Hey all, I managed to find a recording of myself from about 6 months ago, not long after I bought my Schecter attempting to play Blitzkrieg Bop.
Its a shame I don't have a back track for this as I am sure I would be able to play this without any issues now.
For the time being though I need to concentrate on my Grade 3 material to improve my playing techniques.
Aside from grade 3 material I am also learning the follow songs.
Ironman by Black Sabbath.
I have most of this song pretty much figured out however I do need to practise this a lot more to the track as I do not know this song as well as I should and occasionally get lost when playing it. I also need to learn either learn the original solo or come up with my own.
Paranoind by Black Sabbath
Pretty much nailed this, a little more practise would be good and as above i need a solo for it.
Working Class Hero - John Lennon
Very much a work in progress. I love this song and wanted to learn something a little less heavy that I could one day play at a party or whatever. I kind of have the strumming pattern but it needs a LOT of work.
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
I am just learning how to play this by picking the chords as apposed to strumming. Lots of work to do here.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Monday, 28 September 2015
9 Months???
Wow! Nine months since my last post, please accept my apologies for not keeping my progress up to date. I suppose one saving grace of leaving it so long between posts is that the blog is not filled with lots of pointless posts.
I remember in one of my previous posts stating that i was going to get a Chapman ML1. As you can see I changed my mind and went all in for a Schecter Omen Extreme 6 with a floyd rose special tremalo system. This guitar is seriously amazing compared to my old guitar. Its such a joy to play and though it a lacks a little versatility it more than redeems itself when playing heavier material which is my preference.
I find this guitar much easier to play, the neck feels comfortable and there is plenty of space between the frets for even my clumsy fingers.
Progress - Old Bones Blues
I have been working to this piece on and off for a while now. I made this video yesterday to help me document my learning. Yesterday was the first time I had actually played this piece in a long time and taking this video took more attempts than i care to remember lol.
Though there is much to be improved upon I am pretty pleased with the outcome of this.
The piece is a blues song called "Old Bones Blues" and is/was used for grade 3 guitar exams.
Progress - Fallout
My second grade 3 piece that I am learning is a heavy rock composition called Fallout. I am loving this song and finding it challenging. As you can see from the video I have a great deal of work to do on this, I have yet to learn the second half of the song which is very much evident from the video and I have some timing issues to overcome but hopefully in a few weeks time I will have mastered this piece.
New Guitar!
I remember in one of my previous posts stating that i was going to get a Chapman ML1. As you can see I changed my mind and went all in for a Schecter Omen Extreme 6 with a floyd rose special tremalo system. This guitar is seriously amazing compared to my old guitar. Its such a joy to play and though it a lacks a little versatility it more than redeems itself when playing heavier material which is my preference.I find this guitar much easier to play, the neck feels comfortable and there is plenty of space between the frets for even my clumsy fingers.
Progress - Old Bones Blues
I have been working to this piece on and off for a while now. I made this video yesterday to help me document my learning. Yesterday was the first time I had actually played this piece in a long time and taking this video took more attempts than i care to remember lol.
Though there is much to be improved upon I am pretty pleased with the outcome of this.
The piece is a blues song called "Old Bones Blues" and is/was used for grade 3 guitar exams.
Progress - Fallout
My second grade 3 piece that I am learning is a heavy rock composition called Fallout. I am loving this song and finding it challenging. As you can see from the video I have a great deal of work to do on this, I have yet to learn the second half of the song which is very much evident from the video and I have some timing issues to overcome but hopefully in a few weeks time I will have mastered this piece.
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