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Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
UFO - Out In The Street. I can play ithe whole song at 90%, including the solo, so just work the speed up.
Michael Schenker - Armed and Ready. Again, just working the solo up to speed.
My band, Red For Dissent
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
Learning this at the moment. Not difficult for most of you on here, but that intro is a bit of a killer for a relative beginner like me
Initially my fingers were very erroneous and loads of mistakes with the right hand picking, but I've improved my control a lot here simply through repeated practice. I found some online stuff (Rob Chapman) but to be honest the stuff was almost useless, he'd show something then go off on one and twiddle/shred up somewhere else on the fretboard instead. So I stopped taking him seriously.
I found a local guitar teacher, for two reasons really. Firstly to just check that my phsical technique wasn't wrong, I didn't want to start off with bad habits. And secondly to give a bit of inspiration in what direction I should progress in. He identified a few "gaps" in my knowledge and with the oversight, and a bunch of reading around, I can fill these gaps. Also he was able to direct what I should be doing in practising, and offer a bunch of tips in other areas (like string bending, etc) and as part of the lessons he has a large amount of written material which explains things. So now I'm at the stage where I've learnt 3/5 patterns and understand the CAGED system, and also able to think more clearly/analyse chord shapes.
I've not been particularly interested in learning to copy how to play songs, or playing along with songs. Partly this is because of a frustration with the quality of guitar tab music - almost all of it has no rhythm on it; a lot of it has too little information on the structure of the song (they seem to expect you to listen to the record and suss out the rhythm and structure yourself) and also continuously tuning the guitar to match records is a PITA. But I've a few little tunes I like and occasionally visit on the guitar.
In addition I've found, and also found out how to construct my own, what I call "abstract" exercises such as 1-2-3-4 on each string as an almost chromatic scale/picking exercise; or sweep picking, or sounding 2 strings at a time etc etc and I'll spend a bit of time doing that too. If there's something I can't do I'll focus on it and practice over and over until its a non-issue. Other than that, I've just noodled around on the fretboard while watching telly, trying novel things out to make unusual sounds etc, just for fun.
Driving me up the soddin wall.
I'll get there... Grrrrr.
I'd say the standard is intermediate, a really good player could sight read a lot of this stuff but I'm not in that bracket (mainly for technical rather than reading reasons - I can read a lot of this stuff quickly enough but I need time to work out how I'm going to finger it, partly because I have some minor hand issues that prevent me from orthodox fingering).
The quality of the ideas is variable as you'd expect and stylistically it goes from bop to more modern concepts. There are some really nice ideas in there though, and the solos are fun to play.
Not totally sure exactly what I'm getting out of this. It's working on reading skills, forcing my ears into some unfamiliar territory and because the melodic ideas aren't guitaristic providing a fair challenge to my fingering technique (there are a lot of fourth intervals, which I'm sure is deliberate). In the long run hopefully it expands my vocabulary, not just for jazz.
If this sounds interesting to anyone else, you can google it and the pdf is available for free download. You can make a voluntary contribution if you feel inclined, Wise suggests $10, but there's no pressure.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
This is morning it was transcribing the violin parts from "You Wear It Well". There's loads of performances on YouTube. Rod likes to appear on stage with female violinists. They all play it differently, so it's really a case of making up something which sounds right on guitar.
It's ages since I did anything to further my guitar playing capabilities, so I feel a bit feeble compared with you lot.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.