alternateBT70.mp3 ( 1.32MB ) Number of downloads: 198 Awesome work my friend. |
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Jan 26 2009, 01:00 PM |
Very nive work Harry, congratulations. Now I want you to play both patterns together like in the lesson, Im uploading 3 bakings at 50,60 an70 bpm for zou to work on. Another recommendation watch your previous video , the one you made with economy picking, do you see that you have a very short movement when doing economy picking, I want you to try and do a shorter move with alternate picking too. That would give you a little bit more speed when needed. So here you have the backings: alternateBT50.mp3 ( 1.85MB ) Number of downloads: 215 alternateBT60.mp3 ( 1.54MB ) Number of downloads: 199 alternateBT70.mp3 ( 1.32MB ) Number of downloads: 198 Awesome work my friend. Hey andres thx for the backings i am a bit out of practice, didnt really have time to work on this week end, so i am a bit confused about the time what time schedule do we have ? how long is the mtp running ? i am kind of lost in time *hehehe* i guess we still need to make a practice routine right ? how are you by the way ? hope everythings alright cya Harry |
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