Beginners Corner

Been playing since march, I feel like my alternate picking and palm muting has already cleaned up a lot. Played with 8th notes at 70 bpm, this is currently about my comfort speed (obviously depends on the songs). I also want to incorporate the chorus riffs into this, but there is still a lot of work to do, may upload my progress on that at some point this weekend. :-)

Just a little something I came up with today. I tried a little picking pattern over the chords and then some mutes. I can’t play exactly what I hear in my head lol but I think it gets the idea across.

I got frustrated with my “holy grail” So I went back to something I had been trying to play prior. I was having a hard time doing the quick 16th note strum in between some of the chords but I’ve got them and I was so excited I wanted to share with you guys ! Also, I don’t like these strings. I tried some Elixirs but I’m not loving their tone. Think I might go back to either the Ernie Ball Earth wood or the the D’Addario strings I was using on this guitar.

Getting in the habit of just rambling and showing my thought process. Maybe it helps others struggeling with the lessons. This is just me tracing back where the F chord and Pentatonic scale PG showed us is coming from.

Legato exercises ! I had to have a little fun and see how fast I could do it with my “strong fingers” towards the end 😂

I have so much to learn. Recorded three chords, D, C and G and tried to solo over them in one position. I tried my best to get some embellishments in there and some double stops as PG suggests, but it is a lot to do for me at once.

Short 30second clip. I’m doing a legato exercise jak taught me without a pick, then using my pick minimally, and doing the whole lick. I’m repeating this over and over. Also I am checking my bends but I forgot to show that. Trying to get those right too before I move on to the next section.

Mind that you can shift chords in a way that it is still the same chord, but also by using the same shape and making it a bar chord, you can shift it just like with scales. Eg. moving the C shape up to frets would give you a D chord. That might have been a bit misleading in my video. Was not sure if I should upload this. I feel like I know what I am doing but can't bring it well to the camera. Let me know if it made sense to you.

The ring and middle fingers of my left hand fall asleep when I play this song standing up...I must be getting old 😂

This is why I wanted to play guitar, but never tried because it was too hard and above my skill level. Thanks to @[5:@Jak Angelescu] for basically just saying “go for it !!!” I’ve not been this excited in the entire time I’ve been learning and playing. So guys, if you have that “Holy Grail” song,solo, riff, etc that you have been too afraid to try.....join me and let’s all just fucking go for it !!!!!!! ❤️

Been working on this for awhile. Watch PG’s fingerpicking video awhile back to help with it. It’s simple tune but it’s so hard for me to multitask lol but I think I’m getting a wee bit better at it. Also, if you make it through my screeching or just wanna skip ahead, I ask a question at the end. 🙃

This is my first take on lessons 29 and it's cringe. You've been warned

I think this is going to be what I practice daily now. I did basically this yesterday but a lot at once and got a bit frustrated at times. So today, I’ve done this several times in short increments. I practiced a few times before work, and now after. I’m thinking Multiple short practice sessions Are better for me than one really long one. I also wanted to get a better shot of my fretting hand to make sure I was alternate picking correctly. Let me know what you guys think.

Jumping in on the update thingy @[4668:@Alicia Willis] and @[34751:@Christian J.S. Schulze Aguiar] already did! God I still hate talking to the camera!

Thanks again @[4668:@Alicia Willis] for starting this series agian. Imma just tag @[5:@Jak Angelescu] so she knows this is a thing XD. Can't wait to see what ya'll are up to. Also I wanted to use this opportunity to practice a little bit of my editing skills (nothing too fancy).

Disclaimer: I say “um” too much, and I apologize for the throat clearing.... it’s pollen season here in GA so the allergies and sinuses are pissed off at the moment. @[34751:@Christian J.S. Schulze Aguiar] Had the idea do like a little update video of what we are working on and this is mine. I go off on a lot of tangents, but that’s me. I’m like that in real life too lol.

Trying to get in the habit of doing at least one lesson per day.

Took on the lessons again. Also made an album with my media that was directly influenced by the CAGED System. @[5:@Jak Angelescu] EDIT: I have no idea how to create an album without having to reupload the riffs for it LOL

Avenged Sevenfold - Seize The Day Solo (Improvised Re-Write) So I decided to be a bit creative with my first post, having started learning sweep picking, I've come up with an improvised re-write of Seize the Day guitar solo with a bit of sweep in, simple sweeps, nothing too complex.

Skipped ahead and watched the bending lesson, and Ids’ awesome video and have been practicing. I’m going to make it a daily goal to practice just bends for a little bit each day 😊

I started to learn this awhile back and it was too difficult so I gave up. But I’m trying again. Question : as you see I am kind of “flicking” two strings....I remember awhile back reading about and seeing a video for this but cannot remember what this is called! Does anyone know ? It’s like, since the strings are beside each other, instead of finger picking them individually I’m doing a little flick.

I’ve really been drawn to my acoustic lately. Probably because I’ve played my electric so much. I don’t practice as often as I should and sometimes I like to just not focus on a particular lesson but just strum some chords and see what happens. For me that is FUN, and I am practicing I guess in a sense. This is just me randomly trying different chords and strumming patterns and seeing what comes out.

Disclaimer: I am NOT a singer lol However, I have wanted to play and sing for myself for quite some time now but was too scared to try. This is my take on “Blown Away” by Carrie Underwood. It’s a very stripped down version of the original and I modified the chorus because... my ass can’t sing let alone belt like Carrie lol Also, I kind of like it better being a bit more melancholy. Fun fact : I don’t even particularly care for country music, but I love this song. Wasn’t going to post this but I was proud I actually accomplished what I set out to do even if it isn’t great.

Hey 👋. Me again playing this first solo one week later. Not really sure if there’s been any improvement but at least I can say I feel way more confident and that’s a good thing 💪💪