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*This post is a follow up of the thread: Does having lots of mercury affect creativity?
*After I made the mercury thread, my improvisation continued to trend in a downward spiral.
*One thing is for sure, I didn't want 2021 to be another bye year for improvisation.
*Then all of a sudden my mom said she is willing to support me financially for my next move.
*Then I grabbed my iphone and began searching for an improvisation teacher specifically for metal guitar.
*Long story short, I found the teacher and I will start as early as next week.
*I just like to share this story, because never in my life I had formal training or lessons for guitar improvisation.
*I am very positive that all the best soloists had a formal training of some sort with guitar improvisation.
*I.e. Kirk Hammett of Metallica took lessons with Joe Satriani and the rest was history
*i.e. Buckethead took lessons with Paul Gilbert and a bunch of other satellite lessons.
*While a large scope of great guitarists are self-taught, it's about time that I have conceded and realized that I needed some help and assistance. The way I learn things, I do need an assistance of a teacher.
*While building my ears is still the end goal for my improvisation. A fraction of work has been shaved down with formal training in improvisation.
*A good example of this was my confusion with music theory. There was a time and day, where I was highly confused with music theory, then one day I found that effective teacher. And today I know jazz theory inside and out. This shows that I am not a stubborn mule and that I can be corrected and I am highly teachable.
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02-23-2021 04:39 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS!! I found having a teacher will really kick your studies into high gear. I hope it's a good fit
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excellent dude
what a great mom you have
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Originally Posted by pingu
(like my typing this bull at this site instead of working on how to use inversions seamlessly).
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My takeaways on my first lesson:
*My brand new teacher went online right on time.
* Addressed holes in my playing technique.
* Taught me a brand new way to visualize the fretboard (getting rid of cliché CAGED shapes and boxed patterns) (mind blowing)
* Taught me 5 string sweeps on the first lesson (my other teacher never taught me 2 string arpeggios until a couple of years later)
* Taught me to build speed on the guitar like I'm building speed on the violin (not too much metronome) (mind blowing too)
* taught me a sequential pattern that's going to lead to improvisation.
* He's not as tech savvy as my other teacher from Rhode Island, but I am learning more from my brand new teacher than when I was under a different regime.
* The teacher's lesson is also at a reasonable rate and he lives in Manhattan.
* Technically, I still have to pay for the lesson on my credit card, because of the Canada - US thing. But my mom will pay me back afterwards.
* This means I have brand new material on the wood shed tomorrow.
Tell me what you people on this forum think of these development of events?
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sounds like a great teacher ....
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Sounds like a good fit. Mainly, he is aligned with your goals (shred, not Charlie Christian).
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sounds great, whos the teacher?
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Originally Posted by jazzgtrl4
Ibanez pm200?
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