I wasnt feeling good at all yesterday so I didnt play and stayed mostly in bed
looks like I have a sciatica in the left leg … but its too hot to go have an X ray at the moment
It doesnt bother me to play , the problem is I cant sit down …
summer practice of 2h :
day 392 ( 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 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 and ending riff ( practice for bends )
I went to my last guitar lesson of the year this morning
We lost time trying to fing my guitar cable … I forgot it in the room last week
I eventually found it ! ( I feared someone would have stole it )
we worked again on Il ya by J J goldman ( fingerstyle )
I showed him how I could play the Wonderful tonight riff
I learned it in fret 10
he was pleased that I could play it and then showed me how to play it in fret 12
now I need to relearn it
no more lessons with Marcus until september
its too hot to play today … so no more guitar for the day
day 393 ( weeks streak : 78 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : As long as you love me by the Backstreet boys / level 5 / cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale
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 )
Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro + verse / power chords
there’s a passage that I tried to transcribe in Wonderful tonight
no idea if Its correct
here is a video I recorded last month
I did not post it because there was some mistakes ( I let some strings ring when I did the barre chords and Im a bit slow on the last note )
but well … Its my current level so I will use it as a reminder of my level in May 2025
( sound is still muffled because of my tone knob )
so : The thrill is gone by BB King/ Yousician level 4
there”s room for improvement if this is my best performance
I see and hear so many mistakes
but I did work hard on this one , especially learning to palm mute
I worked on it with my teacher
I noticed in the video that my right shoulder is way too high so I lowered my strap today and it was much better when I played
I was happy today cause I noticed improvement when I played Before you accuse me ( chunka chunka rythm ) and Merry christmas baby
I start to get B7 under my fingers
day 395 ( weeks streak : 78 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : As long as you love me by the Backstreet boys / level 5 / cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale ans worked on my melody
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
Watched the video : Mindful Listening for Guitar Players
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 )
Learning Quand la musique est bonne by J J Goldman / intro + verse / power chords
I definitely HATE power chords
I have no pleasure playing this and all my neighborhood must be hearing me swear like a truck driver
its going to be really hot for the next 4 days , I dont know if Ill be able to play until thursday or friday
This reminds me, when I finally reached them and thought, “ok these are those chords to make the walls move” but they didn’t tell me anything at first and I was kind of disappointed…the only thing I felt, was pain in my wrist. But the fun came later on!
Why do you hate them?
if its easy power chords like in Everybody hurts its ok
but when you start to do movable power chords with a bit of speed , or just power chords with speed … the damn fingers do not keep the shape or fell too close to the fret ( so the sound buzz a bit )
the fret sizes change depending where you re on the neck so you have to widen or tighten the shape of the fingers ( E5 to B5 for example … it gets worse if you change string ) it makes it even harder to keep the shape
Take it slow and gradually work up to the song tempo. I remember playing songs at 50% tempo when first learning PCs just to get them sounding clean and the changes accurate. Baby steps and a slow build then you’ll soon be rocking !
Thats what I do for every song I learn
Power chords are just tougher , so its takes longer to learn the song and its frustrating
I didnt say I can t play them , I just notice that it is the technic with which I struggle the most
I have no fun at all playing power chords
Metal / hard rock music is really not for me ^^”
I never recorded a song with power chords , maybe I should
So I will maybe work again on Heaven by Brian Adams ( Yousician ) and record it
[quote="Helen0609, post:1199, topic:275569”]
You’ve come such a long way, those power chords won’t throw yo u off!
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they do … I know its not a path I will follow
some power chords in a song are ok , a whole song … NOOOOOOOOOO
summer practice of 2h :
day 396 ( weeks streak : 79 on YS )
did a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : As long as you love me by the Backstreet boys / level 5 / cowboy chords
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 80% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple cowboy chords )
I forgot to work on Somewhere …
Well I wasnt supposed to play today anyway
Well done, a good constant rhythm and song good soloing, I enjoyed the whole performance.
I have been trying to learn and play well the version of it on the Gibson app, played higher up the neck with slides on the chords and a riff between them, it’s tricky and I have yet to master it properly. The two solos are not too bad once you have got the staccato effect on the short notes.
Good and consistent rhythm and nice melody parts.
This reminds me, when I finally reached them and thought, “ok these are those chords to make the walls move” but they didn’t tell me anything at first and I was kind of disappointed…the only thing I felt, was pain in my wrist. But the fun came later on!
u off!
The two solos are not too bad once you have got the staccato effect on the short notes.