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Post by grampalerxst on Feb 13, 2014 15:57:18 GMT -6
Regarding the disappearing metronome, I have noticed on infrequent occasions I get "disappearing notes" (I usually practice unplugged and my metronome is relatively loud). Unfortunately, I can't "call it up" the way he does yet!
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Post by Phil on Feb 13, 2014 16:12:49 GMT -6
Regarding the disappearing metronome, I have noticed on infrequent occasions I get "disappearing notes" (I usually practice unplugged and my metronome is relatively loud). Unfortunately, I can't "call it up" the way he does yet! I have disappearing notes too, however, in my case most people would just call it 'missed' notes. I thought that was really cool how the metronome click just disappeared when he played exactly on the beat. An important point he makes is to not spend a lot of time on this. no more than 5 minutes. In fact, this guy is very emphatic about setting a timer for various phases of a practice session to keep them them short, ie. scales, finger exercises, etc. Phil
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Post by grampalerxst on Feb 13, 2014 17:49:31 GMT -6
Regarding the disappearing metronome, I have noticed on infrequent occasions I get "disappearing notes" (I usually practice unplugged and my metronome is relatively loud). Unfortunately, I can't "call it up" the way he does yet! I have disappearing notes too, however, in my case most people would just call it 'missed' notes. I thought that was really cool how the metronome click just disappeared when he played exactly on the beat. An important point he makes is to not spend a lot of time on this. no more than 5 minutes. In fact, this guy is very emphatic about setting a timer for various phases of a practice session to keep them them short, ie. scales, finger exercises, etc. Phil Ha, Phil. I'm so meticulous (I prefer meticulous to 'anal') I have a timer app on my laptop that chimes at me whenever it's time to move on to the next practice item. The same app has a stopwatch that I use to measure my guitar-in-hand no-kiddin' practice time. I try to divide it up so I'm doing about 1/3 "micro" technique practice, 1/3 "macro technique" practice (things like chords and scales), and 1/3 repertoire (which for now is limited to the BYCU and BYRCU studies). Don't know if that's an optimal mix, but so far it's kept me from getting burned out on any facet. In my "just playing time" I do whatever comes to mind, which nowadays is mostly going back and cobbling together bits of stuff I tried to learn years ago. Old Rush and Zep and SRV (stuff I generally have no business fooling with at my skill level, but WTH).
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Post by Phil on Feb 14, 2014 3:34:42 GMT -6
Grampalerxst, What's the name of the timer app? I'm interested. Phil PS. What's your first name? It doesn't feel right calling another guy in my age group 'grampa'
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Post by grampalerxst on Feb 15, 2014 6:49:51 GMT -6
Grampalerxst, What's the name of the timer app? I'm interested. Phil PS. What's your first name? It doesn't feel right calling another guy in my age group 'grampa' Phil, I actually don't know for sure what the thing is called. My older PC died last year and the one I replaced it with had Windows 8 as the OS. The thing seems to try to imitate smart phones and has a start page with a bunch of "apps" on it that you just touch and they start (computer has a touch screen). One of them that came with the computer has a little box on the start page called "Alarms" which is the one I use. I don't know if it is something that's part of Windows 8 or something the manufacturer (Asus) put on there. I hunted around in the Program Files folder and everywhere else I could think to look to find out more about it but was unsuccessful. It isn't anything that's specifically tied to musical endeavors--it's primary purpose seems to be for people so attached to their computer they rely on it to wake them up in the morning. My intent with my screen name was that "Grampa" was kind of an adjective and "lerxst" would kind of be the name, "lerxst" being the nickname of a somewhat well known guitar player whom I've been a fan of since the late 70s. But, my mother named me David, and people that like me call usually just call me Dave. So you can use any of the three if "Grampa" doesn't fit the bill. While I am a grandfather myself part of the reason I used Grampa in my handle is because my maternal grandpa was a musician/band leader starting back in the pre WWII swing era, and some of my earliest music-related memories are of him playing an accordion at family gatherings.
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Post by matonanjin on Feb 15, 2014 11:44:03 GMT -6
Grampalerxst, What's the name of the timer app? I'm interested. Phil Phil, I don't think it will chime when it's time to move on (maybe it will) but I use a timer also to time my practice sessions. It's an android app called Stopwatch Xtreme by Angle labs. What I like about it is it has "laps". After my 5 or 10 minute warm up I hit "Lap" and it stores that as the first "lap". then after my next session, which is now barre chords, I hit "lap" again and it stores that 15-20 minutes, etc. After the practice session I take those and log them in practice log. Really cool. OMG, maybe I'm as anal, whoops, I mean meticulous as Grampalerxst!!!! there is a free version, which I keep on by phone and paid version, which I think was only a buck, that I keep on my Kindle. I use my Kindle most the time for this.
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Post by nursedad on Feb 18, 2014 6:12:12 GMT -6
We would love to hear you play Bruce, get batter quick.
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Post by nursedad on Feb 18, 2014 6:14:53 GMT -6
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Post by nursedad on Feb 18, 2014 6:16:34 GMT -6
I just saw this video 5 minutes ago. I think it's well worth watching and practicing. It's called "The Disappearing Metronome" Phil Started working on this, thanks Phil
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Post by joachim on Mar 24, 2014 15:23:43 GMT -6
I am revisiting the early BYCU lessons and had a go at lesson 3 today. soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/blues-you-can-use-true-blueI am fairly happy with the result, although some of the bends might be slightly off pitch; I am certainly more comfortable with the slow pace of lesson 3 than the faster pace in lessons 2 and 3. As an aside; the backing track for lesson 3 is absolutely great - I hope to learn to play it sometime...
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Post by Phil on Mar 24, 2014 16:28:43 GMT -6
Joachim,
Work on those bends. I was going to comment on your bends not being up to pitch on "Blues Rock Tune". I have also been criticized for not bending up to pitch, so I'm certainly not speaking as an expert. However, bending to pitch (or at least knowing I need to work towards that goal)is one of the most important things I've learned so far from "BYCU".
Practice it now. When you get to "Bending the Blues" and beyond it really becomes important. It's worth spending some extra time developing. Try playing a major scale on the 5th and 6th strings and bending to some of the notes. That's an exercise I found helpful.
Phil
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Post by joachim on Mar 25, 2014 0:42:44 GMT -6
Thanks, Phil - this is the kind of feedback I was hoping to get from sharing the recordings! Bending is tricky for me; I am working on it using a bending video lesson justinguitar.com: justinguitar.com/en/IM-144-StringBending.phpGetting the pitch right is difficult, and muting string when releasing the bend is even more tricky! Especially for fast bends it seems almost impossible to me to avoid the "sea-gull" effect (as Justin Sandercoe calls it). There is so much cool material ahead, and it's tempting to rush when you only play alone, so I very much appreciate your feedback! It helps to get reminded to stick with the basics first... I think I will go back to lesson 2 in another week or so, but I had been drilling it for so long, that I needed something new. Cheers Joachim
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