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Hi Msjarlington,
Nice job, good timing, solid.
BTW,
I copy the address in the top bar at you tube and put it in this
and you get this
Msjarlingtons Imitation Duet
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01-22-2012 05:08 PM
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Thanks, fep. I was wondering how you did that on this site. Unfortunately, embedded YouTube videos don't show up on the old iPad. Something about Flash (thanks Apple!). What makes it worse is no "alt" URL link shows so I have to jump on the PC to see anything. Anyhoo, thanks for the tip. Looking forward to another week of Leavitt.
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P14, Imitation Duet 130 bpm
I'm w/Msjarlington, when Leavitt says, "...do not attempt to completely perfect any one lesson before going on."
I'm already seeing improvement in accuracy and speed when going back over the beginning lessons.
Very challenging, but very satisfying. I think I'm addicted!
I'm trying a new server since my previous posts seem to have vaporized.
Hope this works.
p14, Imitation Duet 130 bpm.mp3
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Originally Posted by oldhead
That was very enjoyable to listen too.
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Originally Posted by fep
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Originally Posted by Marty W
I'm coming up behind picking up all these gems I can.Last edited by Will Glen; 02-10-2012 at 05:06 PM.
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Originally Posted by Will Glen
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I've been working on new exercises in the morning and then doing my review in the afternoon or evening for MM1. I can definitely tell that the previous material becomes easier upon review and I improve on this material after practicing new stuff.
Always room for improvement that's for sure and I like Leavitt's counsel to review, review, review and not stay put until the piece is "perfected". This was very helpful advice. Having a recording of past material helps to review I've found and listen for ways to improve.
I'm really enjoying playing Low E, F, G, A, B & C. I have always neglected these notes in previous attempts to read.
Exercise 9 page 12.mp3 - File Shared from Box - Free Online File Storage
Exercise 10 page 13.mp3 - File Shared from Box - Free Online File Storage
Imitation Duet page 14.mp3 - File Shared from Box - Free Online File Storage
As a side note, I picked up David Oake's Music Reading for Guitar the other day off Amazon and he discusses three methods to Developing Eye Movement, a concept that was new to me and I've found helpful.
Reading Down and Up the Page: You start at the first measure, read down to the second line/first measure/third line first measure until you reach the bottom....then you start from the bottom of the last line/second measure and read up etc...
Readings Backwards and Up the Page: Here you start at the end of the song and play it backwards.
Reading in Boxes: Number the measures randomly and it causes you to follow a random pattern, forcing you to recognize the notes and forcing you to think about looking ahead.
I'm just starting to do this with review material in hopes it will improve my sight reading and offset the innate problem of memorizing, rather than reading.
Take care everyone and have a good one,
Will
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Will, sounding good. You're off and running. I agree about the review process. Constant review and practice makes accuracy and speed better. It's very satisfying to go back and play something pretty much effortlessly that seemed very hard when you first tried it; it's very reinforcing mentally, at least it is for me.
FTP
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Originally Posted by Will Glen
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Hi Will, good to see you're making progress! The recordings sound good. I also have the Oakes book, and I have to confess I skipped the bit about reading backward and upside down. Glad you found it helpful. There is certainly a skill to tracking your eyes a little ahead of your playing, including down to the start of the next line, and skipping for the repeats, etc.
If you need to read, rather than memorize, then reading *lots* is your friend, and the Oakes book is good. You can take the start (5th) and play it in open position for extra practice.
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Originally Posted by oldhead
Looking forward in the book can be daunting. There has been many evenings I've sat at my desk looking ahead in the book and I tell myself there is no way I will be able to play all those notes sight reading alone. I keep telling myself that if I can just stick with it, that God willing it will happen.
Originally Posted by Marty W
Originally Posted by ten left thumbs
Have a great one everybody and keep plugging away.
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Good work all around. I'd like to jump in here and note a couple of details from my lessons with Leavitt. First, he was very complimentary to me when he saw that I kept my left hand thumb behind the neck, generally in the middle of the back of the neck. That was because of my classical guitar lessons, but he pointed out that keeping the thumb back will enable the player to stretch further and to utilize the fingertips more efficiently, so that's something to think about. Also, from my own experience, when you do look at the fingerboard, try to train yourself to look not at where you are, but at where you're going. This will be especially helpful as you start playing in higher positions and using position shifts: put your eyes on the goal, In fact, you can experiment a bit by just choosing two notes, say a G on the first string 3rd fret, and a D on the 10th fret; play the G with your third finger, and jump to the D with your first finger. If you look at the D before making the jump, your accuracy will be much higher. This also works in first position when you're skipping strings, etc.
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You know.. I really didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I am. I wish I had gone back to fill in the gaps years ago.
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hey guys, I'm digging up the depths! did anyone catch that dotted half note?
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exercise 10 from page 13
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Originally Posted by fingerstyler
KJ
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I played these slow, but any faster and I screw up the note-reading. Work ahead. (If my high E or B, or both, are are flat, it's cuz they're brand new and stretching, but I think it's close enough for Leavitt. Whatever that means.)
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
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Both sound pretty good.
How often/how long do you practice a day?
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Originally Posted by gxi1247
When I'm feeling good enough to play (I have a complicated little brain disease), I play just about all the time.
I'm sloppy in these vids because I'm obeying the DVD guy's dictum to use rest-strokes, and I don't quite have it down. Lots of string rattle, not tight with the metronome, etc. I hope to pull it all together as we go.
How about you? Practice a lot?
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Originally Posted by Kojo27
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These duets will be the end of me - trying to get all the notes in sync, and hardly getting ANY of them to line up. I tried the faster temp (120) and it's no harder or easier, so I'll go with it. Hope to get better at these things.
https://www.box.com/s/7f68yxd4kqvd2xem4ch6
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sounds pretty dang good to my ear
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Been having the little videos for a while but ended up putting off listening to them before upload to youtube and posting them here. Here they are for this lesson.
Excersise 9:
a couple of notes ended up not being played. Hope to have notes come out more evenly when reviewing. Slow tempo really reveal that don't they
Excersise 10:
Have to say on this one the notes don't seem to come out as fragile as normal. I do find it hard to be own judge on this though as I can Imagine it may sound pretty similar to previous exercises.Last edited by Langs; 02-09-2014 at 09:26 AM.
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Here are my audio files for this section. Warts and all. Hahahaha. I knew I could read the notes on the bottom ledger lines. It just took some time to get used to them. I had a bit of a hiccup in Exercise 10. Not sure what happened. Maybe I lost my place or I had a brain mishap. I powered through it.
Exercise 09 @ 100bpm
Exercise 10 @ 100bpm
Imitation Duet Guitar Part 1 @ 100bpm
Imitation Duet Guitar Part 2 @ 100bpm
Imitation Duet @ 100bpm
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