Iainism's Learning Log

[iainism]

My first AVOYP is up, based on the discussion above, thank you for your hints/tips!

A quick bit of fingerstyle

I was lucky enough to get a new audio interface for Christmas, so I thought I’d test it out. This is the result, I kept it short (just under 30 seconds!) as I’m after feedback on the audio/recording quality as much as anything else: https://soundcloud.com/iain-cunningham-434490004/fingerstyle-test If it sounds OK (in terms of audio quality), then I’ll try a longer version. (My first upload to SoundCloud too…)

[iainism]

@bigbird

When I feel capable of trying to record anything (which at the moment won`t be for quite a while)

Even if you don’t share it, have you considered recording for yourself? It will give you a good benchmark to measure your progress and you may also spot some things that you can work on immediately as well?

[adi_mrok]

Well done Iain on rearranging LL, I dig the style will be great to follow your progress further down the line, you already have some impressive achievements in your sleeve, it will only get better all the best!

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Iain

Great to see another Learning Log/Roadcase from new members. Nice to see you laying out your objectives as well. Looking forward to see this develop.

Cheers

Toby

[iainism]

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Great to see another Learning Log/Roadcase from new members. Nice to see you laying out your objectives as well.

Thank you!

By the way, if anyone likes @adi_mrok’s template that I borrowed, then to save you some editing, I copied it in below as preformatted text, for an easy copy/paste.

***Short-term goals** (0-6 months)*

* Goal 1
* Goal 2
* ...

***Medium term goals** (for next 12 months):*

* Goal 1
* Goal 2
* ...

***Long-term goals** (>12 months):*

* Goal 1
* Goal 2
* ...

Practice routine:

* Item 1
* Item 2
* ...

Songs I’ve learnt:

1. Title 1 - Artist (style/variation)
2. Title 2 - Artist (style/variation)
3. ...

Songs in work:

1. Title 1 - Artist (style/variation)
2. Title 2 - Artist (style/variation)
3. ...

Songs for the future:

1. Title 1 - Artist (style/variation)
2. Title 2 - Artist (style/variation)
3. ...

[iainism]

@iainism

I fail at 95 bpm though

Nailed 95 BPM 4-times through today

[TheMadman_tobyjenner]

Iain

Well done, it just takes time and practice, I thought 160 1/4 notes where going to be impossible and like you struggled around the 90-100 mark but bit by bit it got faster. Just take small steps and you will see progress. I really need to go back to this as I topped out around 110-120 1/8s before getting distracted. Maybe time for a revisit as its been a while.

[iainism]

@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Well done, it just takes time and practice

Thanks Toby. I think I had some kind of mental block, as I was stuck on 90 BPM for ages. Something has ‘clicked’ though, and I’m now up to 110 BPM. The problem I had was synchronicity between fretting and picking, and now I’ve broken through 90 BPM I feel as though I’ve taken a massive leap forward with that, I still get a dead note now and then from a timing error with my fretting hand, they are quite infrequent though now.

[sairfingers]

Great LL Iain. A good idea to have all the various goals set out clearly in the one place.

I didn’t understand all the techie stuff however. What is Linux? Don’t tell me, I don’t need to know . I’ll be sticking with the press record on my iPhone technique for the foreseeable future!

I look forward to following your musical adventures.

[iainism]

@sairfingers

A good idea to have all the various goals set out clearly in the one place.

Thank you I really can’t take credit for that idea though, it’s completely borrowed/stolen from @adi_mrok !

(Linux is just an alternative to MS Windows/Mac OS, nothing too scary as a concept)

[batwoman]

@sairfingers

What is Linux?

@sairfingers Linux is Charlie Brown’s best friend. Trust me I know so much about tech stuff

[adi_mrok]

That’s okay no copyrights held so feel free to borrow it as much as you want

[sairfingers]

Ah of course! He’s the drummer. And here was me thinking it was an open source operating system!

Charlie Brown and friends performing a ZZ Top Song

[stitch]

@sairfingers

Ah of course! He’s the drummer

That’s Pigpen the drummer not the software.

[sairfingers]

Ah ok. He must be some sort of kernel then?

Sorry Iain. Don’t mean to hijack your thread.

[bigbird]

Pigpen was the keyboardist with Grateful Dead!

[iainism]

@iainism

I’m now up to 110 BPM

Ahahahaha! Since trying to move to half notes at 70 BPM I’ve realised that my ‘alternate picking’ wasn’t all that ‘alternate’ all of the time. Sometimes when moving between strings I’m repeating the direction of the previous pick. Based on videoing myself it doesn’t even seem to be that I’m making a consistent mistake, sometimes I’m fine going upwards between strings, sometimes I’m fine going downwards, just not all the time in both directions.

I’ve tried to go back to whole notes at 100 BPM to debug this and I’m still skipping an up or a down now and then, so I think I need to go slower still.

[DavidP]

Good for you, Iain. Making a video, observing errors, stepping and slowing down to correct those and master the technique. That’s the way to become a fine player. Keep on doing what you’re doing!

[iainism]

@DavidP

Making a video, observing errors, stepping and slowing down to correct those and master the technique. That’s the way to become a fine player.

Thanks, slowing down to 90 BPM (seems to have!) let me get the kinks ironed out, and I’m comfortable at 100 BPM again already. I must admit I was quite worried that I was going to be sat on 90 BPM again for a while!

[iainism]

@iainism

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

Now done with finger and thumb strumming: Runaway train (finger and thumb, take 1)