Mac's learning log

[GrumpyMac]

day 377 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up + spider

Yousician

Learning St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody. ==> DONE

Played Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody

Learning : Alabama sunrise / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% rythm 64 BMP )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Worked on my little melody

[GrumpyMac]

day 378 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up + spider

Yousician

Played Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody. ==> DONE

Learning : Alabama sunrise / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Watched the video : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% rythm 64 BMP )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Worked on my little melody

[GrumpyMac]

day 379 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up + spider

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords

Learning : Alabama sunrise / level 6 / melody

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% rythm 64 BMP )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Worked on my little melody

[GrumpyMac]

day 380 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up + spider

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords

Learning : Alabama sunrise / level 6 / melody

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% rythm 64 BMP )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Played I love this bar by Toby Keith

[GrumpyMac]

day 381 ( weeks streak : 76 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords

Learning : Alabama sunrise / level 6 / melody. ==> DONE

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Practiced phrasing by improvising using all technics with only 4 notes

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% rythm 64 BMP )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Played Dream baby by Roy Orbison ( surprisingly easy )

Played I love this bar by Toby Keith

I know the 5 shapes for the Am pentatonic scale and I try every evening to improvise a bit , trying to link the shapes , experimenting sounds !

I can play born under a bad sign but I keep practicing it to work my hand position and tension

I practice the slide technic on Yousician

Power chords are getting better but I still need practice , I tend to stop on the fret or near the fret too often , not smooth enough

I still do 1 or 2 mistakes when playing Before you accuse me with the app , just to annoy me

Getting better on Merry Christmas baby but D7 to C7 is still tough so need more practice

Finger gym is easy , I noticed that my pinky got stronger lately

I can play Everybody hurt at full speed but its not smooth enough for my ears

[GrumpyMac]

day 382 ( weeks streak : 76 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

[GrumpyMac]

I went to my guitar lesson this morning

Only 2 sessions left and the schol year is over !
The weather is getting hot and I hate it

Also my injections in the jaws have no more effect so the pain is back
I can feel it in my arms and hands ( and jaws ) when I play
its gonna be difficult to play in the next weeks , my appointment is at the end of july

So today we worked on a new riff : Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Its a good exercise for my hand position and for the pinky
I found this one way harder than Black dog but maybe it was because of the pain

We worked again on power chords , he gave me tips / exercices to improve my accuracy

I played the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale and he told me to try to play the notes of the 5 shapes string by string , its a way of linking them and to aim at the correct frets .

[GrumpyMac]

day 383 ( weeks streak : 76 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Paranoid riff by Black sabbath

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

[GrumpyMac]

day 384 ( weeks streak : 76 on YS )
did scales and a song as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : California dreaming / level 3 / Basic melody and chords and Hotel California / level 4 / intermediate melody and chords

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Played Apple tree / level 4 / riff / power chords ==> DONE

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced Paranoid riff by Black sabbath

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro / power chords

[GrumpyMac]

day 385 ( weeks streak : 76 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : California dreaming / level 3 / Basic melody and chords and Hotel California / level 4 / intermediate melody and chords

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro / power chords

I noticed that I can play a G7 to C7 without looking now , its becoming automatic
and I play Everybody hurts without looking too
still making some mistakes , but without looking at my fingers

[GrumpyMac]

No guitar today cause I feel really sick
pain and cluster headache

The heat tires me too much and I become an easy prey for pain crises … its only june

Instead of playing I went to the local music school ( after taking my medication of course )
to watch one of the end of year concert
lots of little kids were doing their first concert , they did their best

some students ( adults ) and teachers stayed after the show to drink a beer or two and chat , it was great !

the only shadow on the day was that Marcus was overwhelmed by the load of work and forgot a kid … the parents were furious and yelled like crazy !
But I dont understand why the parents did not react when it was announced that there were only 3 performances left before the end … they should have realised that something was wrong and ask a teacher .
The kid is supposed to play at another concert later this month , I hope he ll be able to play
the parents were so furious … I fear that they just stop bringing him to school

I told Marcus that I would gladly help him next time

[math07]

Yeah, that’s a cool activity

[GrumpyMac]

day 385 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : California dreaming / level 3 / Basic melody and chords and Hotel California / level 4 / intermediate melody and chords

Learning Freewheelin’ / level 6 / melody ==> DONE

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Played I want to break free by Queen / level 3 / simplified rythm ==> Done

Played Ghost riders in the sky by johnny Cash ( short ) / level 5 / simplified rythm ==> Done

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 60% + 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro + verse / power chords

[GrumpyMac]

day 386 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : California dreaming / level 3 / Basic melody and chords

