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

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    On 12/4/2019 at 3:10 PM, dan0725 said:

    I've been long absent as well. Over the last few years, my wife's had two cancer scares, I lost my job and was out of work for 6 months (you'd think I'd have some time for guitar, but not really), we lost my dad in February and it looked like mom wasn't going to make it through the end of the year. My wife's doing great, I've been back to work for almost a year and mom's improving so my Stratocaster came out of the case and I've rebooted L&MG. Up to Session 4, taking my time, determined to make it all the way this time.

    Glad to have found you all again.

    Dan

    I'm so sorry for all of your troubles. I'm happy you are getting back into it as well. I'm sorry for the loss of your dad too and for your wife's scares. Glad she is on the mend. 

    I hope that 2020 is a better year for all of you. 

    Maria

    Fingerstyle piece I'm learning: Ecossaise by Mauro Giuliani

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Nutty 1 said:

    Lovely video Maria, it was great to hear you play and see and hear your beautiful new guitar.

    Your playing is superb and the guitar sounds so very sweet. A match made in heaven I would say.💕

    Oh Thanh you so much for your kind words. I have never felt “good enough” for the guitars my husband has bought me but this one makes me feel like I play better and that makes me so happy. Heck after the hand problems just being able to play good or bad is a blessing !!

    thank you again 

    Maria 

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    Fingerstyle piece I'm learning: Ecossaise by Mauro Giuliani

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by sleepingangel

    I had some comp time on my birthday at the end of last month and got out of work early  and I was so happy it was so nice out. So I got to play my new Martin in the sunshine (my favorite place to play ) and I recorded two songs. This one and an original. I’m still working on getting the original on YouTube. So here is the instrumental: Ecossiase by Mauro Giuliani 

    I hope I did it justice!

    thanks for watching 

    Maria
     

     Ecossiase by Mauro Giuliani

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

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    On 12/1/2019 at 4:52 PM, Wim VD1 said:

    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.

     

    so I am already thrilled and feeling like I can do this finally. WHAT a well produced mini lesson. I started last night. I just went through all the first level paper. You know getting my fingers used to this again. AND I have found that what I thought was never learned or completely forgotten actually is there in my brain and fingers and I'm starting to get muscle memory. 

    TODAY I HAD A snow day  ( i don't get paid if I don't teach but they cancelled classes as we have quite a bit of snow here) I literally spent the better part of the day practicing and doing the first complete lesson. I mean I know that i pushed it and I will go back and practice every day BUT I wanted to see if I could keep up. I can tell you that I was able to do everything along with STeve except for the faster speeds with the 3rds. The 3rds are keeping me on my toes BUT i stopped the video several times until i could do it. I know that is my challenge for now. So I won't embark on the rest of it (mastery 2) until as STeve says in the video I have the memorized. THat will be the challenge too as for now I am relying on the tab somewhat...or for the most part is more like it lol!! 

    Thanks again. Great recommendation!

    Maria

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

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    On 11/21/2019 at 4:25 PM, Wim VD1 said:

    @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.

     

    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

    NGD MARTIN 00-15

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    7 hours ago, K9kaos said:

    What a wonderful story Maria!! 

    Congrats on your new guitar!! 

    The Martin Guitar Factory is a great place!! We took the tour back in 2010 when Adele and I were 'road- tripping' to the Gathering. Fantastic tour, and although I already have a Martin (the Custom x series - it is a wonderful instrument!)  it was so tempting to add a guitar! :) 

    Enjoy!!! And Happy Thanksgiving!! :)

     

     

     

