Posting your first Audio-Video Of You Playing (AVOYP) is a big obstacle for some.
So, we have this annually recurring topic just for members taking their first steps. If you have never posted before and would prefer not to create your own topic, with the spotlight on you individually, then you are more than welcome to join in here.
A few house rules:
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We would like this topic to be for Beginners only, working through Justin’s Beginners Course.
Ideally your recording will feature you playing one from the hundreds of songs at those grades on the Songs lesson page and / or in the Lessons & Songs App.
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We would ask that you limit your uploads in the Beginner’s Safe Space to a maximum of three per person. This could be three recordings of the same song, showing your progress. It could be three different recordings, perhaps from the same grade, perhaps spread out across several grades of learning.
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When you reach this maximum, or before if you feel confident enough, we ask that you then begin to use the wider Progress + Performance Audio-Video of You Playing Area.
Additionally, you can make use of the Learning Log section to create your own space for collating your AVOYP recordings, keep a learning diary / journal, post photos of your gear etc in
Jump aboard and join in.
Be positive - about your own progress and towards others.
Ok, so this is my first ever recording of me and the guitar. I had no idea how nerve racking this would actually be but as they say " in for a penny, in for a pound".
Looking back at the video I see plenty of mistakes and things I need to work on but I would like to hear from the community as to your thoughts and advice going forward.
That sounded great Peter and thanks for posting! your first AVOYP done. Strumming looked pretty clean to me. Your strumming hand keeps going regardless so that’s good. Backing track could have been a little louder so we could hear it. That C chord looks like it’s causing you a few problems but everything else looks good. Nice tapping of the foot to keep with the rhythm.
That was great Peter. You are well on your way and lots to be pleased about, to smile about. Chords clean, smooth changes, kept your hand moving, keeping time with the leg. No obvious issues, just a slight hesitations, less clean moments. Quite normal.
Just keep practicing and playing, the more you do so and the more you record the more relaxed and comfortable you will get.
Well done Peter, a great start to posting videos of yourself playing!
Your strumming is good and chord changes pretty decent, but as said your change to C seemed a bit hesitant, not really a problem at your stage practice will cure that!
Keep it up and you will soon see results.
If you want to learn more about your Katana and how to use it, I recommend The Studio Rats channel on YouTube.
They have a bunch of tutorial videos on the Katana and how to use it, and they have a regular live stream on Fridays about the Katana where you can ask questions in the chat.
Well done on your first post. Sounded pretty good to me. Good rhythm with the strumming which is crucial. The chord changes/clarity will just improve with practice. Goin well mate.
So here is my first ever recording. I tried on my phone, but ended up using an old laptop. It was definitely nerve racking and I know I can see the errors, I tried not to stop, rather smile and continue. Anyway here it is I welcome your comments as I know they will make me better. YouTube highlighted a copyright claim, so it must be recognizable
Hi Phil, well done on your first recording, it probably went a lot better than you personally think! good things: you kept the time pretty much consistent, solid strumming, some dynamics were introduced which means you feel the music and your changes are good.
Things to work on - playing along to a song would be a good idea to practice keeping the time. Slow it down, even if you are listening on youtube you are able to do so, and just follow the song this will keep your timing in line, alternatively use a metronome.
As you probably are aware some changes weren’t super clean - they were okay but just some not clean which comes down to more practice, One minute changes, perfect chord changes and learning songs. More you practice the better it will become I see you are using one of the mini Fs, I think in few instances the e string was muted which means you just didn’t put enough pressure. Again I will be repeating myself here again - just do it over and over again until it clicks not sure where you are in your journey but I guess you are approaching soon the dreaded F chord - this was actually the first song I learnt using the F chord and let me tell you it wasn’t easy!
Once you start learning full F I suggest just perfect chord changes and training higher up the neck before you do it on the first fret, especially on the acoustic first challenge is to make it ringing nicely and second challenge is to arpeggiate this bloody song on the F chord, ouf I still have nightmares when I think of it!
I derailed a bit - overall you are doing great and I think you are on the right path next time try to focus your camera a bit more on your fretting hand as some bits were trimmed out of the view which made it more difficult to follow your technique all the best.
Thanks for the comments, really appreciate the time. I do think I rushed ahead and am in the process of going back through all the modules. I can play the full F but not confident of speed of changes. I can do clean changes if I concentrate hard, but it isn’t natural yet.
Celebrating a big moment in your guitar playing Phil. This is a big step to take. Adrian has given you some good pointers. I can’t add to them. I can however encourage you. You’ve done well.
Thanks to everyone for the encouraging feedback. I appreciate you all taking the time to have a look and offer words of wisdom
I can see that I need to focus on my chord changes among other things.
It probably doesn’t show in the video but I really am finding this a lot of fun!
Bravo, Phil, such a huge step to make a recording. You are doing really well, making excellent progress.
Just keep doing what you are doing, practicing the essentials to improve chord fingering and changing, playing songs as you go, making periodic recordings.
@philsmith well done Phil and kudos for posting. Sounded very much like the original which is good. I would however practice it slower at the moment so you get some of those chord changes spot on.
