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Post by jack1982 on Sept 29, 2019 7:47:27 GMT -6
Very light week of practice for me - last week I said I'd work on Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac, but then I got into "Since I've Been Loving You" by Led Zeppelin, then it was "Women in Love" by Van Halen and now I'm messing around with "Diary of a Madman" by Ozzy. The intro to "Diary" was actually the very first thing I ever learned on guitar, on my 3/4 size Sears & Roebuck acoustic lol. I had the whole song learned many years ago so maybe I should keep working on it, kind of "come full circle" or something cheesy like that. I'm playing practicing the intro fingerpicked on classical, which makes it sound even spookier. That thing really needs some new strings on it  Anyhow, that's what I've been up to. |
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Post by cunningr on Sept 29, 2019 8:23:11 GMT -6
Well pressing on with the Bonamassa tune. Practice wise around 8 or 9 hours didnt get anytime in Friday had a headache, so only 20 minutes before work.
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Post by grampalerxst on Sept 29, 2019 8:44:16 GMT -6
I picked up a guitar every day, and that by itself I consider a small victory. Still putting a lot of focus on Electric Gypsy. I stumbled across a youtube vid about how to play the intro to Yellow Ledbetter, so I messed with it a little.
Also, there must be something similar in the air in both Alabama and Minnesota. I also spent some time messing with some old ones from my early days. I started working Limelight using a metronome and trying to play the correct notes. Physically, it is pretty demanding, most of it is best played thumb-behind-the-neck and I wind up with a nice lactic acid burning on the back of my fretting hand, especially the part that controls my index finger. I was also noodling with some old Grateful Dead songs (RIP Robert Hunter). I don't know how much any of that kind of stuff detracts from real progress, but it's fun.
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Post by Phil on Sept 29, 2019 8:44:34 GMT -6
I spent most of my time working on the 2nd half of the Mickey Baker book. You're probably sick of hearing about this book by now, but I keep going back to it and discovering new things.
I'm kicking myself for not forcing myself to work thru the 2nd half 2 years ago. It's filled with good, useful stuff that I've been searching for elsewhere. But since it's in standard notation, and there is no video or audio, I didn't know it was in there.
Also, I got together with another guitarist 3 or 4 times. We're getting to the point where it's fun and not a mental struggle. We're pushing thru mistakes without stopping to start over and I'm making less mistakes.
So overall it was a good week.
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Post by Phil on Sept 29, 2019 8:59:46 GMT -6
I picked up a guitar every day, and that by itself I consider a small victory. Still putting a lot of focus on Electric Gypsy. I stumbled across a youtube vid about how to play the intro to Yellow Ledbetter, so I messed with it a little. Also, there must be something similar in the air in both Alabama and Minnesota. I also spent some time messing with some old ones from my early days. I started working Limelight using a metronome and trying to play the correct notes. Physically, it is pretty demanding, most of it is best played thumb-behind-the-neck and I wind up with a nice lactic acid burning on the back of my fretting hand, especially the part that controls my index finger. I was also noodling with some old Grateful Dead songs (RIP Robert Hunter). I don't know how much any of that kind of stuff detracts from real progress, but it's fun.It's supposed to be fun. That's why it's called "playing'. 
I think we get so caught up in trying to reach the goals we set that we lose sight of that. That's always been my number one problem.
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Post by jack1982 on Sept 29, 2019 9:33:44 GMT -6
Physically, it is pretty demanding, most of it is best played thumb-behind-the-neck and I wind up with a nice lactic acid burning on the back of my fretting hand, especially the part that controls my index finger. I'm kind of dealing with the same thing on classical guitar, with the thumb-behind-the-neck thing. If you want some unsolicited advice, the best tip I ever got was to release the pressure on the strings until you start getting fret buzz. If you're anything like me you can release 90% of the pressure and still not get any buzz The other piece of advice, which I'd never heard until getting into classical guitar, was to keep the fingers nice and curved so you're placing the tips of the fingers (not the pads) on the string. Bradford Werner demonstrates it pretty well around 5:00 into this video: It's amazing how comfortable it becomes when all the force is coming from the fingers and not a bunch of compensatory muscles in the thumb etc. |
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Post by joachim on Sept 29, 2019 11:12:34 GMT -6
I am working mostly on improvisation based the early studies in MBYCU. Practice time is scarce and progress is a little discouraging, but I manage to have fun doing it, and John manages to keep a straight face during lessons.