    Yes that place is great !! And that’s exactly how I felt the time before when I said no to the temptation. But I guess the time was right this time. :) 

    take care

    Maria 

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    NGD MARTIN 00-15

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted

    Hi everyone

    So my husband took off from work on my day off two weeks ago. He wanted to surprise me with a trip to the Martin Guitar Factory. A little back story. This past March the month before my dad died. My husband and I went to the Martin Factory. I was just beginning to play guitar again. When my husband saw this one hanging on the wall he asked me to play it. He offered to buy it right then and there. I said No. I got all practical on him ..you know (I don't need another guitar yada yada yada) 

    so we didn't get it....fast forward to now. Ever since we didn't buy it I was sorry. I didn't know my dad would die the next month and now I regret that I didn't get to play it for him....so when my husband said "You know Maria if you were like a normal woman and liked jewelry no one would have a problem if I bought you another piece of jewelry but because it's a guitar SOMEONE always has a comment"  "WHAT do you need another guitar for?" I'm sure you all have heard that if you own several guitars.

    So that day I said YES!  i loved what he said and I didn't want that moment to pass again. AND as he put it how many people can say that they got a Martin Guitar right from the factory? It was a magical day!
    Ever since I brought it home I'm playing even more guitar. I told my husband that I feel like I'm playing better with this guitar and he said "I never heard you  play like this period." Isn't that crazy?

    SO  here is my new baby...and she smells sooooo good!!

     

    Maria

    ps thanks for letting me share my joy

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    Interesting phenomenon about re learning !!

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    49 minutes ago, NeilES335 said:

    Maria; I think you'll find S18 >S20 may take more time than you can imagine right now... I'd strongly recommend you go through all the Fretboard Workout series as well (if you haven't already done so) , especially the Jazz Fretboard Workout, before tackling S18. This will take a while too, but make the S18 much easier. From there on, you are much more on your own than earlier sessions, which can lead you to many other resources and tangents. 

    Okay maybe i will get through 17 and then go back to the beginning and then see about your recommendations. Thanks so much 

    Maria 

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

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Randy120 said:

    My condolences to you for the loss of your father.

    You can do it. Play slow and gentle. It is good physical and mental therapy.

    Have fun!

    ah Randy nice to see you!

    thank you so much for your condolences. It's still really tough....Monday is going to be very difficult. I have to go to the closing on the sale of his house. So that will be it. It's been hard having the house empty but this will be hard letting it go too...

    Take care and thanks for encouragement!

    Maria

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

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    Just now, Wim VD1 said:

    @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.

     

    hey there well while that may be true. I have it in my head to plow through the book and maybe when I'm done and after the do the book over (*as i want to refresh everything) I will invest in yet another course! I also have the blues and fingerstyle courses that I've yet to delve too much into. I have a love hate relationship with scales so I need to ease into it...my true love is fingerstyle although I know in my heart that just as the alphabet is the building blocks of English that the scales are the building blocks of music and that it will only benefit me to learn them in whatever style i play!!

    Maria

    Session 17 Learning the scales a little trick I just figured out

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted

    hi everyone

    I have always had a very difficult time learning scales on the guitar whether they be pentatonic or otherwise.

    I get dyslexic and really can't remember the patterns beyond a day or two or sometimes a moment or two.

    I know that is part of the reason that i stopped doing this course right in session 17

    so how is this going to be different this time around? 

    I need to rely on my ear more and the knowledge that I do have.

    I have to use my English as a Second Language class for another analogy:

    Today I had my adult students working in pairs asking each other a simple question. "How do you help at home" now this question was on a paper and on the paper were various answers like "Sweep the floor" "Cook Dinner" etc. So once they practiced for a little while I called them up to the front of the class and had them reenact these conversations. Well it's the funniest thing: when they have the paper in front of them it's like they lose their mind and they are just not able to do it. They constantly are looking at the paper mis pronouncing words or losing their place. So, today I said "Leave your paper on your desk"...they all get nervous BUT  you can't believe how much better they do without it. It sounds more authentic like a real conversation should be and they make less mistakes. Because the bottom line is they do know it but they aren't using their minds with the papers they are simply using their reading skills which may or may not be as advanced as their thinking skills. ....does this make any sense? lol

