Bends Slides Shifts v3 timing check

Okay, here's an objective opinion: it's better, but still needs lots of work. You are right on in some measures and then lose it in others, especially in the last 3 measure - which are difficult. I kind of liked the tone in the 1st one, but tone is subjective. Timing is objective and it's either in time or out of time.

You're moving in the right direction. I know it's frustrating to spend hours on something only to discover that it still needs more work. Leave this alone for a week and do something else. In the meantime make an mp3 of the original and listen to it in your car until it's imbedded in your brain. Count while you listen.

Yes, I did forget to mention that the bends sound good. It's too bad we don't live closer. I could show you in about 5 minutes where the problems are, because I had similar problems with this study.

Jack thanks, no worries I guess I have this tone in my head and can't seem to get there I will probably order those pups in the next week or two.

I know what you mean. I made me a file where John is on a tract and the backing track on another, so I can record with the backing track then add the practice track in to check my timing, plus it makes it easy to practice with John and the switch over to the backing track to record. I think I have all the song memorized, I have even gone back to double check some parts I think maybe I drift off into the music and forget where I am. I am going to give it a rest and start on the next lesson and work on my rhythm book some. I appreciate all the help.

You are getting there. It's better, but still a lot of problems. You are still holding the full bend in bar-1 for more than 2 beats and starting the 1st triplet almost on beat 4. The 1st triplet falls right smack on beat 3. That's throwing you off in bar-2, but you get back on track on the 4th beat of bar-3 and stay right in time all the way through bar-10. Things get dicey again in bars 11 & 12.

You did a nice job on the last beat of bar-8. I had a tough time getting that right. Bars 11 & 12 are tricky and you really have to pay attention to the standard notation to get the timing right. In bar-12 it is very difficult to play that partial chord and immediately play that bend on the very next beat. But, you already know that.

I would work on the problem measures (1,2,11, and 12) in isolation until you get them down. I mean isolate the measures, not isolate yourself.

Deal with releasing the bend later. That's fine tuning. The timing is much more important. Once you get that 1st measure down you'll be good to go until measure 11. Those last 2 measures may take a little more time to work out.

Jeez, Rich. You are persistent. You're almost there. I'm not gonna tell where you are off. Let this rest for a few days then go back and listen while looking at the tab. You'll see where you are off, and it's not in any of the really tricky measures. You got most of them down pretty good now.

OK, I'll tell you 1 problem. You're have trouble getting the 4th beat of bar 12 on time. Now there's only 1 other measure that's out of time, but you'll have to find it. I had to practice the 3rd and 4th beats of the bar 12, just those by themselves, over and over again to be able to hit that chord and then do that bend. It doesn't seem that it should be difficult, because your ring finger is right there on the 9th fret already from playing the chord. But it drove me nuts trying to get it smooth and right on the 4th beat. And I don't think I ever did get it really smooth.