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Day 252 / 50 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale
Trying to name out loud the notes on the neck while playing the Am pentatonic scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Broken chords : practiced a song called Playing in the park part 4

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced drills for fingerstyle ( Am / C and G / EM ) and backward ( C / Am )

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

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 / 95% and full speed

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 80 bpm then tried at 91 bpm
the problematic part is : F / G / Am / F / G / E , you have to change chords faster there ( on the app )

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practice E major arpeggios
forward / backward and alternate fingering ( up and down )

Practiced fingerstyle exercices + ragtime

I ve been playing quite a lot last week

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I went to my guitar lesson this morning
My teacher taught me mostly music theory today
I already read about that stuff in the music theory part of the website but its good to dust it and to make sure I understood it correctly

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Day 253 / 50 weeks streak :

Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice

Yousician

Newchallenge of the week : The nut cracker by Tchaikovsky
2 songs level 2 and 3

Broken chords ==>
Started practicing a song called Playing in the park part 5

Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire ==> DONE

Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Sailing by Rod Steward

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95% and full 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

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Had fun practising various christmas songs ( 7 songs )
( practice for A7 and D7 )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practice E major arpeggios

And a little video of me playing Silent night ( with the app ) :

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Day 254 / 50 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale
Trying to name out loud the notes on the neck while playing the Am pentatonic scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week : The nut cracker by Tchaikovsky / Level 2

Practiced a song called Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Broken chords : practiced a song called Playing in the park
Worked on Knowledge : roots and groove : Scale Major

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced drills for fingerstyle forward ( Am / C and G / EM ) and backward ( C / Am )

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

Tried 2 versions of Halleluya by Leornard Cohen / level 4

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers

The F barre chord : Sailing by Rod Steward

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 80%

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 80 bpm then tried at 91 bpm
the problematic part is : F / G / Am / F / G / E , you have to change chords faster there ( on the app >

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practice E major arpeggios
forward / backward and alternate fingering ( up and down )

Practiced fingerstyle exercices + ragtime

And I did another Christmas song video : Away in a manger / christmas collection 1 on the justin guitar app

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I can’t believe you got Santa himself to play the guitar in these videos. He’s got really smooth chord work, actually. And such an animated moustache! :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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789

My mother said that Santa looks very grumpy :sweat_smile: :joy:
Maybe I should keep the moustache all year long , it has its charm :joy:

Yousician sent me my year in review
Ive been quite busy :slight_smile:
not too bad for a first year

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Day 255 / 51 weeks streak :

Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice

Yousician

Newchallenge of the week : The nut cracker by Tchaikovsky / Level 2

Broken chords ==>
Started practicing a song called Playing in the park

Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair

Practiced Halleluya by Leornard Cohen / level 4

Practiced Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Sailing by Rod Steward

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95% and full speed
No mistakes at 95% :partying_face:
There are 19 Bm barre chord in this song so Im happy !

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

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Had fun practising various christmas songs
( practice for A7 and D7 )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practice E major arpeggios forward and backward

And a video AGAIN !!!
I ve been working for a month on several christmas songs so Ill try to record them :slight_smile:
The first Noel with the Justin guitar / Musopia app

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@MacOneill Deborah, all three recordings sound good to me. The strumming is very consistent and precisely on beat. The chords are clear and the changes are smooth. Well done.

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Love the video, Well done from this bah humbug old git that doesn’t really do Noel !
Stick on moustache was a hoot ! Chapeau ! :+1: :cowboy_hat_face: :sunglasses:

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Eek more Xmas songs (shudder) but you are on a roll ! Bonne Noel !

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thanks a lot
all the practice is paying off
Im glad to be able to play christmas songs even if its easy beginners stuff :slight_smile:

Oh you’re a Scrooge then ?
I give you that The first noel for beginners is very boring …
the tricky part is to last througout the song cause its looooooong

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Day 256 / 51 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale
Trying to name out loud the notes on the neck while playing the Am pentatonic scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week : The nut cracker by Tchaikovsky / Level 2

Practiced a song called Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Broken chords : practiced a song called Playing in the park
Worked on Knowledge : roots and groove : Scale Major

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

Practiced Halleluya by Leornard Cohen / level 4

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Sailing by Rod Steward

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / full speed

Practice Folk fingerstyle patterns part 1 ( on the JG website )

FO-101-Pattern1

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 80 bpm then tried at 91 bpm

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practice E major arpeggios
forward / backward and alternate fingering ( up and down )

Practiced fingerstyle exercices + ragtime

Here is another christmas song ( really sorry @TheMadman_tobyjenner )
I turned down the volume on my amp but maybe a bit too much :sweat_smile:
I realised that I kind of look like Obelix with that moustache :dizzy_face:
its very " Gaulois "

Ding Dong merrily on high with the Justin guitar / Musopia app

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Deborah

Consistent timing, lovely sound. Well played.

I was also impressed by your singing behind the moustache. I could barely see your lips move! :smiley:

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797

maybe because its NOT me singing but the app :joy:

thanks a lot :slight_smile:

798

Its not what you do Asterix, its the way that you do it. Solid rhythm and clean chord changes all good stuff, you are building a solid foundation and that is all that matters !

799

:joy: :joy: :joy:

thanks a lot :slight_smile:

I ll celebrate my first year of playing next month , I m quite pleased on how far I ve got in just a year
Im glad to know that my chords are clean , that was really something I was aiming at

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Clean playing! Some snappy 1 beat changes in there and not a note missed :sunglasses:

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Day 257 / 51 weeks streak :

Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice

Yousician

Newchallenge of the week : The nut cracker by Tchaikovsky / Level 2

Broken chords ==>
Started practicing a song called Playing in the park

Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair ==> DONE

Practiced Halleluya by Leonard Cohen / level 4

Practiced Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Sailing by Rod Steward

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / full 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

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham at full speed ( practice for 3 fingers Bm )

Had fun practising various christmas songs
( practice for A7 and D7 )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practice E major arpeggios forward and backward

Joy to the world from the justin guitar christmas collection 1 in the Musopia app

thanks a lot !
I hope that one day Ill be able to play the blues as good as you
Hey @Enky08 can you record a christmas blues for the community christmas songs topic ?
It would be so great :smiley:

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Thank you I’m sure you will! Are you doing BLIM course?

Haha I can try, do you mean Run rudolph run by chuck berry or just make up a Xmas blues??

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oh dear no !
I started playing 11 months ago Im far from having the level for such a thing yet !
When Ill be ready it wont exist anymore ah ah

whatever you feel like doing would be fine
Chuck Berry has already been done by SDKissFan though
you wanted to create backing tracks , a christmas backing tracK maybe ?
Whatever you want will be perfect in fact :smiley:

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Hey I’ve only been playing 15/16 months. If you want to learn something just dive in and get stuck in!

I’m not sure what a Xmas backing track is but I might have a cover idea haha. Ill see what I can do!

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