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Day 192 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up , did the pinky exercise and the hammers on exercice

Played on Yousician for 41 minutes
38 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Lost on you level 3 as a warm up song

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

Challenge of the week , The Beatles week :
Yesterday basic melody level 4

Played Still got the blues for you by Gary Moore , simplified cow boy chords / Dm C G F E Am Em D / level 4

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the push rythm on the app
Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer
Practiced the La Bamba riff part 2 , with harmony notes

Songs

Musopia app : Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10
Played also Jambala on the bayou module 10
Played Edge of seventeen by Steevie Nicks module 5
Played What s up by the four non blondes module 7

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Day 193 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up , did the pinky exercise and the hammers on exercice

Played on Yousician for 62 minutes
38 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Lost on you level 5 / work on rythm / first part on 7 / 80% speed

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

Played Losing my religion by REM level 4

Challenge of the week , The Beatles week :
Yesterday basic melody level 4

Played Still got the blues for you by Gary Moore , simplified cow boy chords / Dm C G F E Am Em D / level 4

Practiced on 2 songs for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer
Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10
I read @JokuMuu learning log and I tried it in 8th note , not easy but I ll persevere :smiley:

Practiced La Bamba at 100 Bpm

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I did a recording of losing my religion but this time the guitar is too loud XD

One day Ill have OBS record correctly maybe :rofl:

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Deborah

Excellent rhythm - sounded like the band in rehearsal! Well done.

Brian

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This is a real issue I have when I choose to play electric guitar and a backing track. I get it right for one track, move to my next song and have to start tweaking again. I think it’s a reason I play acoustic guitar more often than electric!

Nice consistent playing though :+1:

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thanks

thats the first song I learned with the Fm7/C when I started level 4 on YS :slight_smile:

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sorry i couldnt really answer , i was cooking a soup

yeah its difficult the put the settings right , i dont even know how to do it
I touched gain on the scarlett but nothing changed :confused:

I dont even know why i record in mono … the sound comes just one ear on the headphone

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You might not be doing anything wrong. Tracks are often just recorded at different volumes and even a subtle difference will throw off the balance of backing track vs guitar.

It’s like when you try to do a random playlist of all of your favourite music which sounds great in theory until you listen and it varies from track to track whether you’re being deafened or not!

I like to sit away from my amp, making use of a wireless adapter for my guitar but then I have to use an additional Bluetooth device to control my amp from across the room. It’s all such a faff and I haven’t even tried to record electric guitar yet :roll_eyes:

Enjoy your soup :blush:

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Day 194 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up , did the pinky exercise and the hammers on exercice

Played on Yousician for 64 minutes
38 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Lost on you level 5 / work on rythm / first part on 7 / Full speed
Im not used to something so fast

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

Played Losing my religion by REM level 4

Challenge of the week , The Beatles week :
Yesterday basic melody level 4

Played Still got the blues for you by Gary Moore , simplified cow boy chords / Dm C G F E Am Em D / level 4

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10 in 8th notes

Practiced La Bamba at 122 Bpm
My index is muting the high e string when I change from C to the F cheat so Im working on my hand placement to avoid that issue

Today I went to my first guitar lesson with a teacher
He’s brit so its perfect !!!
I showed him what I learned so far here on JG , showed him my exercices for my warm up routine
He told me that it was great and to keep it up but just to try to place my fingers nearer the strings
easier said than done !
I showed him that I know the C major scale
I ask him to show me the hammers on and pulls off , I defenitely need to work on that !
he told me that I need to lower my thumb behind the neck to make a hammer on on the high E string with my pinky and same with the spider exercice , to reach the Low E string I need to lower more my thumb
he made me work on the A minor pentatonic scale , told me to learn it and to play it and to relax
He made me improvise with the A minor scale while he was playing a melody
thats so hard :rofl: :sweat_smile:

He’s ok to help me learn and practice what’s on JG , I like it cause If im doing something wrong he can correct me but I also told hul that I can learn whatever he has in mind

there s also a melody on YS that I d like him to help me play cause I struggle with it

and in the afternoon , I did this recording of Losing my religion by REM :

My yousician activity for last week :

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Pretty solid Deborah, doing well. Audio is fine for these examples don’t worry too much about vids, :wink:

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thanks toby :slight_smile:
I worked a lot on this song

I didnt think about doing a video :rofl:
Maybe Ill try to check garageband on a day off and compare it to obs

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Day 195 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise

Played on Yousician for 49 minutes
38 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Lost on you level 5 / work on rythm / first part on 7 / Full speed
I stop here with this one
Too fast and I dont recognise the song with this strumming pattern …
Instead I played a simplified version of Purple rain level 3 , way easier , too bad its not the whole song but just a tiny part

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

New challenge of the week : a song called The yellow rose of Texas / cow boy chords C F G Am
Got gold on all parts