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Learning Let down by radiohead / level 5 / simplified rythm

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro + verse / power chords

No guitar tomorrow

I practice more than I did one year ago , its 4 hours everyday now
Since summer is here and its hard for me to dwell with the heat , I will divide my practice in 2 and play only 2 hours a day
One day Ill practice part 1 and the following day , part 2

thats the best I can do

[GrumpyMac]

I went to my guitar lesson this morning

we worked on Il y a by Jean Jacques Goldman
a fingerstyle song that I love
I hope Ill be able one day to play it ^^

We talked a bit about power chords again and it looks like my guitar needs to see a luthier
It wasnt me playing badly
when I do a power chord the string buzz because the action is too low
Also my teacher do not flatten his finger to mute the lower strings , instead its a bit curved
I tried it and its a bit easier to play power chords
He explained to me why , how , and when using power chords that way ^^

summer practice of 2h :

day 387 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : California dreaming / level 3 / Basic melody and chords

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning I want to break free by Queen / level 5 / simplified rythm ( practice for B )

Learning Let down by radiohead / level 5 / simplified rythm ( practice for Fm )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

practiced finding the notes of the 5 shapes of the Am pentatonic scale on each strings one by one

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

Watched the video : Why the MAJOR PENTATONIC trick doesn’t work (and what to do instead)]

[GrumpyMac]

summer practice of 2h :

day 388 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Summer nights by Yousician / level 3 and 4 / cowboy chords and melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro + verse / power chords

Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton / riff ( practice for bends )

Easy riff , Im really happy being able to play it

Still doing some stupid mistakes on Before you accuse and everybody hurts , its driving me crazy

[GrumpyMac]

summer practice of 2h :

day 389 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Summer nights by Yousician / level 3 and 4 / cowboy chords and melody

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Learning I want to break free by Queen / level 5 / simplified rythm ( practice for B )

Played Wonderfull tonight by Clapton /level 8 / original intro melody ( practice for bends ). ==> DONE

Learning Let down by radiohead / level 5 / simplified rythm ( practice for Fm )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

Practiced Cocaine / power chords

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Happy Bluesman

Practiced Lick 1

Practiced Lick 2

Practiced Lick 3

Practiced Lick 4

There are plenty of stuff that I forgot to practice … completely forgot born under a bad sign
and How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

I think I will removeI want to break free … Its a too long project and I already got too many things on my practice list , maybe also radiohead !
I need to finish what I started first !

I can play the intro of wonderful tonight at full speed with bends

Overtime ( 30 mins ) :

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

[ConstanceClaire]

Four hours a day

Oh my god, that is so much practice. No wonder you’re progressing so quickly! I wish I had the focus for that…

Good luck with your fingerstyle song! I’m preferring fingerstyle, even though I’m still quite sloppy with my picking, it’s so much easier on my dodgy shoulder and satisfying when you get a riff down. Although probably very frustrating with fast riffs.

2hrs is still heaps of practice, you might find it helps you focus on the most important things to practice.

@GrumpyMac

I need to finish what I started first !

I also suffer from this

[GrumpyMac]

[quote="ConstanceClaire, post:1182, topic:275569”]
I wish I had the focus for that…
[/quote]

I dont work anymore so I have plenty of free time to practice

[quote="ConstanceClaire, post:1182, topic:275569”]
I’m still quite sloppy with my picking,
[/quote]

same thats why Im working hard on it
still making one or 2 mistakes when I play …

[quote="ConstanceClaire, post:1182, topic:275569”]
2hrs is still heaps of practice, you might find it helps you focus on the most important things to practice.
[/quote]

oh its the same practice schedule its just divided in 2
my biggest problem is I always want to add new stuff in it when I can’t
Im hitting a plateau where I know the songs but Im still making some mistakes so I cant say that I ve mastered them

summer practice of 2h :

day 390 ( weeks streak : 77 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Summer nights by Yousician / level 3 and 4 / cowboy chords and melody

Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody

Fingerstyle

Learning Everybody hurts by REM

Songs on the Musopia app

Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the app version : E / A / B7
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 70% + 80% rythm )

Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley

Various

Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton / riff ( practice for bends )

[GrumpyMac]

summer practice of 2h :

day 391 ( weeks streak : 78 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up

Yousician

Challenge of the week : Summer nights by Yousician / level 3 and 4 / cowboy chords and melody

Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody

Guitar teacher :

Practiced bends

Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale

Practiced Cocaine / power chords ==> Done Could be better but looking for perfection is absurd

JG songs

Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King

Module 15

Did the finger gym

Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales

Various

Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using bends ( simple version all downs 4 )