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Geogaddi View Member Profile	Sep 22 2012, 08:14 AM
Sep 22 2012, 08:14 AM	GMC:er Posts: 3 Joined: 2-July 12	Hi all, I have a question to make sure I've come up with the right solution and am not pissing my time away. My picking hand technique is good, and my fretting hand technique for the following patterns are good 12-13-15 and 11-13-15 for some reason though, I have trouble with 12-14-15, especially when alternating between that pattern and the above two patterns on the same string. Sorry that this is kind of a stupid question and I have started practicing the 12-14-15 pattern using the pointer ring and pinky by itself and then alternating between that and the 12-13-15 pattern using pointer middle and pinky alternatively. Is this the right path? I'm just confused why I'm so weak here when my speed picking is otherwise pretty decent, I can play the intro to Scarified decently. So should I continue as I am? Is there a more effective way to practice? Or am I missing something entirely? EDIT: Just to clarify why I'm confused and frustrated, I thing Muris labels as level 5 without even having to practice any of the parts but I'm having trouble with this one solo he has marked as level 4 because it has the alternating patterns on the same strings. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by Geogaddi: Sep 22 2012, 08:48 AM

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 22 2012, 04:34 PM
Sep 22 2012, 04:34 PM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	Hi my friend. It's quite a common problem so you're not on your own. Shapes that use the 3rd and 4th together are notorious because it feels like those fingers are not independent of each other. You're doing the right thing which is 1. Noticing what the problem is and 2. Doing something about it There's not a specific method apart from doing stuff which utilises those fingers.. that shape is one that does so go for it ! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 22 2012, 07:09 PM
Sep 22 2012, 07:09 PM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	As Ben says, practice and give yourself time mate Don't be hard, but instead practice hard and focus on the task at hand. You can also try the following drill to work on your finger independence: 1) keep your hand parallel to the ground palm facing down in the air 2) bend each finger at 90 degrees, one at a time, without moving the others See how fast you get and the best part is, you don't even need a guitar to do it Cosmin You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 23 2012, 10:21 AM
Sep 23 2012, 10:21 AM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 22 2012, 07:09 PM) As Ben says, practice and give yourself time mate Don't be hard, but instead practice hard and focus on the task at hand. You can also try the following drill to work on your finger independence: 1) keep your hand parallel to the ground palm facing down in the air 2) bend each finger at 90 degrees, one at a time, without moving the others See how fast you get and the best part is, you don't even need a guitar to do it Cosmin I've never heard of that one before ! Is this one of your samurai drills ? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

PosterBoy View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 07:32 AM
Sep 24 2012, 07:32 AM	Learning Roadie Posts: 3.179 Joined: 26-October 11 From: Galway, Ireland	Join Ben's Video chats, he regularly drills licks involving these posititions. It really drives home the discipline needed when working on the mechanics of a technique You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My SoundCloud Gear Tyler Burning Water 2K Burny RLG90 with BK Emeralds Fender US Tele with BK Piledrivers Epiphone 335 with Suhr Thornbuckers PRS SE Custom 24-08 Ax8 Fessenden SD10 PSG Quilter TT15