Played Still got the blues for you by Gary Moore , simplified cow boy chords / Dm C G F E Am Em D / level 4

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10 in 8th notes

Played Edge of seventeen by Steevie Nicks module 5

Practiced La Bamba at 122 Bpm

Guitar teacher :

Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
I improvised on the A minor pentatonic scale with a backing track for 5 minutes

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Day 196 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise

Played on Yousician for 41 minutes
38 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Lost on you level 5 / work on rythm / first part on 7 / Full speed
I persevere … i hate not being able to do something … but I still fail :sweat_smile: :rofl:

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

New challenge of the week : a song called The yellow rose of Texas / cow boy chords C F G Am

Played Still got the blues for you by Gary Moore , simplified cow boy chords / Dm C G F E Am Em D / level 4
I played it several times without mistakes , I can remove it

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10 in 8th notes

Played Edge of seventeen by Steevie Nicks module 5

Practiced La Bamba at 122 Bpm

Guitar teacher :

Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
I improvised on the A minor pentatonic scale with a backing track for 9 minutes

My yousician subsciption ends at the end of november
I will probably not renew it
So far it helped me a lot to practice what I ve learned here
I ve been able to play on many many songs
But the path between JG and and YS differs now so I dont think that it will help me as much next year
Legato is in grade 6 here … no wonder that I struggle so much on YS …

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It’s good to reflect like that. If after a month or two you decide that you miss something that YS gave you then you can pick it up again.

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I will miss the melodies ; its very fun to play and is a great exercice for fingers independency but it would be too expensive to pay for just that feature

I know another website that maybe can be interesting to add to my JG journey
Thats the one I used to start learning guitar last year . I stopped because it was too expensive for me at the time … and I was also too busy

the gap between level 4 and 5 on YS is not a gap … Its the grand canyon !

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Day 197 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise

Played on Yousician for 58 minutes
39 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Played Everybody hurts by REM level 4

Challenge of the week : a song called The yellow rose of Texas / cow boy chords C F G Am

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination
Gold it at last !!!

I tried several songs ( 6 ) level 4 to find something new to work on
I golt gold on all of them except 1 , a song called Humble and kind by Tim McGraw
I will work on that one , its a strumming exercice , faster than what Im used to

I had fun playing a simplified version of Zombie By the Cranberries :slight_smile:
I also had fun playing a simplified version of lean on me so maybe I ll play them again too

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR module 10 in 8th notes

Practiced La Bamba at 137 Bpm

Guitar teacher :

Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
I improvised on the A minor pentatonic scale with a backing track for 10 minutes

When To Move On?

You’ll know you’re ready to move on to [Module 11] when …

  • You have memorized the Weak Finger G chord. DONE
  • You have memorized the mini A barre chord. … will see it with my guitar teacher
  • You’re able to play the C major scale using alternate picking, keeping your rhythm consistent. DONE
  • You’ve learned at least one song using the Weak Finger G chord. DONE
  • You had some fun with La Bamba! :slight_smile: ALMOST DONE
  • Optional but useful: You’re able to use the Push strumming pattern in a song ALMOST DONE WITH LA BAMBA SONG ON THE APP

I think I know why Lost on you level 5 seems so hard
there’s a lesson on strumming called strumming challenge at this level
since I ve not learned it yet , that might explain everything but since I will not renew YS I will probably not do this lesson
thats why I m searching for songs level 4 until my subscription ends

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Day 198 :

Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise

Played on Yousician for 40 minutes
39 weeks streak

I play standing up with the backing track :

Challenge of the week : a song called The yellow rose of Texas / cow boy chords C F G Am

Practiced on a song for the lesson on Legato lead / legato coordination

Played Humble and kind by Tim McGraw / level 4 / Strumming exercice

Played Zombie By the Cranberries / level 4 / Strumming exercice

Played Lean on me by Bill withers / level 4 / Cow boy chords C F Em G

I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :

none

grade 2 in JG :

module 10

Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer
Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3

module 11
Watched the videos : Chord Freedom and Beginner Sus Chords and practiced them a bit

Songs on the Musopia app :

Practiced La Bamba at 137 Bpm

I had a look at the songs for module 11

Guitar teacher :

Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
I improvised on the A minor pentatonic scale with a backing track for 10 minutes

Working on the sus chords ==> weeks of practice ahead !

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I so admire your dedication, Deborah, and your commitment to regular updates. Keep the streak!

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thanks a lot :slight_smile:

Im pretty sure that many members in the community do the same , they just dont write about it everyday :sweat_smile:

But Im glad that I did not quit like last year , I thought that the summer heat would make me stop and that I would maybe not find to will to come back

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In my experience over the years, many just wing it ! Your focused and meticulous recording of practice, hopefully is a reminder to folks of what they should be doing in respect of there own approach.

As Mr P says

:sunglasses:

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