Four weeks since I shared the last practice video. Since then I’ve had to go back to work, which has had some impact on my practice, reducing frequency and duration of sessions.
But on the upside, I restrung my guitar with 9s.
I also picked up a fantastic tip from @Richard_close2u (one of our Mods, a fine musician, and guitar teacher in his own right) to use the Smoke on the Water riff to provide a more musical context to aid bending to pitch … or in my case, closer to pitch. It is astonishing how it changes how one hears the whole step bend from the second to the third note.
Now, does anybody else have some all time classic riffs or melodies that are deeply ingrained that could be used in a similar way?
Here’s a snapshot. It’s a little long so you may want to skip ahead and just sample this. Maybe you want to skip the whole thing 
I so wish I didn’t stick my tongue out the way I do … this emoji 
is clearly mine 
Apart from being a long way from being able to use this freely, still early days, I am wondering about my hand action, if maybe I am still pushing too much with the fingers, not relying enough on the rotating hand?
@TheMadman_tobyjenner this is not one I’d nudge anyone to watch but if you are suckered in, then check out 4’20" 