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 07:54 AM
Sep 24 2012, 07:54 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Sep 23 2012, 09:21 AM) I've never heard of that one before ! Is this one of your samurai drills ? No man, I just stripped down one of Guthrie's ideas I heard him tell: While on the bus for instance, he would create chromatic shapes with his left hand fingers and slowly tap them on anything at hand. In that way, he developed his finger independence even when he did not play/ practice You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Geogaddi View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 08:44 AM
Sep 24 2012, 08:44 AM	GMC:er Posts: 3 Joined: 2-July 12	Hey guys, thanks for all the advice and it's good to hear that shapes involving the 3rd and 4th finger are a bit tough. Thanks for the exercise idea too Cosmin, I know what I'll be doing at work tomorrow You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 08:48 AM
Sep 24 2012, 08:48 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	QUOTE (Geogaddi @ Sep 24 2012, 07:44 AM) Hey guys, thanks for all the advice and it's good to hear that shapes involving the 3rd and 4th finger are a bit tough. Thanks for the exercise idea too Cosmin, I know what I'll be doing at work tomorrow Be careful not to freak people out! It happens! At least it happened to me You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 09:08 AM
Sep 24 2012, 09:08 AM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 24 2012, 08:48 AM) Be careful not to freak people out! It happens! At least it happened to me Yeah don't do it with your hands in your pockets... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 24 2012, 09:30 AM
Sep 24 2012, 09:30 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Sep 25 2012, 09:58 PM
Sep 25 2012, 09:58 PM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Todd here I'd say JOIN MY BOOTCAMP! And start working through process. It's built around Alternate Picking. If you can make it to RANK 10, you'll have made huge strides. Also join every video chat you can! Todd QUOTE (Geogaddi @ Sep 22 2012, 03:14 AM) Hi all, I have a question to make sure I've come up with the right solution and am not pissing my time away. My picking hand technique is good, and my fretting hand technique for the following patterns are good 12-13-15 and 11-13-15 for some reason though, I have trouble with 12-14-15, especially when alternating between that pattern and the above two patterns on the same string. Sorry that this is kind of a stupid question and I have started practicing the 12-14-15 pattern using the pointer ring and pinky by itself and then alternating between that and the 12-13-15 pattern using pointer middle and pinky alternatively. Is this the right path? I'm just confused why I'm so weak here when my speed picking is otherwise pretty decent, I can play the intro to Scarified decently. So should I continue as I am? Is there a more effective way to practice? Or am I missing something entirely? EDIT: Just to clarify why I'm confused and frustrated, I thing Muris labels as level 5 without even having to practice any of the parts but I'm having trouble with this one solo he has marked as level 4 because it has the alternating patterns on the same strings. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 08:03 AM
Sep 26 2012, 08:03 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	Todd's chat is always a good idea! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 26 2012, 01:22 PM
Sep 26 2012, 01:22 PM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Sep 25 2012, 09:58 PM) Todd here I'd say JOIN MY BOOTCAMP! Absolutely ! Joining GMC and wanting to improve alternate picking but NOT joining up with Todd Simpson is like going to the best restaurant in Paris and not eating any food ! Do it !!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

Todd Simpson View Member Profile	Sep 27 2012, 03:27 AM
Sep 27 2012, 03:27 AM	GMC:er Posts: 25.297 Joined: 23-December 09 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA	QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Sep 26 2012, 08:22 AM) Absolutely ! Joining GMC and wanting to improve alternate picking but NOT joining up with Todd Simpson is like going to the best restaurant in Paris and not eating any food ! Do it !!! Thanks! Join the BOOTCAMP AND EAT FRENCH!!!!!!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- EVERY QUICK LICK! http://bit.ly/quicklickswithtodd MY INSTRUCTOR FORUM MY SHRED JOURNEY (BOOTCAMP) LESSON NOTES/TABS MY INSTRUCTOR PROFILE @ GMC ME @ YOUTUBE.com ME @ Instagram.com ME @ TWITTER

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 27 2012, 09:24 AM
Sep 27 2012, 09:24 AM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Sep 27 2012, 03:27 AM) Thanks! Join the BOOTCAMP AND EAT FRENCH!!!!!!! SAUCISSON !!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

Cosmin Lupu View Member Profile	Sep 27 2012, 10:22 AM
Sep 27 2012, 10:22 AM	Instructor Posts: 22.808 Joined: 14-June 10 From: Bucharest	QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Sep 27 2012, 08:24 AM) SAUCISSON !!! Ou Souflee You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My lessons We can work on YOUR GUITAR and MUSIC development TOGETHER. Write me a private message if you wish to! Please subscribe to my Youtube Channel Days Of Confusion Facebook Page Mozart Rocks My facebook page

Ben Higgins View Member Profile	Sep 27 2012, 11:19 AM
Sep 27 2012, 11:19 AM	Instructor Posts: 13.792 Joined: 11-March 10 From: England	QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 27 2012, 10:22 AM) Ou Souflee Cafe au Lait, sil vous plait !! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Lessons My Youtube Channel My Band

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