Attempt at EP085 – Slow Groove

[RFY1760]

Learning this taught me that I need more licks! All of the improv is in pattern 1 and some connecting licks with pattern 2. Recording is also a great teacher. Listening to this was humbling!

https://soundcloud.com/rickyadon/slow-groove-demo

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[PoPicker]

nice playing. tight and clean!

[RFY1760]

Thanks… feedback is always good and welcomed!

[6stringer Pete]

Some fine emotional feel in your playing. Trying to figure out what guitar you are playing on. Your SC has a les paul picture, but…

thanks for posting

pete

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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[RFY1760]

Thanks for the comment and for listening….

I am playing an Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro. I have both pickups tapped to single coil and playing through one of the GargareBand amp models. They don’t use trademark names, but I think it is suppose to model a Fender amp. Gain was set low and some reverb.

Do you know of any exercises to work on my bends? After hearing the recording it is obvious I need to put more effort into that.

[6stringer Pete]

@RFY1760 wrote:

Thanks for the comment and for listening….

I am playing an Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro. I have both pickups tapped to single coil and playing through one of the GargareBand amp models. They don’t use trademark names, but I think it is suppose to model a Fender amp. Gain was set low and some reverb.

Do you know of any exercises to work on my bends? After hearing the recording it is obvious I need to put more effort into that.

Hi RFY
Maybe everyone has their own little exercises on how to get the tone from your fingertips on them bends. Don’t know, but I was shown a really good and smart, yet simple way to learn “bending techniques”.
I like to use my index, middle and pinky fingers for bending. I find myself mostly using my pinky if I’m at the 5th fret and bending at the 8th fret and so on down the fretboard. I like using the pinky, but I think it might be rare. LOL

Anyway I was taught placing the finger on the string in the desired fret position and then bending just a little at a time upward or downward, depending on the string. Using a metronome is helpful when doing this. I feel or was taught it gives you balance and a sense of timing in your playing exercises on bending. Also this exercise lets you hear the sound of the position of the bend when bending in the up or down position.
It’s an exercise that seems so simple, which after a while it is, but so helpful in so many ways. Keep in mind that total relaxation when bending will give you the strength after a while.

I read there are some muscle building toys out there for the fingers, but… for me, I just do fingertip (3 fingers or 2 ) type push ups to strengthen or to keep my fingers in shape. http://www.alkavadlo.com/2012/09/11/hand-and-finger-strength/ (this is not me) lol

And I’m in my early 60’s

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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[RFY1760]

Thanks for the advice. I play couple of harmony leads in my band, and this has been a struggle for me to get the right tone on the bends. Seems that the tempo, or my adrenaline, causes me to be too aggressive and I end up bending higher than I should.

I’ll give this a try during my personal practice sessions over the next few weeks.

RY

[6stringer Pete]

@RFY1760 wrote:

Thanks for the advice. I play couple of harmony leads in my band, and this has been a struggle for me to get the right tone on the bends. Seems that the tempo, or my adrenaline, causes me to be too aggressive and I end up bending higher than I should.

I’ll give this a try during my personal practice sessions over the next few weeks.

RY

Also although I didn’t mention it, but plucking an open string and hammering down over a fret and bending at the same time is also a bending exercise you might focus on. Usually you find yourself doing a quarter or a half note bend when doing this. Some notes will sound flat or even sharp, but usually these bends are played so fast because of the hammer ons, but sound so nice though.

The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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