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This is me practicing EP161 (James Burton Style). I have been working on this lesson for about a month. By coincidence, this video marks exactly 2 years since I bought this Stratocaster and took up the guitar.
Several Active Melody comments helped me with this recording, which I think is an improvement. First, thanks to Steve (sunjamr) and Vojtech, who commented to Rich F in his August challenge that it is best to play the backing track straight out of the same amp along with the lead while practicing and recording. I agree with these guys. This helps me greatly with timing and rhythm and also makes the recording sound much better, I believe. Unfortunately, the Vox amp I was using didn’t have a port for connecting the mp3 rhythm track. Thanks again to Steve for recommending the Blackstar HT-5R tube amp, which does. I bought this amp, it arrived two days ago, and it is great. It sounds just as good or better than the Vox tube amp and is much more versatile, and also very simple to use like the Vox. Thanks also to Jeff Y who replied that he was using an I Rig HD mike in his August Challenge. I bought this mike, it arrived yesterday, and that’s what I’m using here. It plugs right into my iPhone 6 with no problem and is easy to use. It has a gain knob that allows you to adjust microphone recording volume easily and also about a 5’ cord so you can move it around somewhat. Finally, thanks to Wilfried who suggested I get a footrest. I tend to raise my right leg while playing (or cross my legs), which gets fatiguing. I bought an inexpensive foot rest, it arrived yesterday, and that’s also what I’m using here. Practicing with this footrest is much less taxing.
Thanks all,
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Larry you have come a long way in just two years of playing especially as we are no longer spring chickens! Did you play at all many years back or is this the first time of learning?.
Well done, your playing sounded one of your best sessions to date. You have made me think I must try this one a bit sooner than later. Its a very nice full sound which was already on my ‘todo’ list it needs some promotion.
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Hey Larry, that was really grenades!
Great you have kept up the pace and relaxed played.
You become incredibly fast. In the case of the (0:09 to 0:15 and 0:35 to 0:45), I have smiled and I been glad.
Just awesome, Larry!!!
How did you developed, therefor the small error (0:18 to 0:21) really are a little, no matter.
Chapeau!By the way, Your Strat is a feast for the eyes.
Wilfried
Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.
Wilfried
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Nice one there ! Congrats on the new equipment! I use a standard arm-less office style chair I prop my foot up on one of the legs. Probably the only way I could play. lol, and I used to stand, but, not gonna happen anymore..
Cheers!
Gene
Don't practice till you get it right, practice till you can't get it wrong.
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Thanks, all, for your kind words of encouragement. This is another great lesson for me, which I intend to keep practicing–to smooth out the licks and continue to work on timing. I think that there are a lot of essential, cool rock n roll licks in this piece. Brian has had a lot of fantastic lessons in the key of A (and E) lately, that are on my high priority list.
JohnStrat, I played (sort of) as a teenager and was in a garageband for a while but could never advance much on lead guitar. I couldn’t figure out how to play lead parts from records. Some of the songs I faked lead on back then were the standards like Louie, Louie, Johnny B. Good, the Last Time (yeah Maradonagol, you nailed that riff!), etc. I was obsessed with trying to play just that baseline riff from Crossroads, but could never figure it out, which drove me crazy. Then when the internet came out, I saw that the Crossroads riff was done around the open A cord at the second fret, not the barred A chord at the fifth fret (which I was trying to do in futility for years, and I think in fact may be impossible). So I bought the Strat thinking it would be fun to see once and for all if I could learn how to play some of the these songs. The first songs I tried to learn with internet assistance were the leads to Louie Louie, Johnny B. Goode, Purple Haze, and the Crossroads. Then shortly thereafter I joined Active Melody. When I did retake up the guitar in 2014 (after about a 25 year lapse), luckily I did remember how to do all the barre chords, which helped a lot.
Larry
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Hi Larry,
I missed this earlier and thanks for the heads up about the amp; also good recommendation coming from @Sunjamr Steve and I will check them out.
From reading your covering note; wow you really have mastered guitar in only 2 years. I always enjoy watching and hearing you play as you always attack the piece in your own style, as if you’ve been playing for years!
Thanks again and cheers Bri -
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