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Post by grampalerxst on Jan 5, 2020 6:35:22 GMT -6
I was able to take advantage of a few last days off work to get in a little extra time here and there. Starting on New Year's Day I upped the tempo range I've been working on Electric Gypsy with. A while back I started using a range of tempos each day (and at the time it was an overall step back in tempo). So presently I working on the lick you guys are probably tired of hearing about at 65% and 75% tempo. Then work on it in context of the 16-bar intro section at 80% and 90% tempo. That takes me from slow enough that I can be pretty deliberate about what I'm playing up to the point in tempo where I'm playing maybe 75% reflex. Some of the movements are still awkward on some days, but baby step by baby step things are working out.
I had a nice illustration of how all the focus on EG is providing gains that apply elsewhere. There's an old Rush song called Circumstances that has what I guess you could call a prechorus that's about two bars of an odd meter sounding line that I sort of worked out (based on some video evidence I finger it a little differently). In the past I really couldn't get through it but now I can, and I can conclude that EG helps because at a certain point (near the end of the phrase it sort of outlines an F chord) where I can feel the same movements inside my hand (between knuckles and wrist) I've been cultivating via EG. So now I have two ways to attack the weakness. This week I'll probably try to figure out his way of playing it just for the heck of it, I think it's only the first 5 notes that are different, so the stretchy flexy near the end of the line won't change. The main difference is that I start on the A string open and he starts on the E string fifth fret, and there's a D I play on the open 4th string that it looks like he plays on the A string 5th fret, but we converge as the line descends to first position. So yet another shiny thing has distracted me.
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Post by joachim on Jan 5, 2020 9:21:24 GMT -6
I was able to take advantage of a few last days off work to get in a little extra time here and there. Starting on New Year's Day I upped the tempo range I've been working on Electric Gypsy with. A while back I started using a range of tempos each day (and at the time it was an overall step back in tempo). So presently I working on the lick you guys are probably tired of hearing about at 65% and 75% tempo. Then work on it in context of the 16-bar intro section at 80% and 90% tempo. That takes me from slow enough that I can be pretty deliberate about what I'm playing up to the point in tempo where I'm playing maybe 75% reflex. Some of the movements are still awkward on some days, but baby step by baby step things are working out.
I had a nice illustration of how all the focus on EG is providing gains that apply elsewhere. There's an old Rush song called Circumstances that has what I guess you could call a prechorus that's about two bars of an odd meter sounding line that I sort of worked out (based on some video evidence I finger it a little differently). In the past I really couldn't get through it but now I can, and I can conclude that EG helps because at a certain point (near the end of the phrase it sort of outlines an F chord) where I can feel the same movements inside my hand (between knuckles and wrist) I've been cultivating via EG. So now I have two ways to attack the weakness. This week I'll probably try to figure out his way of playing it just for the heck of it, I think it's only the first 5 notes that are different, so the stretchy flexy near the end of the line won't change. The main difference is that I start on the A string open and he starts on the E string fifth fret, and there's a D I play on the open 4th string that it looks like he plays on the A string 5th fret, but we converge as the line descends to first position. So yet another shiny thing has distracted me. I think that's an important observation - whatever you practice will pay dividends in your general playing. I am working on another slow blues by Peter Green. It's from a newly released set of live recordings I bought. Probably I will base my input to the forum challenge on this and similar songs:
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Post by Phil on Jan 5, 2020 9:40:42 GMT -6
Since I've been playing with another guitarist once a week I've put the solo guitar playing on the back burner. I've been focusing on chord movement and applying it to songs I know. I currently have 18 well know Jazz standards memorized. My problem now is not getting them mixed up. This week I started to take a serious look into soloing. The first step I'm taking is to learn and play the arpeggios of the chord changes. This is something I would start in the past, but it always fell by the wayside after a couple of days like most things tend to do. I also took a Bucky Pizzarelli solo I learned from a transcription a while back and really analyzed it closely. Guess what? It's based almost entirely on arpeggios. I should have been doing this over a year ago. There are essentially 2 ways to approach a solo in Jazz. One is to base in on the melody. The other is to just play over the chord changes using scales and arpeggios without regard to the melody of the song. And, of course, you can mix the 2 approaches. Sorry to bore you with all this Jazz stuff, but it's where my interest is currently. It's funny how things go. I never imagined myself even being interested in this music let alone playing it.
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Post by wannaplayblues on Jan 5, 2020 15:04:33 GMT -6
Well, apart from learning some tracks for the band by working out my guitar parts, I've also spent some time with a classic...
Eric Clapton's "I'm Tore Down". Here's my work-in-progress efforts, recorded for your entertainment. Also, I recorded this by putting a microphone in front of the amp - with reverb and compressor added in the DAW. Enjoy:
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Post by cunningr on Jan 5, 2020 17:15:25 GMT -6
Not much playing this week, plus got a stomach bug and relocated to bathroom past 2 days.
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Post by bluesbruce on Jan 5, 2020 19:02:36 GMT -6
Just want to check in so rumors of my demise don't get started. Been really busy with work, no playing time at all : (
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Post by jack1982 on Jan 6, 2020 6:49:32 GMT -6
Bad week for me too, busy with everything except guitar playing. Messed around with the solo for Pink Floyd's "Money" a little bit. WPB, that's some really nice stuff! Sounding great
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Post by mikeybrew on Jan 6, 2020 8:58:18 GMT -6
So with the holidays finally over and back in the regular routine for the foreseeable future, I can now get into my practice routine. Working my way through chapter 2,3 in BYCU, and also in chapter 1 of Troy Stetina's Rhythm Metal Guitar. Also spending time on pentatonic scales and playing through some songs I mostly know. Will also be back to playing Wednesday nights with a few of my buddies, which helps me with timing, chord changes, etc.
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Post by bluesbruce on Jan 7, 2020 6:57:05 GMT -6
So with the holidays finally over and back in the regular routine for the foreseeable future, I can now get into my practice routine. Working my way through chapter 2,3 in BYCU, and also in chapter 1 of Troy Stetina's Rhythm Metal Guitar. Also spending time on pentatonic scales and playing through some songs I mostly know. Will also be back to playing Wednesday nights with a few of my buddies, which helps me with timing, chord changes, etc. Mikeybrew, I don't know if anybody filled you in about the mandatory video recording submission policy on this forum, where all BYCU postings are subjected to intense criticism and ridicule. The entire forum is still waiting for Phil's posting... Just a friendly FYI! Oh, and welcome to the forum Bruce P.S. Stetina is also smiled upon favorably by the gods of this forum, so postings of Stetina recordings are also welcomed, and may also be subjected to the same intense criticism and ridicule as BYCU recordings
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