Members rainvalorx Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 Had lessons today, just went over last weeks lesson then he introduced me to the C.A.G.E.D system. I'll practice another half hour tonight when my daughter goes to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 14, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 Had lessons today, just went over last weeks lesson then he introduced me to the C.A.G.E.D system. I'll practice another half hour tonight when my daughter goes to bed.Do oyou have a link for the CAGED system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rainvalorx Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 Do oyou have a link for the CAGED system? This is one I just found, seems to explain the concept pretty well. http://www.guitartools.co.uk/the_caged_method_of_learning_the_fretboard_-_lesson_by_lan_tran.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joecool1963 Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 wanted to learn something different...how about Sam Cookes WOnderful world... that was fun, and very much out of my usual style... clean amp model, neck pickup, tone knob rolled way back... now, where did I park daddy's T-Bird... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members funkymonk937 Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 1 hour, short riffs, originals... stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TESmith Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 Really a newbie, Started lessons last week, had second lesson tonight, Practice a minimum of 45 minute, most days 1-3 hours, so far 5 basic chords, doing fairly well (sometimes troubles getting a clean sounding c) But I am still slow in transactions from one chord to another. Working on Amazing grace, last week in chords, this week in lead, easy stuff but I am loving it, Also tonight got a simple intro to 12 bar blues, I can change up if I get tired of Amazing Grace. Now I have plenty to work on over this next week! But I can see progress, and maybe there is hope! Besides my lessons I kind of mess with justinguitar as well Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted March 14, 2008 Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 i generally get a good 2 hours of drunken jamming in a night, unless i go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 14, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 14, 2008 Really a newbie, Started lessons last week, had second lesson tonight, Practice a minimum of 45 minute, most days 1-3 hours, so far 5 basic chords, doing fairly well (sometimes troubles getting a clean sounding c) But I am still slow in transactions from one chord to another. Working on Amazing grace, last week in chords, this week in lead, easy stuff but I am loving it, Also tonight got a simple intro to 12 bar blues, I can change up if I get tired of Amazing Grace. Now I have plenty to work on over this next week! But I can see progress, and maybe there is hope! Besides my lessons I kind of mess with justinguitar as well Tim I usually substitute C+9 (or C2) for C unless I really have a reason to sound an open C. It looks like this: x32030 Much easier to transition to G with that one, unless you're using the alternate form of G (pinky on top). One other thing: this is a bit unconventional, but if you get used to barring simple two-finger chords like Em (022000) and A2 (002200) with one finger, a lot of things open up and transitions can go a lot quicker. Get into the practice early and you can do some pretty complicated chords a lot easier or more smoothly than more "conventional" players can. Ex. GM7 can be 354433 pretty easily if you learn how to cover the D and G string with only one finger. Now your pinky is free to pull off melodic runs or add a 9th or 11th. Once you get to barre chords, open chords take a back seat, so get them out of the way as quick as you can. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbviper4 Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 Spent an hour this morning learning new scales and practicing with the metronome. Amazing how quickly knowledge of the fretboard is coming with regular structured practice! I used to hit "wrong" notes all the time, and now it is rare. Keep it up everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rainvalorx Posted March 15, 2008 Members Share Posted March 15, 2008 My teacher told me I should pick one of my favorite solos and try to learn it, since so many solos have traditional licks that are used all the time, so last night I worked on learning the solo in Iron Maiden's Powerslave for about an hour. I'll get in about another hour today. I thought this thread was about to die out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 An hour on P&W stuff, a couple old hymns. I got a great tone blending my PRS piezo through the computer and the magnetics through the amp. Killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 My teacher told me I should pick one of my favorite solos and try to learn it, since so many solos have traditional licks that are used all the time, so last night I worked on learning the solo in Iron Maiden's Powerslave for about an hour. I'll get in about another hour today. I thought this thread was about to die out Heck no! I need this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I just finished playing for today about 5 hours worth in total A lot of it was messing around with backing tracks just trying to keep up/play along. Not sure if that counts as practice or merely aimless noodling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TESmith Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Checking back in Still going at it strong, My simple chords are starting to come better and mostly cleaner, still have not started to develope any speed between chord changes, That is still slow and akward. Simple song I know but Lead version of Amazing Grace is really comming along nicley, not perfect I still make mistakes BUT it sounds like a recognizable song! When I mess up I also make myself restart from the beginning and run all the way through, I figure repeat, repeat, repeat will get it through my thick skull and clumsy fingers. My simple 12 bar is comming as long as I go really slow it is clean and ok, but I need to get it faster, when ever I try and increase speed I mess up.....Oh well maybe practice will make perfect? Yesterday I was a little short on practice time, very hectic day but I am sticking to it, Hope to make up for it through the day today. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vanhalen64 Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Ive been at home for 2 days straight due to nasty snow outside and the midterm i was supposed to study for on monday . Instead i got a good 3 hours of Pearl Jam- Even Flow mixed with just blues improv. Today did that and then i just did 1 hour of Carry on my Wayward Son which was fun. Going to try ZZTop LaGrange tomorrow. Also the ive been putting off the Solo for UFO- Rock Bottom for a while. Should get to that by next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rainvalorx Posted March 17, 2008 Members Share Posted March 17, 2008 well its late, 12:39a.m., I just got in about an hour of learning the solo to "powerslave". Its really not that easy to learn, at least at the level I'm at, but its coming along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mrrikki Posted March 17, 2008 Members Share Posted March 17, 2008 Been keeping up my 30 mins a day most days, working on pentatonic scales and also been working on Puple Haze along with a song called "wishing Well" by Free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Der Induktionator Posted March 17, 2008 Members Share Posted March 17, 2008 I had my weekly lesson on Friday. My teacher's studio had no power. Kind of takes the "electric" out of "Electric guitar". We would have continued a bit with some more Joe Satriani, so instead revisited the 5 common forms of Major7, minor7, and dominant7 and the II/V/I. This week just in CM/Am to get it back in my head again. Once that gets more automatic then the goal is to be able to do that in G then D, A, E etc. right around the circle of fifths. A bit of brain work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2008 2 hours of recording backing tracks last night. 1 hour of practice for tonight today. I need to get another couple hours of practice in and a couple more backing tracks recorded before I go to bed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 17, 2008 Another hour of playing at church. That makes 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yesterday was a good day. 3 hours of playing, 1 with Vince Lewis. I'm attempting this arrangement right now, and it's killing me. Any of my Practice bruddahs wanna give me a little support?znDdLCWqXS8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbviper4 Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Finally back from a vicious cold that kept me away from the guitar for a couple of days...made up for it last night....30 minutes of straight up speed scale practice - focusing specifically on keeping my fretting fingers as close as possible to the strings...30 minutes of improvisation over backing tracks....60 minutes of learning new songs - Barracuda (harmonics), Layla (solo), writing something "original" and capturing it on PC....Felt good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 Four hours yesterday of laying down backing tracks. In four days my rhythm has grown leaps and bounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rainvalorx Posted March 20, 2008 Members Share Posted March 20, 2008 didn't practice at all on tuesday yesterday I got in about 45 minutes of going over lesson material, but mostly still learning the solo to powerslave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbviper4 Posted March 21, 2008 Members Share Posted March 21, 2008 Squeezed barely 20 minutes in today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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