Wisconsin Usa Says Hello!, Advice on getting started based on my goals |
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Nov 2 2007, 03:12 AM
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Hi Harry, and welcome to GMC!
I pretty much had the same desires when I started here! You need to balance some theory with a lot of practice. You can find my theory classes here which will give you some explanations on how scales are put together. In terms of lessons, when I was starting out with speedpicking, I found Kris' 101 lessons to be of a huge benefit. First, you need to understand the importance of metronome use, then look at Kris's speedpicking lessons. Then when you have the basics down, check Pavels speedpicking exercises to really dig in and start perfecting your technique. Along the way, have fun by picking out lessons that appeal to you and make them part of your schedule even if you can't handle them yet - there are some awesome lessons by Dave Walliman and Muris that will give you a feel for some of the more interesting scales and modes out there, and check out the way that Marcus adds so much feel to his solos. With all that to work on you can't fail! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Nov 2 2007, 03:20 AM
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Hey man welcome!! There are some good advices stated already so for now all i can say is - follow Andrew's advice and have fun practicing! Enjoy your staying man!
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Nov 2 2007, 08:22 PM
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I see you've already got many cool advices so I'm just gonna say welcome Harry.
Also feel free to ask if you need any assistance. 
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Nov 2 2007, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE (Harry Ips @ Nov 1 2007, 08:57 PM)  Hello everyone. I really like what I see here. Didn't know I sucked so bad until I saw some of the stuff here! Especially by Kris, Muris and Marcus. Whoa!. I was wondering if I'm on the right track to achieve my goals, and am seeking some advice if you would be so kind... I am a lead guitarist that plays rock and progressive rock for a long time. Rush, Tull, Zeppelin, and lots of classic rock type stuff. I put it down for a few years (5-6) and now I'm getting back into it. So I'm not a beginner. I primarily use a few techniques in what I think is the pentatonic minor key (from what I can tell) My goal is to learn alternate speed picking, and use it with a few new learned scales so I can shred some kick-ass runs in-between my usual melodic bending and legato solos (lots of hammer-ons and pull-offs.). I would be satisfied with that for now. From looking around, it looks like the right place to start is this; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Guitar scales for beginners??? 2. Pentatonic scale 101 – lesson1,2,3 3. Speedpicking – alternate picking - basics (pt 1) 4. Speedpicking – alternate picking - practice patterns (pt 2) 5. “Map my gap” fusion speedpicking solo (pt 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There seems to be soooo many scales though - all those modes...sheesh. What should I really be spending time on to acheive my goals? Harry Wisconsin, USA I would not worry so much about a start here type system. good stuff all around. there is a recent thread, past few days, where people put their favorite lessons. definitely do the Neoclassical Beginner lesson of Marcus. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...inner/index.htm Gabriel has a lot of neat lessons, some pretty easy. Look at "Hand Control Lesson" by Pavel, that is neat. Sort of Guns and Roses'yish But honestly there are at least 100 lessons I would recommend, all the teachers are good, and you can pretty much tell how difficult they are by looking at them. Some you can memorize quickly, and work on it till you get it right. Others take longer, you just have to look around. But do look at that thread I mentioned. I started with the Kris lessons, you should at least look at those. He tends to give instruction, more than presenting a piece like others do. He talks a great deal, which is good. Also he has a very sharp attack on his AP, he is good at that, gets that machine gun sound. I could not do that at first, but later after doing other lessons I went back, and found I could do that at his speed in the lessons. But hearing him do that gave me the idea of what to shoot for. Oh, listen to Gilbert. Definitely listen to him, at least once. |
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Nov 2 2007, 09:42 PM
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Thanks everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it. I'm excited to get started.
Harry |
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Nov 3 2007, 02:37 AM
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Hi Harry and welcome.
As Muris says theres already a lot of good advice here for you so I'll refrain for now. I'll undoubtedly post one of my epics in one of your future posts .Cheers and enjoy, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Nov 3 2007, 03:25 AM
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QUOTE (tonymiro @ Nov 2 2007, 09:37 PM) Hi Harry and welcome. As Muris says theres already a lot of good advice here for you so I'll refrain for now. I'll undoubtedly post one of my epics in one of your future posts .Cheers and enjoy, Tony Hey Harry, he must like you - he normally bores us all to death ...
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Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Nov 3 2007, 03:51 AM
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-------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
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