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 Feb 9 2012, 11:54 AM
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Morning warriors. Stop playing in the snow and throwing snow balls at each other and come and listen to me for a minute..
I am pleased to present you with Task 3: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Modal_...ntatonic_Scale/ but with a twist ! I want you to play this lesson using strict alternate picking all the way through. Playing 2 note pentatonic shapes in a triplet rhythm is a very tricky but incredibly cool way of doing things. People like John McLaughlin are masters at this and it's something I like to do myself, even if I haven't mastered it  You have until next Thursday 16th February to present your take or my punishment will be most severe. I will take away your internet access and you will have to resort to... books.  Enjoy, apprentices ! -------------------- |
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Feb 9 2012, 01:10 PM
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 Veteran Guitar Lord  Group: Members Posts: 2.333 Joined: 2-May 09 From: Kathmandu Member No.: 7.127 |
Ah, nice!! I am discovering so many new things with these assignments otherwise would have skipped these lessons for sure. I will try my best to nail this down! Although I will have to pre inform that my baby might be coming home next week (from her grandparents/momside) so things will be really busy from now on.
This post has been edited by maharzan: Feb 9 2012, 01:11 PM -------------------- Checkout my YouTube & my band Nissim's YouTube channels.
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Feb 9 2012, 02:12 PM
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 Learning Tone Seeker Group: Members Posts: 627 Joined: 7-August 11 From: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Member No.: 13.558 |
This is great!
 You truly are wise, Sensei (not that any of us ever doubted that, but with every new Task you confirm that)!This will, along with the previous Task greatly improve my pentatonic alternate picking, which was non-existent! ... >_> <_> *throws snowball at Sensei when nobody's watching* This post has been edited by Dinaga: Feb 9 2012, 02:21 PM -------------------- |
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Feb 9 2012, 03:46 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (Dinaga @ Feb 9 2012, 01:12 PM)  *throws snowball at Sensei when nobody's watching* Who did that ??? *shakes fist at Gitarrero* -------------------- |
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Feb 9 2012, 08:43 PM
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 Accomplished Rock Star  Group: Student Instructor Posts: 4.046 Joined: 24-June 08 From: Rottweil, Germany Member No.: 5.361 |
Sensei, you know I am not an evil man...I speak german!
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Feb 10 2012, 08:04 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (Gitarrero @ Feb 9 2012, 07:43 PM) Sensei, you know I am not an evil man...I speak german! Yes, but they spoke German in Die Hard....  Just kidding.. I know who it really is...
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Feb 10 2012, 10:58 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
How are you guys find this Pentatonic sequence ?
I'm currently working on a new GMC lesson of mine which uses a similar sliding position shift in the Pentatonic scale and it's quite challenging. 
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Feb 10 2012, 11:17 AM
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Veteran Guitar Lord Group: Members Posts: 2.333 Joined: 2-May 09 From: Kathmandu Member No.: 7.127 |
I am practicing fingering. With the last I mostly used index/pinky. I am trying the one finger per fret thing on this one. I can do it at the lowest tempo backing now.
-------------------- Checkout my YouTube & my band Nissim's YouTube channels.
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Feb 10 2012, 11:20 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (maharzan @ Feb 10 2012, 10:17 AM) I am practicing fingering. With the last I mostly used index/pinky. I am trying the one finger per fret thing on this one. I can do it at the lowest tempo backing now. Great !!
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Feb 10 2012, 01:54 PM
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Learning Tone Seeker Group: Members Posts: 627 Joined: 7-August 11 From: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Member No.: 13.558 |
QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Feb 10 2012, 10:58 AM) How are you guys find this Pentatonic sequence ? I'm currently working on a new GMC lesson of mine which uses a similar sliding position shift in the Pentatonic scale and it's quite challenging. After that Torture Machine (Bushido Lesson 2 - Killer Pentatonics), I find this one much easier. But the benefit of this lesson for me, besides mastering alternate picking the pentatonic scale is the *patterns*! Yes, I'm a noob and I only used three pentatonic patterns until now , but now I will learn all five! The ironic thing is that I always wanted to do this but never found time. Sensei, you are a mind reader!!
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Feb 10 2012, 02:09 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (Dinaga @ Feb 10 2012, 12:54 PM) Sensei, you are a mind reader!! Well.. I do keep reminding everybody at the end of each video chat that I know what they're doing at home...
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Feb 11 2012, 01:17 AM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 221 Joined: 13-August 09 From: Finland Member No.: 7.514 |
Oh, that's something I can manage!
I think I'll get to full speed here in a couple of days. Going from high strings to low feels a bit easier, probably because of Task 2, and position changes happen slowly, so switching is not a big issue.By the way, note that his guitar is tuned 1 step down, so he actually plays G minor pentatonic (and the backing track is in Gm also ). Playing to backing track sounded weird before I noticed this 
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Feb 11 2012, 04:13 AM
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Veteran Guitar Lord Group: Members Posts: 2.333 Joined: 2-May 09 From: Kathmandu Member No.: 7.127 |
See thats what helps when you practice.
I thought he was playing in Bm pentatonic position but since its full step down, he is just playing Am pentatonic.
-------------------- Checkout my YouTube & my band Nissim's YouTube channels.
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Feb 11 2012, 08:30 AM
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Veteran Guitar Lord Group: Members Posts: 2.333 Joined: 2-May 09 From: Kathmandu Member No.: 7.127 |
Ah now I know about Gm. I wasn't playing on my amp so I now hear the difference.
And though this feels easy but it hurts my right arm. Sweet pain. I am being able to do 90% (is that in 100bpm?). The fingering (one note per fret) is getting confusing..
This post has been edited by maharzan: Feb 11 2012, 08:39 AM -------------------- Checkout my YouTube & my band Nissim's YouTube channels.
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Feb 11 2012, 10:58 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
Oh yeah, I forgot that Zsolt tunes down !
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Feb 11 2012, 08:04 PM
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 Learning Guitar Hero Group: Members Posts: 2.196 Joined: 10-September 11 From: Big Lake, Alaska Member No.: 13.839 |
Position 3 and 4 are giving me the most trouble so basically I have been looping the backing and focusing on those 2 boxes to get them up to speed with the other positions that I can play faster more easily.Its been a while since I have practiced straight pentas this way so this is a great refresher as was the last task. Good call Bensei!
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Feb 11 2012, 08:14 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (AK Rich @ Feb 11 2012, 07:04 PM) Position 3 and 4 are giving me the most trouble so basically I have been looping the backing and focusing on those 2 boxes to get them up to speed with the other positions that I can play faster more easily.Its been a while since I have practiced straight pentas this way so this is a great refresher as was the last task. Good call Bensei! Yeah, probably because of having to shift the shape on the B string by a semitone ! It's all good practice ! Make you sure you guys keep up your strength and eat plenty of protein and drink lots of water. The snow and ice also saps your strength here in The Temple.
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Feb 12 2012, 04:02 AM
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 Learning Tone Master Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 8-November 11 From: Portland Oregon Member No.: 14.316 |
I just got hip to this series Ben, but I really like this exercise an intend to start working on it immediately. It may be my next REC submission.
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Feb 12 2012, 11:02 AM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 13.653 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England Member No.: 9.820 |
QUOTE (derper @ Feb 12 2012, 03:02 AM) I just got hip to this series Ben, but I really like this exercise an intend to start working on it immediately. It may be my next REC submission. Cool - go for it !
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Feb 13 2012, 01:28 AM
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Learning Tone Seeker Group: Members Posts: 627 Joined: 7-August 11 From: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Member No.: 13.558 |
Is it weird that I find this Task harder to do with legato?
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