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Post by grampalerxst on Sept 29, 2019 13:46:12 GMT -6
Physically, it is pretty demanding, most of it is best played thumb-behind-the-neck and I wind up with a nice lactic acid burning on the back of my fretting hand, especially the part that controls my index finger. I'm kind of dealing with the same thing on classical guitar, with the thumb-behind-the-neck thing. If you want some unsolicited advice, the best tip I ever got was to release the pressure on the strings until you start getting fret buzz. If you're anything like me you can release 90% of the pressure and still not get any buzz The other piece of advice, which I'd never heard until getting into classical guitar, was to keep the fingers nice and curved so you're placing the tips of the fingers (not the pads) on the string. Bradford Werner demonstrates it pretty well around 5:00 into this video: It's amazing how comfortable it becomes when all the force is coming from the fingers and not a bunch of compensatory muscles in the thumb etc. That looks pretty cool, Jack, I'll have to watch it. My problem is sort of the opposite though, the fatigue comes from moving fingers around between chords more so than holding chords down. I played classical for several years back in the aughts, and am really trying to restore some old capabilities to life (although Lifeson uses a lot of shapes I don't recall from those etudes, haha). But I think it's a great idea to take any opportunity to working on lightening up the fretting of notes. Thanks. Now time to cram in 45 minutes worth before the Bears/Vikings game comes on TV. Gettng the Bears in Alabama is a rare treat
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Post by cunningr on Sept 29, 2019 15:47:27 GMT -6
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Post by Phil on Sept 29, 2019 17:30:06 GMT -6
Alright, Rich!!! You're playing some real Blues there. I think that's an old Elmore James song, but who's playing it in the background?
You didn't specifically ask for a critique, but since you said you want to generate some talk I'm assuming you want some feedback.
My only comment is that I don't think you're completely comfortable with that tempo just yet. Believe me, I know how difficult it is to play those fast fills and get back to the chords without falling behind. Those Blues guys make it look easy and it's not.
I suggest you pull it into whatever DAW you're using and slow it down a bit. Then gradually work it up to full tempo. I think you would have sounded great if the whole thing was a bit slower. Your playing was damn good and bluesy.
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Post by cunningr on Sept 29, 2019 22:48:39 GMT -6
Alright, Rich!!! You're playing some real Blues there. I think that's an old Elmore James song, but who's playing it in the background? You didn't specifically ask for a critique, but since you said you want to generate some talk I'm assuming you want some feedback. My only comment is that I don't think you're completely comfortable with that tempo just yet. Believe me, I know how difficult it is to play those fast fills and get back to the chords without falling behind. Those Blues guys make it look easy and it's not. I suggest you pull it into whatever DAW you're using and slow it down a bit. Then gradually work it up to full tempo. I think you would have sounded great if the whole thing was a bit slower. Your playing was damn good and bluesy. Hey thanks! You are correct, I am not comfortable yet feels really mechanical and that is Joe Bonamassa in the background, i rolled the speed down on that one so probably down some more. That lick is crazy hard, instructor says i have it down very well but it feels forced at that speed. I have the fill lick from the next part down also but have not tried to record. I appreciate the feed back, I think I am progressing with my playing goal this year is to participate in the sessions in Jun. |
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Post by cunningr on Sept 30, 2019 15:01:40 GMT -6
Instructor agreed the lick is good just need to improve timing! Lol he did point out the complexity level was much higher than what we had been working on.
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