Today I tried adding some palm muting into the solo. It went quite well but needs some practice. Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll manage to make some decent attempts to finalize the week.
Also I beat my ear training record. Now it’s 138 of 140 intervals guessed right.
Practice time – 39 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
Today my friend and I finally released our MGMT – Kids cover. Also, I continued practicing Module 26 routines trying some different tones.
Practice time – 35 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
I really feel how pinch harmonics are becoming more natural for me to play. Hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be able to play the solo more consistently than ever.
Also I finalized my part of the cover me and my friend have been working on for a few months now. It will be released soon.
Practice time – 107 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
Well, that week had a lot of holidays and family stuff in it 🙂 So, unfortunately, I only had time to practice 4 of 7 days. Other 3 times I did only ear training. But anyway, let’s summarize what I’ve managed to do.
Still struggling with pinch harmonics. In order to get two takes which are in the video I had to record myself for 40 minutes straight. And these two attempts are not even perfect – just close to being perfect. So I’ll continue practicing this solo next week.
Playing that chord progression with the thumb was fun and almost not hard at all. Fun stuff, I’ll be playing it a few more days just ’cause it sounds pretty cool.
Fun fact – I haven’t heard the original Santa Monica Intro, just repeated what Brandon was playing in the video. So if it’s incorrect, my hands are clear 😀
Day 155 – 15 min
Day 156 – 15 min
Day 157 – 15 min
Day 158 – 60 min
Day 159 – 93 min
Day 160 – 46 min
Day 161 – 49 min
Total – 4 h 53 min
Module 26 – Pinch Harmonic Solo – 120 bpm
Module 26 – Chords Using Thumb – 130 bpm
Module 26 – Santa Monica Intro – 70 bpm
Intervals – 14 intervals – 136 of 140 – 97.14%
Today I’ve been playing and recording the solo for 40 minutes in order to get 1-2 semi-decent attempts. Not the best stuff, but still I think it sounds better.
Practice time – 49 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
Today I practiced everything again and got almost perfect attempt of ear interval training. I’m so close to it at this point 🙂
Practice time – 46 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
Today I finally grabbed the guitar and played some things.
Practice time – 93 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
Well, this week I’ve been only practicing pinch harmonic solo. It took me in total 4 hours and 32 minutes playing only it. Despite that I’m not tired of it or something. It sounds cool and it’s fun to play this solo. I’m not very good at pinch harmonics though…
I can play all the pinch harmonics that are there one at a time or even in row. But when picking normally it’s much harder to implement them correctly. So I’ll be working on it next week as well.
Also I set myself a new record in ear training – 132 of 140 intervals. I’m so close to the perfect result, but it will take a lot of time still to be able to guess the intervals right away without any hesitation. I’m patient about it and will slowly but surely get there.
Next week I want to implement other routines from the module to diversify my exercises.
Day 148 – 80 min
Day 149 – 35 min
Day 150 – 85 min
Day 151 – 60 min
Day 152 – 49 min
Day 153 – 43 min
Day 154 – 19 min
Total – 6 h 11 min
Module 26 – Pinch Harmonic Solo – 120 bpm
Intervals – 14 intervals – 132 of 140 – 94.29%
Today I tried playing the solo semi-decently, which is kinda what I managed to do. It’s far from the perfect performance still.
Practice time – 19 min
120 bpm
Still trying to manage playing all pinch harmonics consistently.
Practice time – 43 min
120 bpm
14 intervals
