EP127 Challenge Response – Tremelow

[Tremelow]

While I didn’t have this lesson on my radar screen before it was deemed the Jan2016-challenge, I must say I enjoyed it an aweful lot. So bluesy, so many cool licks and huge fun to play. And as with the other challenges before, there was a lot I could learn about playing and about getting a lesson down within a set time frame.
I didn’t quite accomplish a flawless recording, but a deadline is a deadline and, well, I guess this simlpy is where my playing is. For sure I will revisit this lesson.

Hope you enjoy:

https://youtu.be/wUe3-j2Lv8I

[Brian]

Sounds great Tremelow – I always enjoy your submissions and love that SG 🙂 My only advice would be to slow things down a bit. If you did that same thing, but at a slower, more relaxed tempo, I think you’d find it coming together for you easier. Thanks for sharing – I love hearing the progress!

[charjo]

Hey Tremelow,
That was well done especially considering the ambitious tempo you played at. Try to slow it down and play with Brian’s video tab and or metronome. I am using a metronome for all lessons now and working on smoothness, then speed, then dynamics.
John

[Tremelow]

Hi Brian, hi John, thanks for your kind words and the advice. I will make the metronome a mandatory device for my practicing now. I had done that once, but didn’t continue. Thanks again!

[WBlues]

Hi Kevin, you have a very nice pace submitted. Super! I like it when the Chords and fingers at the game can pursue; of them I would like to always be learning. Thumbs up!

Wilfried

Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.

Wilfried

[Maradonagol]

@Tremelow

Very nice, congrats! Agree with the previous comments, you have it nailed if you slow down a bit….

All the best

Roberto

Roberto

[smilefred]

Hi trem
It’s a really twist finger lesson And in general (I’m not discovering hot water) it’s better to do slow things down a bit. Allow me to suggest you to play with metronome. It’s very usuful to improve your playing.
Keep it up
Ale

[Tremelow]

Hi trem
It’s a really twist finger lesson And in general (I’m not discovering hot water) it’s better to do slow things down a bit. Allow me to suggest you to play with metronome. It’s very usuful to improve your playing.
Keep it up
Ale

Thanks Ale! Against better knowledge, I didn’t use the metronome for this lesson. And apparently, it shows. Brian and John suggested the same thing and I see the point. I wanted to speed things up by not using it, but it probably works better the other way around. The metronome is in a visible place now and I will practice with it in earnest from now on.

[Debra]

Enjoyed your version very much! What guitar were you playing?
Cheers
Debra

[Tremelow]

Enjoyed your version very much! What guitar were you playing?
Cheers
Debra

Thanks Debra! The guitar is a Gibson SG Standard. I have it for 2 years now and I really like it.

[Bryce-AKguitar]

Hi Kevin!

Thanks for accepting the challenge. I agree with what Brian said. Slow down and you will nail it. The groove is really important. You can miss notes if you keep the groove and it will not seem like a big deal. You mess up the groove and everyone will notice.

Keep up the good work my friend. I hope the new job isn’t keeping you too busy for your tastes. 🙂

-Bryce
Anchorage, Alaska

[Tremelow]

Hi Kevin!

Thanks for accepting the challenge. I agree with what Brian said. Slow down and you will nail it. The groove is really important. You can miss notes if you keep the groove and it will not seem like a big deal. You mess up the groove and everyone will notice.

Keep up the good work my friend. I hope the new job isn’t keeping you too busy for your tastes.

Thanks Bryce! I guess, I will focus harder on my timing now. Perhaps I neglected that too much in the past. I am really thankful for the advice from you all. Another reason why it’s so good to tape oneself and post it here! In addition to a metronome, I think I will also utilize my DAW a bit more. You once made a video about practicing the licks from the Blues Lead Course and me thinketh that could help me, too.

Job is all fine 🙂 thanks for asking. It’s more demanding than my previous job, but that’s balanced out by the fun I’m having.

[sunjamr]

Yep, everyone’s giving you the same advice: Play it much slower. It looks to me like you have the finger work for the individual licks just fine, so all you need to do is fit them all together at a consistent tempo. I use a software drum machine for that purpose, since I find a metronome kind of boring. The software I use is called Drum Beats+ ($5 from the App Store) and I have it on my iPad, which I feed straight into my guitar amp’s mP3 input. I tried several kinds of drum software and chose this one because it’s the fastest and simplest to set up.

Sunjamr Steve

[Bryce-AKguitar]

I have the same app and use it too. Metronomes can get boring.

-Bryce
Anchorage, Alaska

[Scott M]

Hey Trem, all the pieces are there, a little more work on tempo and transitions and you nail it. Great effort!!

Scott

[bri-uklefty]

Hey Trem,

You got it posted which is the biggest challenge for me. The guitar playing just comes along and the feedback is great, just a matter of getting into timing discipline. I now use a traditional metronome to gauge the pendulum and helps me be ready for next or the new bar beat; just ignored it for a year because it made me work LOL…..it’s now part of all guitar practice!

We’ve all got loads of deleted efforts which go wrong; and you kept going through a shaky md section to come back with a great finish!

Cheers Bri

[Don D.]

That was cool! The other thing beside slowing down, on a piece like this where there’s some symmetry, let the phrases respond to each other, kind of like letting the rhythm of one being an echo of the one before.

Don D.

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