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bump for a 1a version of the exercise added to thread #1
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03-03-2014 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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my new webcam arrives tomorrow so hopefully i'll have video examples soon!
Wait 'til you hear the variations on Ex1a!!!
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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I'm thinking of cutting the skin webbing between my fingers to make the stretches easier.
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Hi jack
exercise 1a - I'm hybrid picking with pick and middle only throughout. Any comment?
also just a great alternate picking exercise especially with swing 8ths
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Originally Posted by Michael Kaye
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Originally Posted by mastodonovan
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Realy cool..thanks
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got my webcam yesterday. Waiting on an LED light to arrive today. Should be good to go this w/e for vid...
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Lesson 1 is coming along nicely. Pretty comfortable at 120.
Lesson 1a, not so much. It still sounds like "happy trails" at 70 and when I speed it up it sounds like "happy trails" faster, lol. I dont know, it's not grooving yet.Last edited by Michael Kaye; 03-06-2014 at 11:27 PM.
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Originally Posted by Michael Kaye
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Oops.... 1a
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>NJS . . I see that you responded to my question about 1B . . (it showed on my personal email) indicating it was just added to the original post. However, your post is not appearing here in the forum, nor can I see the 1b addition? Must be my browser?
Last edited by Patrick2; 03-06-2014 at 11:31 PM.
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Thanks MichaelK . . I do see 1a. I was worried there for a minute when I didn't see 1b.
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Originally Posted by Michael Kaye
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1b must be the benson lick!
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Jack, I'd be interested to know where you are heading with this. Do you envision it mainly as a chops-builder (in which case I'll invest more time in trying to get it up to ever-faster speeds at ever wider fret-gaps - right now I'm doing it a fifth higher up the neck, where the stretches are much smaller), or are you heading toward some harmonic concepts? Or see it as both, simultaneously? (Of course, I know I could work on the chops aspect anyway, but I'd appreciate some context around how you envision this series of exercises).
Thanks.
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jasaco . . . I think Jack is wanting to get our chops up to this level. I'm 63 years old. Not sure there's enough time left for me to get there. lolol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1jQN94mvJY&feature=player_detailpage
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all my exercises are designed to equally stretch both your imagination and your fingers. I will demonstrate some of the ideas over chords when I get my video system working. It'll be more clear then. The Logitech C920 was a dismal failure but I have something else coming saturday which should solve the issue!
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Originally Posted by Patrick2
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Originally Posted by jzucker
In seriousness . . I'm pretty sure I could get there in a realtively shorter period of time than I joked about. The challenge for me would be to do that exercise picking every note. I noticed quite a bit of economy picking as you ascended and descended through the exercise. I've developed much more of a Pass or a Wes style whereby I utilize hammer-ons and pull offs more so than picking every note. That happened pretty much as a result of lack of discipline and focus on my part. But, now I kinda prefer it. Gives my lines much more of a horn like vibe. I couldn't imagin doing a head like Billies Bounce or Donna Lee picking every note. But, for improve . . I'm now forcing myself to focus a bit more on utilizing the slurs less and the alternate picking more. The thing is . . when I play, I hardly ever, if ever at all think about my picking. The alternate and economy and sweeps just seem to . . . happen . . subconsciously . . as do the hammer-ons and pull offs. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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for a strong swing feel you'll want to minimize economy picking . It's just too difficult to maintain accurate time and swing. I use a lot of economy picking when I want to go from points A to B and i'm just trying to get a certain set of note in there with little regard to the time (i.e. sheets of sound) but for generalized pocket playing, I'm definitely in the alternate and/or slur camp. But practice your slurs with a metronome and make them accurate. I'll demo those in another vid.
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Thanks Alain,
I was actually going to quit playing but my son, Jeremy had just started learning to play jazz so I decided to write the sheets of sound book as a method book for him and i had to learn to play all that stuff again to show him.
Unfortunately, he decided to become an attorney, lol...
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