    so "HOW ON EARTH MARIA" does this apply to music and session 17 in particular. Well every time i have approached learning the scales in the past I have relied so much on trying to memorize the patterns and hitting the right fret etc but not REALLY listening or watching my fingers. So yeah listening that's a big one that I need to practice cause isn't it about the music after all? But the watching my fingers is another story. ******after my long winded preamble here is the TRICK**** : If i can't remember the pattern and which fret to jump to on the next string. well i just find it on the string I'm on and then I locate that by ear on the next string!! it's been working every time. Now I'm not a prisoner to what the patterns LOOK like. I'm using my prior knowledge of skipping half or whole steps on one string and that helps me when i jump to the next string and my EAR tells me that yes the note one fret or two frets away on the first string sounds like or doesn't sound like the one I hit on the target string!!! woo hooo...

    I'm sure someone else has figured this out but I figured I would share my thoughts!! 

    Take care and please let me know if you find any relevance to my musings!!

    Maria

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    Interesting phenomenon about re learning !!

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by sleepingangel

    13 hours ago, NeilES335 said:

    This is so true Maria. I often go back to the early lesson in the LMG course and play through the exercises and songs again, even if they look somewhat elementary now. I found that even those that were difficult at the time are now quite easy, but occasionally I find something I could do better. So you're right, you do grow even if you don't think so. 

    Exactly. That is why I’m going to try and plow through session 17 through 20 and then go back to the beginning. So I will consider this a “first visit” through these later chapters but saying in the Arnold Schwarzenegger voice “I’LL BE BACK!” 
    Maria 

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    Interesting phenomenon about re learning !!

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by sleepingangel

    3 hours ago, Nutty 1 said:

    Great advice Maria! It is a good way to make sure that you really do know something as opposed to just thinking that you know it. 

    I see you have a Daisy Rock amp. Do you have any of their guitars? I do, I find them easier to play as the necks are just right for me.

    To anyone with small hands reading this Daisy Rock guitars are "Schecter in a skirt " and are made especially for people with small hands, these guitars also weigh less.

    Hi 

    yes just last night with my low level night class I decided to review the alphabet and vowels etc. like right back to the beginning and I told the higher lever folks that it will benefit them as well. I told them they have to figure out what they  know before they  learn what they don’t know. And it actually showed me some weak spots that they have with some of the letters etc 

    I explained to them that the alphabet is the building blocks of the language and as I was saying this I thought Of the session 17 scales I’m trying to learn and realizing that these are the building blocks of music and also  my “what I don’t know” but all the little successes I’m feeling as I relearn are what I do know. And I bet that’s why going back to the beginning even if I zip through some of the early chapters will be the key for my success in this program !!

    anyway I do have one daisy rock guitar but it was a close out sale bought on a whim and I’m actually looking to sell it cheap. I think the action might be a tad high but don’t really have the knowledge or the money to invest in fixing it since it was a “bargain”. 
    Take care 

    Maria 

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    Gibson Guitar Lessons

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, NeilES335 said:

    Same here @sleepingangel Maria. Those lessons on Gibson.com were some of the best Steve's ever done. I wish they had saved them.(they would have made a great video dvd)  I think it was there that I orginally heard /saw Steve Krenz, which led me to the "Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar" program. And here I am, finished the course about 7 yrs later. 

    that's great that you finished. tHAT IS AN accomplishment!! I hope to do it one day. I got close. Now to continue...so i did my half an hour of working with that first set of scales in F ....and I realized why i initially stopped at 17...it's hard! lol

    but I have a new mindset so every day I hope to put in at least 20 minutes or more of just this and It's got to sink into this brain enough to be able to move on to the other scales. The problem is that if I don't have the patterns memorized in the first scale I won;t be able to move on cause I'm relying on the tab too much...so I have to get past thAT...which I never did before falling away....

    and yes I wish Steve could somehow get those lessons back! 
    Maria

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