Today I finally grabbed the guitar and played some things.
Practice time – 93 min
120 bpm
130 bpm
70 bpm
14 intervals
Another week has passed, wow. This week I kinda went through three modules (23-25). Well, Module 25 is not really a module, so two, actually 🙂
I have an experience in playing and singing at the same time, so Module 23 was not an issue for me and I basically just recorded one of the songs to show what I can do.
Module 24 was fun, but honestly I half-assed id, ’cause I’m not a big fan of the acoustic stuff and really want to get to the more interesting parts of the course. So I tried all the techniques and managed to apply them semi-decently to the melody Brandon recorded.
Next week – the fun stuff 😀
Day 141 – 55 min
Day 142 – 148 min
Day 143 – 85 min
Day 144 – 64 min
Day 145 – 15 min
Day 146 – 38 min
Day 147 – 40 min
Total – 7 h 25 min
Module 24 – Chords
Module 24 – Arpeggios
Module 24 – Palm muting
Module 24 – Muted strumming
Module 24 – Adding notes
Module 24 – Different voicings
Module 24 – Root connection – 120 bpm
Lazlo Bane – Superman
DREAMERS – Sweet Disaster
Set It Off – Catch Me If You Can
Intervals – 14 intervals – 130 of 140 – 92.86%
Today I repeated everything in order to finalize the week.
Practice time – 40 min
120 bpm
14 intervals
Today I played all the acompany-my-melody stuff and did some ear training.
Practice time – 38 min
120 bpm
14 intervals
Today I repeated all routines from yesterday and also managed to play Sweet Disaster and Catch Me If You Can over the original songs.
Practice time – 64 min
120 bpm
14 intervals
Today I started learning Sweet Disaster by DREAMERS and continued accompanying the melody. Also I set up a new record for ear training this time which I’m really glad of.
Practice time – 85 min
100 bpm
120 bpm
100 bpm
60 bpm
70 bpm
80 bpm
87 bpm
14 intervals
Today I started practicing melody accompanization and learnt the riff from Catch Me If You Can by Set It Off.
Practice time – 148 min
100 bpm
80 bpm
14 intervals
Hello there! Another week has passed. I finally finished Module 19 routines, which is great, and watched Modules 20-21. Whew, there’ll be a lot of scales next week ?
Anyway, briefly on all the goals for this week:
CAGED system shapes are MUCH more comfortable to play now, I’m switching all of them without any struggle. The only one that is not doing well is Gm7 shape as an open chord. But as I understood there’s nothing in the world that would force anyone to play this voicing instead of barre shape on the 3rd fret. So I’m not worried about it.
All of Me and Autumn Leaves were fun to play in the different keys. This time I’ve been playing them on the acoustic to add some challenge. And yep, these chords are quite easy for me to play now.
Kids solo was at the same time pretty decent and not great this week. At the very first day of the week I managed to play it not at 175 bpm but at 180 bpm as well pretty clean. But then I just couldn’t repeat that even once. So I decided to finally drop it and come up with something else instead. In the video there is a solo which I composed over the original chord progression. I’m note sure if all the notes are correct, but I think there are no dissonant ones. Correct me if I’m wrong ?
I’m excited to start practicing something new. These scales in 3rds or in 4 note pattern look pretty tricky to play, and I’m really looking forward to try playing them.
See you next week, guitar chefs!
Day 113 – 120 min
Day 114 – 80 min
Day 115 – 20 min
Day 116 – 52 min
Day 117 – 56 min
Day 118 – 59 min
Day 119 – 63 min
Total – 7 h 30 min
1234 on the 1-12 frets – 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 16th notes @ 90 bpm
CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm
All of Me in D – 120 bpm
Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm
Intervals – 3-10 intervals – 272 of 300 – 90.67%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Octave
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 170 bpm → 8th notes @ 180 bpm
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm
Today I repeated every routine from the previous day and have been working on the consistency of my Kids solo version in order to get closer to the recording day.
16th notes @ 90 bpm
16th notes @ 90 bpm
16th notes @ 90 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
120 bpm
70 bpm
9 intervals
118 bpm
1234 – 1-12 frets – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 8 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 3 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 6 min
Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm – 11 min
Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 2 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 4 min
Total – 63 min
I composed the new version of the Kids solo yesterday and tried to play all parts at once today. Also I repeated everything else.
16th notes @ 90 bpm
16th notes @ 90 bpm
16th notes @ 90 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
60 bpm
120 bpm
70 bpm
10 intervals
118 bpm
1234 – 1-12 frets – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes –7 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 3 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 3 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 5 min
Ear training – Intervals – 10 intervals – 10 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm – 10 min
Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 2 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 4 min
Total – 59 min