Get back to guitaring basics

steevc (73) in guitar • 7 years ago (edited)

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dreamrafa (66) · 7 years ago

Nice to see you are looking into expanding your playing, you are right, there are a lot of options out there, some are free and some are at a fair price... I personally like the stuff you can find at Jamtrackcentral, they are suited for all levels and all styles, very oriented to make use of the stuff rather than boring exercises... Also Troy Grady have a very interesting scientific approach to guitar technique that could be useful, he got a lot of free sample stuff on youtube, check it out!

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

I watched the Troy Grady stuff a while back. He goes into insane detail about picking. I don't aspire to be a shredder, so pure speed is not really an issue.

I've got another song to work on with a friend. It's just for fun.

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hammaraxx (56) · 7 years ago

I know the feeling.

When you find your playing to be "Stuck in a rut", it's time to play something new and different. Time to explore some styles you haven't explored yet.

If you haven't looked into guitar theory yet, that can help too. The Scales actually aren't that hard to understand but are often made to appear complex by many teachers.

Over the years, I've seen plenty of online lessons by guitar teachers and out of all that I've seen so far, I think I found the best there is.
Guitar Mastery Method.
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/user/guitarmasterymethod

I've been taking lessons from Charlie Wallace (I call him "The Crossroads") for over a year now as a paid "VIP Member" and it has been well worth it. His ability to teach seemingly complex things in a simple way is awesome.

I hadn't spent much time on theory, but after going through Charlie's 10 week "Master The Fretboard" Course the guitar has opened up and I really get what I'm doing now.

He also has a pretty cool Kiwi accent and a great sense of humour.

Here is one of his free lessons that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=l9oDN-n1uFQ&t=352s

You may also like to check out his free 3 part video series:

How To Simplify Guitar Scales Down To 5 Easy To Remember Patterns That Link Up The Entire Guitar Fretboard
https://www.guitarmasterymethod.com/lp/free-lessons
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steevc (73) · 7 years ago

Well I was tempted and joined his 101 course. What I don't like about some of these on-line courses is all the marketing and he fails at this too by trying to get you to sign up for more before you've even started. I know you can get your money back, but it just looks greedy as they know a lot of people won't get around to asking for a refund. I'll try this first course and see how it goes. It at least gives me a fixed thing to concentrate on for now.

hammaraxx (56) · 7 years ago

Check out his free stuff first and see how you like his teaching style.
I paid for his Guitar 101 course and ended up paying to be a VIP member to join in on the live lessons too. His best course by far is the 10 week Master the Fretboard course which is all in 101, but hand fed to you over 10 weeks which forces you to get all the information in the right order.
I highly doubt that you'd want a refund, like I said before, I've checked out a few online teachers, and I think Charlie is the best there is.

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

Cheers. I'd added him to my subs

hammaraxx (56) · 7 years ago

BTW: My very first post on Steemit was about Charlie's lessons.
He was running a competition at the time giving away effects pedals and lessons.
steemit.com/guitar/@hammaraxx/my-guitar-teacher-is-giving-away-effects-pedals-and-12-months-of-lessons-worth-usd1-793-95

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outoftune (66) · 7 years ago

Steve Vai has talked about his vibrato before being a hybrid of classical vibrato (nylon strings and fretless instruments) and the more extreme vibrato. Circular only really benefits chords and otherwise is just something he decided to do.
If you want to get better/sound better you will first have to discover what you are doing badly - critiquing your improvisation or having someone else do it is a huge thing because after a minute or so it's likely all the bad stuff starts coming out haha (in my case anyway). Posting videos on Steemit has both motivated and mortified me, I mean - I can barely play the songs I have written and recorded because I have never practiced them for performance... it was scary to actually understand that I'm not that good overall but it was also an important lesson that has cemented in my mind the importance of schedule and organisation when it comes to practice. You can watch all the videos in the world but the reality is as a guitar player you have to choose a path and stick to it if you want to achieve excellence - Vai/Satch et al are only as good as they are because they embraced certain aspects of playing and rolled with it. They haven't really done anything new in the last 30 years in terms of technique (said extremely loosely and only to highlight a point) - how can we as occasional players be perfect across all the styles/techniques when only a few extremely dedicated people even approach that level (Guthrie etc). Be happy with your technique - weed out the bad things you do or focu on them to improve the way you do them, study phrasing by playing the melody lines to songs (I have been working on Arms of the Angel, simple notes but a whole world of inflection and dynamics) and most importantly understand that you is what you is and that's perfectly fine (TLDR: Embrace your idiosyncrasies)

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

I don't expect to be good at everything, but I can improve. It's fun anyway

outoftune (66) · 7 years ago

Too right @steevc, it's an epic journey.

paolobeneforti (70) · 7 years ago

that's very interesting. I would improve my playing too, but I think it will always stay behind in the ranking of my priorities ^^

stav (59) · 7 years ago

As you know I've tried all kinds to thing. I always seem to end up using Justin Guitar's resources as they match my beginner level. I find his lessons and books very simple to follow.

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

I just bought a course by a guy suggested in the comments here. Will report on how it goes

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brettpickett (60) · 7 years ago

Hey Steve ... I've been gone for a long time, but now I'm back ... looks like you are basically running the place now ;) Good job great post... talk to you soon!!!!

steevc (73) · 7 years ago

Good to have you back. Keep on rocking

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sustainancy (57) · 7 years ago

A few years ago I also had guitar lessons. A great instrument, you can play nice songs fairly quickly and if you can sing a bit the campfire idea is complete. Great idee to start again! I'm going to cut my nails again and "call heads" on my fingertips.

ziet (25) · 7 years ago

Dude hell yeah, Steve Vai is a legend.

salmanbukhari54 (66) · 7 years ago

Wow! My cousin loves to play guitar and he always asks for a good teacher of guitar. I think you have solved my problem i will show him your blog and the videos for sure. Thanks @steevc for sharing this blog of music theory. I will help out to many as well

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steevc (73) · 7 years ago

A teacher is still useful at times when you need someone to watch what you are doing so you don't get bad habits. It's also great to have someone to play with.

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salmanbukhari54 (66) · 7 years ago

Agreed upon this very point. By the way i am a School Teacher by profession and i am fond of music as well it is considered as the food of soul.

hammaraxx (56) · 7 years ago

"To teach is to learn twice" ~ Joseph Joubert

theactiveglutton (52) · 7 years ago

Learning guitar has been a failed resolution for two years now. This makes me want to try again!

pronab36 (43) · 7 years ago

amazing music theory

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pariza (50) · 7 years ago

I have watched the video. Dynamic! Master of guitar I think. Really amazing you play the guitar. Thanks for sharing such a good post

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jawad09 (65) · 7 years ago

It seems guitar is your passion. So if you get a chance then you must go for it and should enjoy your life in its way. steemit is here and you can touch occasionally. All is well @steevc.

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jerge (60) · 7 years ago

Guitar lessoning very hard task if one can try to learn it normal way, like A B C D down cord or high! thanks for sharing.. if you learn & teach us... we will be glad! @steevc

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