In between PC crash courtesy of EDF, listened to the first couple of recordings. First snow of the year, high winds and bouncing electric supply !!
Some solid riffing going on in that first one, nice and consistent. Like the tracks well. In recording 2 the chord changes and rhythm was solid but I would suggest keeping your strumming hand moving to keep you in the groove. Nothing wrong with the timing but that stop start action could bring problems down the line. Apart from that all looking good.
yeah we had some snow here too but the rain came after and its already gone
yeah it was very pleasant to play , I love this kind of challenges
of course its easier to play with the play along app
Day 238 / 47 weeks streak :
Did the spider exercice as a warm up and did the pinky exercises
Yousician
New challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
another very pleasant challenge this week
The other challenge level 5 is too hard for me , I can t play metallica yet
Been working on the lesson path :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==> Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , played Black eyes and practiced Scarborough fair
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff
I thought I was nearly done with it , then my teacher told me to play it with my middle and index fingers , so now i gotta re learn it
The F barre chord : Practiced on the chord trainer , played Losing my religion ( full song )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 75% 80% speed
Songs on the Musopia app :
Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen
once with only beats 1 and 4 and once with 6 beats with a stronger 1 and 4 beat / Full speed
Had fun practising various christmas songs , I wanna learn as much songs as I can
( practice for A7 and D7 )
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
My teacher told me to download Musescore studio to work on Fingerstyle then he sent me this
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 80% 85% speed / practice for Bm 3 fingers
I start to have too many stuff to practice so I will split it
One day I ll do the spider and the next the scales
Same with fingerstyle and christmas songs , I ll alternate
Nobody said anything about my F barre chord so I guess it must be ok
Will be interesting to see how you get on with the fingerstyle playing. I started learning House of the Rising Sun fingerstyle some time ago but I parked it as I hit a plateau. I was thinking so much about what each of my hands were doing I kept forgetting the chord sequence! Maybe my fretting hand will be a bit more automatic now and it might go better if I try again
Oh my teacher sent me tabs and exercices for house of the rising sun Fingerstyle on Musicscore
do you want a screenshot ?
Its my point of view but I think that learning directly a song is too much , there are exercices to practice first
I don’t understand this lack of practice time in the modules
Appreciate the thought but I’ve already got it written out in a notebook… was just looking at it to see how familiar it was, there’s 3 patterns that repeat throughout the song, they’re just quite fast!
I agree with what you say about directly learning songs - unless they’re very simple songs then it’s not at all easy. While you’re learning the strumming and the chord changes, there’s the added complication of trying to stay in time which is often just a step too far
No idea , its free thats all I know
Ive never used Guitar pro
there’s a little play along so you can hear what you’re supposed to play and how it should sound , thats why my teacher thought it would be good for me ( since I use apps )
I found a site called soundslice (dot com) that you can upload guitar pro files to and play back via a web browser. You have to create an account, but just for playing back files, looping, changing tempo all seems to be within the free tier
I found soundslice because I signed up for a course on learning to play metal on guitar and as well as backing tracks they supply guitar pro files. The thing is I mostly use iPad rather than PC or Mac and the iPad Guitar Pro app looks to be terrible and largely abandoned by the developer (I’m not paying for an app that hasn’t had an update in 2+ years)
Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
Been working on the lesson path :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , played Black eyes and practiced Scarborough fair
Watched the lesson strumming and picking and did the workout
Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords
Ooooh christmas songs on YS , I had to try one … Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff
The F barre chord : Practiced on the chord trainer , played Losing my religion ( full song )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 80% 85% speed
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
Practiced arpeggios for fingerstyle
Worshops
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 70% 85% speed / practice for Bm 3 fingers
Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
Been working on the lesson path level 5 :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , played Black eyes ( => done ) and practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song caller Hammer song / part 1 ( its hard !!! )
Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords
practiced Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody / level 3
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff
The F barre chord : played Losing my religion ( full song )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 80% 85% speed
Songs on the Musopia app :
Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen
once with only beats 1 and 4 and once with 6 beats with a stronger 1 and 4 beat / Full speed
Had fun practising various christmas songs , I wanna learn as much songs as I can
( practice for A7 and D7 )
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
Worshops
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 70% 85% speed / practice for Bm 3 fingers
Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
Been working on the lesson path :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song / part 2
Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords
Practiced Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody / level 3
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers
The F barre chord : played Losing my religion ( full song level 4 )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 80% 85% speed
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
Practiced fingerstyle exercices
Worshops
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 70% 85% speed / practice for Bm 3 fingers
Karma police is a nightmare on YS because it does not recognize Bm with 3 fingers , I get reds where I shoudlnt and it drives me crazy !!!
I can’t read tabs … I have them but dont know how to use them so for the moment Im at a loss on this song
Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
Been working on the lesson path level 5 :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song / part 3
Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords
practiced Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody / level 3
Practiced power chords on the chord trainer
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff
The F barre chord : played Losing my religion ( full song )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 85% speed
Songs on the Musopia app :
Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen
once with only beats 1 and 4 and once with 6 beats with a stronger 1 and 4 beat / Full speed
Had fun practising various christmas songs
( practice for A7 and D7 )
Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Castles made of sands by Jimmy Hendrix / basic Riff / level 3
Been working on the lesson path :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song / part 4
Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords
Practiced Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody / level 3
Practiced power chords on the chord trainer
Practiced drills for fingerstyle
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers
The F barre chord : played Losing my religion ( full song level 4 )
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 85% speed
Songs on the Musopia app :
Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
Practiced power chords
Practiced fingerstyle exercices
Worshops
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 70% speed / practice for Bm barre chord
Im weak …
I know I said I wouldnt but … I took another year subscription to Yousician
I have so much fun using it , Im never bored
I can practice my JG exercices over and over cause I know that Ill always have some new fun stuff on YS to entertain me
I used the black friday to pay only half the price
Still cleaning my house at the moment , started playing late so a shorter practice today
Day 244 / 48 weeks streak :
Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Yousician
New challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5 part 1
Been working on the lesson path level 5 :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song / part 4 and full song
very hard
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Livewire
Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords
practiced Driving home for christmas by Chris Rea / Basic melody / level 3 ==> Done
Practiced power chords on the chord trainer
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 85% - 90 % speed
Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
I played the scales with my friend the metronome , I can play them both at 150 bpm so now I will try a new exercice and move on to 2 notes per click starting at 75 bpm
Following this video :
Im also starting to learn the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale
Yousician
Challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5 part 2
Been working on the lesson path :
Strumming challenge ==> shuffle rythms / played 1 song called Bard’s rock ==> DONE
Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Hammer song / part 4 GOLD
playing the whole song is another story …
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire part 1
Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords
Practiced power chords on the chord trainer
Practiced drills for fingerstyle ( Am / C )
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Been watching videos in the technique section
Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers
The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords
The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 90% speed
Songs on the Musopia app :
Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 68 bpm then tried at 80 bpm
Guitar teacher :
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
Practiced power chords
Practiced fingerstyle exercices
Worshops
Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 70% speed / practice for Bm barre chord
Im not like Bono since I finally found what I was looking for
( since I use apps )
