-
I've had trouble with the minor 3rd progression. So now I've just closed the book and made myself play it from memory. Sometimes it goes just fine; other times, there's a snag. Today, there was a snag. But I'm so much better at this than I was just a few weeks ago that I am pleased overall.
The first one (#44) is an exercise Carol Kaye teaches, so I've played that one a lot.
-
06-17-2019 10:00 AM
-
Yeah, 45 is awkward... (and i didn't mean that as a political statement... )
That one's gonna take me awhile to figure out a decent approach to playing. (Though I'll have the nagging question of 'Why bother? It's so unmusical.' I suppose it's 'just cuz', not because it makes any musical sense. (Now, by contrast, going around the horn as in 44 makes good sense to me.)Last edited by jasaco; 06-17-2019 at 09:02 PM.
-
-
Here's 41 and 42 at 100 bpm. Sloppier than I'd like, but I've got to keep moving.
I had these left over. I'm going to try to record 43-45 before I go out of town.Last edited by matt.guitarteacher; 06-17-2019 at 03:26 PM.
-
I will try to post something this week as my baby is back in daycare.
Those "Coltrane" patterns are hard to get nice and legato (I mean connecting all the notes, not legato picking) because of all the interval jumps.
I'm working on getting these patterns working up the neck in a continuous fashion. I find that I can relate to the sounds and notes better if I take it "out of position". There's nothing wrong with positional playing, I just relate to the neck better in a "horizontal" manner.
-
Originally Posted by Irez87
Looking forward to it.
I started messing around with the new set last night. If I can get something suitable worked up, I'll probably do 44-47 all in one shot.
.
-
Originally Posted by matt.guitarteacher
1. You had a nice relaxed swing feel
2. You took the time to shape the dynamics of each line in each exercise. When I took that lesson with Larry Koonse, he said "Don't play all your notes the same. Play some louder, some softer. Swallow some notes. Pay attention to the arch of the line"
--> I think you are doing what Larry was talking about
-
Pattern 43 at 88 bpm
-
And here's mine for this week. I think this is the first on-time post in a long time.
Big tempo increase going into these 1235's. Fun stuff...
-
Originally Posted by FwLineberry
-
Here's a thought on Pattern #40 descending... I'm a weak piano player and have no problem playing that on piano.
On guitar it is very tough to play for the left hand.
Perhaps not part of the guitar vocabulary because of this.
-
Originally Posted by fep
The software is called Neck Diagrams. The latest version is pretty well done IMO, at least in Windows. There was a recent reddit post by a Mac user who thought it was a buggy, clunky POS.
Chord chart and fretboard diagram software for guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele and ANY fretted instrument | Neckdiagrams.com
.
-
44 and 45 140bpm
-
Originally Posted by fep
I think the real reason why we have so much trouble with these on all instruments, but ESPECIALLY on the guitar, is that most of the time these patterns flip when they change directions in books like this. Bert Ligon has a set of four of these patterns, and he doesn't flip them when changing directions. They made me so mad the first time I came across them, because of how bad I was at them. Seriously. Just couldn't handle it. (I always imagine stinking horn players even there's a hurdle like this. Gotta find a way.)
I finally figured out that the only way to quiet the judgmental voice in my head on these was to practice them in isolation , without the un-flipped version which I was SO much better at. At that point, it really just became one more thing which I couldn't play and needed to work on. I've got plenty of those.
I think if you just put these in the "extra credit" category for now and play the flipped-only versions a few times, each time you pick up the guitar, you'd come back to them in a week or so and notice less difference between them and the un-flipped ones.
They're actually really satisfying to play once you figure them out, but it's a steep learning curve in the mitochondrial level, somewhat like learning to play again. They have the tactile sensation of something akin to bumbling down the stairs as a kid, where you bump down one at a time. Anyway, they solve a lot of problems and cover a lot of ground, especially when you get to fourths patterns later.
-
Jerry Coker Pattern 38 & 39 140 bpm, Pattern 40 90 bpm
I've taken an approach to these that make more sense to my purposes. I'm playing them over my 5 forms (CAGED) and playing them as 2 octave exercises. So not all keys, all forms instead. That makes more sense for guitar, after all, all we have to do to change keys is slide the same fingering around the neck. No real practice benefit in that, imo.
I didn't show all forms on the video, that would be too long.
-
Originally Posted by fep
I will do this with the 3 nps fingerings when I have them down better.
As for keys, I agree that it's not necessary to do things in all 12. Carol Kaye would say do only four: F, G, C and Eb. They're not everything, but anything you can play in those 4 keys shouldn't be much trouble to play in any other one you need to.
The exception would be chromatic things...
-
Patterns 41, 42, 43 100 bpm
Again, just one form each
-
Despite having moaned about having to work on #45 and how unmusical it is and how I might just skip that one, and blah, blah, blah, I finally sat down to work on it again and discovered that with a little finger stretch beyond my accustomed Jimmy Bruno fingerings, I could make 45 work sensibly in my hands, without having to run all up and down the neck in minor thirds. In the process I discovered that it wasn't so tough after all. Silly me.
Anyway, FWIW, here it is, for deadline. Comments welcome as always.
-
Patterns for Jazz #46 & 47 for deadline. Comments welcome.
-
Ergh... I'm falling behind and I haven't even posted a video yet.
I will, I think the headless video might work for me. My daughter was really sick, so I didn't have the apartment to myself to record.
I seem to remember someone suggesting using positional finger patterns instead of keys. That's extremely useful, especially for double time and uptempo playing.
But, if you expand the scalar exercises that stay in one key into 2 or three octaves--you start to see where all the flats or sharps "move" the notes. The architecture of the entire neck opens up. And you have opportunities to problem solve shifts and fingerings.
Just an observation while I was going through some of the studies. I found myself changing fingerings to odd choices, just to get the line to sound more fluid. You end up scrunching your fretting hand a little, and it seems sort of similar to the idea of a pianist crossing over with his or her thumb.
I promise, I'll show some of these moves next week (when my daughter feels better--I hope). Some of them work, and some of them I'm still working out the kinks. I think it's interesting nevertheless. Someone else said that these studies can be awkward--I totally agree. But that awkwardness is an opportunity to learn more about how to navigate the fretboard.
All that said, I'm really enjoying the posts here. I dunno if anyone else noticed, but everyone who posted his playing has a different style and approach to the guitar. That's really cool, we're all doing the same exercises--but we are all bringing something different to the table.
-
Originally Posted by Irez87
Absolutely. That's what I like about seeing the videos.
.
-
Originally Posted by Irez87
-
Originally Posted by matt.guitarteacher
-
Comments welcome. (I usually forget to say that.)
I kept the first pattern on the top four strings. Three different (but closely related) fingerings, four times each.
The second pattern seems to flow best (for me) this way.
These are both from CAGED / Bruno / old school fingerings, not 3 nps.
-
Pattern 45 145 bpm
I did this over the changes to Giant Steps, it was troublesome.
The Guild Surfliner ... So much to like for so...
Today, 04:57 PM in Guitar, Amps & Gizmos