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    Session 14 - Giving Your Playing Some Style

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    Limatje

    I hear your pain and you have unfortunately went down the proverbial Guitar Rabbit Hole! Not to worry- we all struggle at some point and lose our way trying to accomplish a goal that is very important to us as musicians! You have basically over taxed yourself in the attempt to learn and be dedicated and you have burned out. All work and no play makes a person  "NOT FUN TO BE AROUND"! 

    Set reasonable & attainable goals for yourself! More 15-30 minute practice sessions will attain more improvement over 3 hour practices sessions unless you have a professional system in place, a good music teacher, a true love for guitar and the drive & time to dedicate. I would not recommend practice session on anything over 1 hour. The smaller sessions are easier to maintain total focus and our brains are wired to retain this material more readily than trying to complete a marathon cram session. You need to have fun and always finish a session with something positive so you will build the desire to return for the next practice! Be reasonable and play slow which equates to learning faster! 

    A possible example would be:

    1. Monday- You are in session 14, so set your goals for 1 hour: 5 minutes on warm-up & stretching, 5 minutes on chords and 5 minutes on fretboard; 15 minutes on review of material that you know you are struggling with; 20 minute on session 14 material. 10 minutes on just fun playing a song or two. 

    2. Tuesday- 15 minutes on Music notation, 15 minutes to transpose a song key and play song. 30 minutes of song play using barre chords 5th and 6th string roots.

    3. Wednesday- 5 minutes of stretch & warm-up; 15 minutes guitar theory- scales; 15 minutes guitar playing scales. Each week pick a scale- Major, Minor, Pentatonic, Blues Scale, etc.... 30 minutes using backing track and playing scales over backing track! 

    4. Thursday- 5 minutes stretch & warm-up; 10 minutes of review areas of struggle; 30 minutes of session 14; end with 15 minutes of fun song play! Learn a new song and finish with a song you love!

    5. Friday- 5 minute warm-up; 30 minutes of barre chords & movable chords; 15 minutes review session 14; 10 minutes of fun song play.

    6. Saturday- Fun day. Enjoy a 30-60 minute session of noodling with chords and a two or three note melody, arpeggiating, finger picking, etc...

    7. Sunday- Take the day off and enjoy yourself.

    You can adjust your topics based on your goals and target areas and music based on music genre, etc... Most important- HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

    Enjoy the journey and don't get to competitive!  

    Take care.

    Mike

     

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    Composition Project

    in Music Theory

    Posted

    Diane- Your talents never cease to amaze me!

    Your Like Baskin and Robbins in 1972..................31 Flavors!

    Or

    Diane is like a Swiss Army Knife- She has so many uses and is so practical!

    On a serious note- Well done. Who would ever have thought to write a piano musical score and not know how to play piano?

    Diane- You are amazing!

    Your friend always.

    Mike

     

     

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    Standing on a corner

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    I have been following the Eagles since before they were the Eagles and they were singing and playing behind Linda Ronstadt. The songs original version on radio and LP was written by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne in 1972.

    "Well I'm Standin' on the corner of Winslow  AZ, such a fine sight to see, its a girl my lord in a Flat Bed Ford, Slowin' down to take a look at me".

    There may be other versions out on the street and Jackson Browne may have used some different lyrics playing locally in LA since that is the music scene he and the Eagles grew up in. You never know with music. Covers get tinkered with and version get tinkered with to fit a town or a venue that a band is play in. 

    Here is lyrics taken of sheet music of original version-

    Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
    Such a fine sight to see
    It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
    Slowin' down to take a look at me

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    NGD - Taylor Grand Pacific 317e

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    Nice find Randy. Taylor makes a great quality guitar. I have a Taylor 614CE which has its own tone and sound compared with my Martin HD-35. Much more high ends with spank and jangle. The Taylor case looks like yours on the inside, my outside is plain black where yours has a pattern. What I love about the Taylor case is that it has a much tighter fit. My Humidity packs in the Taylor case have twice the life compared to other acoustic hard cases.

    Congrats and hope you enjoy.

    Mike

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    NGD

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    Hey Greg- Nice looking Breedlove. I love Myrtlewood. Having lived in Oregon & Washington at different times of my life, I am familiar with this wood. I have not personally heard an acoustic guitar made from this wood. Let me know how you like it!

    Thanks.

    Mike

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    Wanderlust

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    Phil- Some great music came out of  bands in the 60's & 70's..... I grew up listening to Pure Praise League, Poco, The Byrds , The Eagles and CSN&Y to drop a few names. I got to see some great bands growing up just north of San Francisco. The Bay area had its share of great music back then. It is is fun to reminisce and remember the good old days. I have to smile when I see videos of a young Vince Gill with Pure Praise League! Thanks for sharing.

    Mike

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    May the 4th Session be with me!

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, Wim VD1 said:

    Randy,

    In my opinion you don't need to master sight reading to the extend that you can sight read and play simultaneously at performance tempo. This for sure has its benefits, but I don't see it as a necessity.

    Tab only tells you where to put your fingers. There is more to learning and understanding music however.

    So I would encourage you to learn music notation well enough in order to know what notes to play, their duration, the rhythmic characteristics of a song, the pauses, etc. You can use the info provided by the sheet music in combination with the additional info from the tab (where on the neck to play the note) to decipher and learn a song bit by bit. 

    After "decoding" a song, I learn the all parts by heart anyhow. In a performance (or recording) setting, I want to focus on putting emotion and feeling into my music and not on reading the notation.

    I do recommend to build a good knowledge of music theory as provided by the course. Understanding how music works with keys, scales, chords, harmony etc. is part of the fun and will be essential to continue to make progress as a musician in the long run.

    Wim.

     

    Randy- I concur with WIM. It will pay dividends in your music journey.

    Mike

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    singing while playing guitar

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

     Respectively Doug-

    Every time I post on the forum, it is always with a point of view and a prospective of my experience and lessons learned. It comes from the heart to help others. There are hundreds of ways to skin a cat, or sing a song. The journey to get to higher levels is through PPP. 

    Please look for the positive and good in a post. 

    Look for the good in all that you seek to learn from and you will find different paths to follow.

    Enjoy your journey and have fun making music, at whatever level you are in your journey. Help others and you will learn more about yourself!

    Take care.

    Mike

     

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