I've Got a REALLY Exciting Idea!!

[Jak Angelescu]

I had originally thought that PG did rasgueado in Sidewinder but it’s just tremolo work I think. I got them confused when I was just a beginner

 

[idssdi]

If you don’t mind me doing so, I’ll bump this post because I think it’s important.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

Great idea, Ids!

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

Very Nice Ids. I really liked that you just plucked the strings with a little more power than I expected. That sounded super real and full of emotion if that makes sense.

 

[Evan Cosman]

Alright! sorry for holding you guys up and taking a while to upload, here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lAxTd_PZQ&t=1s Ive just been trying very hard to improve my finger indapendance and strength over the past few months and its going pretty well but any help is much appreciated , if you would like im going to nominate Dan!

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Im rather late on replies. Weekly check ups arent enough i guess. Anyways.. rowan you shouldnt feel upset about anything. Didn’t have to play a single note and you hit it right where it hits you. 100% agree on everything you said. All my new songs i wrote were from messing around while learning g minor. It comes so easy when youre into the zone. Keep everything. Might not work in this song.. but you never know if it fits another. You have the right idea and youll hear your passion in the music you play. You have tons of potential. Ill check out the others later tonight.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Ids video seems to have disappeared. Evan i have the same pinky strength issues as you. G minor was a good scale to learn cause it forced me to change up my fingers. ( 124 124 134 134 124 124). At first it was rough. Months later i can do it a lot faster and cleaner. But i still refer to 123 123 up the fret board when i cam stretch my ring over the pinky. Im not sure if i want to keep doing that or go the 124 134 method. I feel if i have my pinky open in 123 123 i can do a 123 124 123 124 lick. Keep at it tho you definitely are getting better.

 

[idssdi]

You sound great Evan! The thing with the pinky is that it’s pretty annoying to start using it. If you would look at Marty Friedman playing he has like the worst form in the world and doesn’t seem to use his pinky as much (only when he absolutely has to). A great thing to work up your pinky would be to do hammer ons(this is also for finger strength). Like hammer on from pointing finger to pinky, then middle finger to pinky and then ring finger to pinky. That last one is a bitch but its definetely a great exercise to do them!
I did really like your tapping lick aswell!

 

[Evan Cosman]

Thanks Guys! ill start working on that stuff

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

Evan good stuff. I used to have the same problem. Now its better but still my pinky won’t act fast sometimes. working on it though.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

@evan since Dan hasn’t seen this forum yet make sure you contact him through here so he knows

 

[Evan Cosman]

I messaged him a couple days ago, should I nominate someone else?

 

[Jak Angelescu]

I think you should. I believe his Instagram is set to private and he doesn’t have any social media connections on here.

 

[Evan Cosman]

Alright would it be okay to nominate you Jak?

 

[Dan Shipway]

So sorry for keeping you waiting, I have decided to take this opportunity to challenge myself to make a melodic improv to take a break from the speed runs that I am currently playing to balance it all out.
Couldn’t really film as I whipped it up quick.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Goos job dan liked how it finished and the tone was pretty awesome too

 

[Dan Shipway]

Thanks Calvin

 

[idssdi]

Well done Dan. You sometimes seem to be a bit indesicive as far as where you want to go at some points but overall it’s great!

 

[Dan Shipway]

Yeah, I definitely need to sort out theory because I didn’t want to repeat myself too much

 

[Guest]

Good job Dan! Like Ids said, I heard where you weren’t sure where to go next. But at some points it just sounded like phrasing. It’s always good to stop and take a “breath” once in a while instead of playing non-stop, even if it is a bend. Keeps the listeners attention and waiting for the next “sentence”.