It is finally time to create my learning log as a form of accountability to myself.
I am stealing some layout ideas from other posts (mainly from Todd, sorry, I just love the structure you’re using ) to keep things clean and organized. Actual videos will be posted in seperate threads, with links to those being added here.
I came to the unfortunate discovery that stage fright hits me pretty badly when recording for AVOYP causing me to screw up every single attempt pretty badly (ranging from timing being off, hitting the wrong strings to actually fingering the wrong strings).
After about an hour and 20 attempts, the best I got is a recording where halfway through I realized it was going “okay”, and right after this realization my pick just flew out of my hand.
I am posting this recording here to help me get over my stage fright, and while feedback on the playing is welcome, keep in mind that it isn’t my “real” consolidation song yet. This is simply the attempt that suffered least from my stage fright.
I never expected to get stuck in grade 1 because if stage fright and not because of not being able to play the required things. Let’s hope I get over this soon so I can continue on to grade 2!
Nothing wrong with that. You’re doing very well for grade one.
You have good timing, your strumming was nice and steady, chord changes where smooth. The only thing I’d suggest is to practice not looking at you fretting hand.
You have a trance like stare at you fingers and this can develop into a really bad habit which is very hard to break.
Bravo, Gertjan, that was great. Playing along to the app and in addition to other positives already mentioned, I noticed the fingering of the G chord … the 2 finger version, muting the A string.
I liked the dynamics in the chorus, scaling back to one strum per bar. I do suggest that you continue to strum each beat of the bar and just skip beats 2 3 4. You’ll have noticed that Justin makes a strong point to keep the hand moving.
As others have said, you are doing great. Keep on keeping on!
The scaling back was partially choice, partially because I had to.
Usually I do scale back, but a few bars later. This time however I noticed my pick started to slip so I decided to scale back a bit sooner so I could readjust my pick grip. This is also why the transition to the scaling back sounds a bit abrupt, usually I try to do it a bit smoother.
The annoying part is that I lost my pick AFTER having a firm grip on it again, I still don’t know what happened. When rewatching the clip it’s almost like I can see the pick being catapulted away.
I plan to follow the advice given in both my topics and just doing one long recording of an entire session devoted to the song, and I cut out the best playthrough so I can post that as an actual AVOYP thread.
Try carrying one around with you, use it as a bit of a fidget toy. Twirl it round in your fingers etc - don’t think you need to go as far as the chip wave card dealer trick but just get used to spinning it around in your fingers for a few days.
Well done Gertjan. You’re doing really well. The movement of the pick is normal and takes some time getting used to readjusting it automatically. Just don’t grip the pick to firmly. @liaty is spot on with carrying a pick about with you and adjusting the position of it in you hand as you do other daily things. Just don’t accept to play cards with him if he invites you for a game.
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