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    Members Recordings - Songs, Lessons, Open Mic!

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

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    On 1/4/2020 at 8:49 PM, matonanjin said:

    Consider this a progress report!  I really wanted, intended to support @Nutty 1's Monthly Recording Challenge with a Christmas song.  I just didn't get it done in time, sorry Mandy; this was (is) more challenging than I anticipated.  So my fall back is, if I can get it done, to post it in this month's Challenge which is Blues.  The title of this is, after all, "Jingle Bells Blues". 

    I have completed the Chorus and Melody and am now ready to tackle the solo which I know is going to be very chewy.  There are a couple riffs that I may need to "dumb down".  And it is going to take awhile. And, my intent is to record a separate track with my playing the rhythm.  It came with a couple different backing tracks.  This is my playing over the one with drums, bass and rhythm guitar.  I'm going to record my playing rhythm over the one with just bass and drums.  Then I'll mix my playing chorus, melody and solo.

    And, in the interest of full disclosure this is at about 90% speed.  Maybe by the time I get done I can do 100%.  You'll see when I came from the melody back to chorus I struggled with the first chord.

    Technical stuff: PRS Pauls into a POD HD 500X. Amp sim of a Fender Twin Reverb, 2x12 cab, a little bit of distortion with tube screamer, a little delay, and a little reverb.

    Suggestions, criticisms are encouraged.

     

     

    Ron,

    thanks for sharing your progress report!

    You played it well and I enjoyed it.

    Wim.

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    Completed the Course? So Now What?

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

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    Hi Neil,

    As far as I can tell, only few of the people who finished L&M are still active on this forum. I do hope that @Texaspackerfan and @ShadowBoxer86 share their stories on how they progressed as well.

    It's about 15 months now since I completed lesson 20, and I did struggle with the same question on what to do next. I decided to take a deep dive into the blues and started the L&M Blues Guitar and Griff Hamlin's "Blues Guitar Unleashed 2.0" courses. I finished those over the past months, together with some additional Classic Rock and other blues related lesson series. 

    The biggest satisfaction now comes from being able to play complete songs. I can't sing, I am not in a band, and my fingerstyle skills are very limited. That is why I am looking for instrumentals that I can play by myself with a pick, and want build a small repertoire of that kind of songs.

    What I do experience lately is an increased speed in learning. Songs that, in the past, would have taken me a long time to learn, now only take a couple of days. So that's cool.

    Although I am not gigging, I do like to share some of my music on soundcloud. It's always rewarding to know there are people listening to my music and even willing to write a comment.

    I still plan to start Steve's fingerstyle course soon. Fingerstyle is just one of those fundamentals that is still missing in my skillset and that I really want to learn. So I am quite happy with what my left hand can do, but not so much yet with what my right hand can 🙂 

    Wim.

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    how many times can I start again? !! Session 17 here I come!

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    16 hours ago, sleepingangel said:

    just wanted to let you know that I took your advice and I've bought the two Major Scale Mastery courses you recommended. I just downloaded the pdf's and I'm going to print them and begin!! Thank you (I took advantage of the black Friday discount so that was cool and good timing)

    Take care

    Maria

    Hi Maria,

    I am sure you will not regret that purchase.

    if you make practicing major scales part of your daily routine, you will notice pretty soon that your fingers start finding the notes of a melody more easily.

    Take care,

    Wim.

     

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    Satin Doll

    in Learn & Master Song Hits

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    @NeilES335, I like Sandra Sherman and her "Grrreetings from Austria", and I have subscribed to her YouTube channel. She has some nice lessons on chord embellishments in Jimi Hendrix style as well.

    I'll see what I can do on the B.B. King jamtrack. I might study his style a bit more in depth and then try to put together some lead "in the style of".

    @Oldjock, I love blues with Jazz influences as well, as long as it does not sound too complicated 😀

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    Satin Doll

    in Learn & Master Song Hits

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    Yes, Neil.

    I learned and recorded the Song Hits arrangement now about 2 years ago as a kind of L&M graduation project. 

    It took me several weeks to learn it. I did however not play it much after recording it, because I went back to learning the blues.

    It's a challenging chord melody and I wish you lots of fun learning it.

    Wim.

     

     

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    how many times can I start again? !! Session 17 here I come!

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    @sleepingangel,

    Maria, when it comes to learning the major scales, I think it is better to start with Steve's Major Scale Mastery Fredboard Workouts.

    These will teach you most of what you need to know about major scales.

    The 3 notes per string scales from Session 17, are some additional patterns with the same notes from the major scale, that are also interesting to learn, but more as basis for fast legato playing (with hammer-ons and pull-offs)

    Wim.

     

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    Session 18 - Jazz

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

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    @NeilES335

    Congratulations on finishing the course, Neil! That's a major achievement.

    There is indeed still so much more to learn, but the  foundations that you built by completing L&M are rock solid and you have all the skills now to really enjoy the instrument and be a musician.

    I look forward to listen to your recordings!

    Also, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for what you are doing for our guitar family here on this forum, sharing your knowledge and supporting all of us with valuable feedback and comments.

    Wim.

     

     

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    Members Recordings - Songs, Lessons, Open Mic!

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    It's my goal to go beyond playing pentatonics, so I am working on the natural minor scale now.

    I was looking for some songs in a minor key to learn to use this scale and found a nice one on the ActiveMelody site.

    It contains a typical walk down that can be played on a minor chord and that might sound familiar from Michelle (Beatles) or Bang Bang (Cher and Nancy Sinatra).

    For sure a fun one to learn.

    Wim

     

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    Minor Tonalities

    in Music Theory

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    I am also working on minor scales and chord progressions in a minor key as I want to take the next step and move away from using primarily pentatonic and blues scales.

    The first one for me to focus on is the natural minor scale. It's the minor pentatonic scale with the 2 and flat 6 added to it.

    By changing the flat 6 to a major 6, you get the Dorian mode. That mode is the next one on my list.

    Wim.

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