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Hey @Jnc51 ,
I was looking forward to other artist weeks myself. I’m going to tag @VictoriaTACTeam and maybe she can bring your post to the attention of Tony @Tpolecastro to see if he would consider this.
MG 😀
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Hey @Mrfredsporty ,
Good for you. I came from a non musical family. I didn’t sing in the shower. I didn’t sing to the car radio. So when I finally started singing late in life, it took a long time for me to learn to sing. But, you have to start and you have to practice. That’s all. Those vocal cords are muscles, so they do get better.
I look forward to hearing/seeing your video.
MG 😀
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Hey @Brian2501 ,
Thanks for posting this. I started doing this a very long time ago so I could learn to sing the “proper” melody to songs. Because I started doing it so long ago, I never thought about sharing it. But I’m really glad you did.
Not only will it help us to sing a melody, which is why I did it. It will also help us with scales, which you noticed. But also it helps with a number of other things. You have to translate notes to the guitar, which helped my get better at reading standard music notation and helped me to memorize the notes on the guitar, or at least the open position notes (I have since learned the entire fretboard).
Finally, it will help you understand melody in general so you can create your own or come up with great solos. This will help you if you do ever start writing your own songs.
That’s a lot of small wins in one little practice idea.
MG 😀
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Hey @Mrfredsporty , I play Martins. In fact, I play extra lights. One of the sets I love is the silk and steel or silk and phosphor string sets. I love them for finger picking. But because I love them, I really don’t care if I would love the Santa Cruz. Why bother when I already love the ones I have?
As far as lasting longer, of course a string that costs that much more lasts longer. Why? Because you want it to, you need it to. I have played strings for multiple years before. Any string.
Anyway, good luck. Let us know how the experiment goes.
MG 😀
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Hey @danwynne ;
You did a really great job. That was so smooth your beat was very steady. So, how did you sync the sound and the video? You say you used GB and 2i2. So, mic and guitar into 2i2 then into GB to record, what recorded the video? Does GB do video? Or did you capture the video and then have to sync the sound and delete the original sound from the video recorder?
MG 😀
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Ok, so I didn’t want to edit my last comment. But @Kitman and @Jnc51 , if you’re interested, here’s some direction.
I saved these and for a while I worked on them. One of my problems has been getting too spread out, so I’m really glad you reminded me of these. I’m going to start on them again.
So, the direction: start with only the first four measures of the first exercise called Mississippi Timing. Notice that it uses an alternating thumb pattern on the G major chord using 3 bass strings. But he alternates both the pattern and the timing. The first measure is 1 & 2, 3 & 4, pinching with the 6th string. The second measure is 1, 2 & 3, 4 &, pinching with the other 2 bass strings, 4 and 5. But, notice that when you go into the 3rd measure, you have 4 & 1 & 2 all together.
What I’m going to be doing is using just this as a practice pattern for the next few weeks until I can do it automatically. Only then will I try adding the hammer ons. Notice that he hammers on with alternating thumb and pinches. And that’s just the first day. Every other day is built off this first exercise. So that’s all I’m going to work on for quite a while. I’ll move on only when I can do this automatically.
MG 😀
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It was called the Signature Series, and it happened before the platform change so no one has it saved as a favorite. Tony said he was going to do more, but this platform change has been more consuming and taken longer than anyone anticipated, so many things have just gotten pushed onto the back burner.
I did save the pdf’s. If you attempt to do these from the tabs, just pay real close attention to the timing. It’s much easier when you can hear Tony do it and then play by feel. But they are great exercises anyway.
MG 😀
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Hey @Mrfredsporty ,
For me, I found a chord progression and a finger picking pattern that I loved so much I would just play it for 1/2 hour to over an hour, just that little pattern. It was a 4 chord pattern, round and round for what felt like hours on end.
It was the basic chord progression for Wonderful Tonight, not the whole song. I also spent a lot of time using the exercises Tony has. One of them is just the thumb hitting the different bass strings in some order. Then there is one with the thumb alternating with the index and middle fingers. Then there is learning the easy songs from the song vault. I never went past the easy songs because I didn’t like them enough, but the first songs are great exercises. I might go back to the song vault and start playing those songs again. It’s great practice and something you can do for quite a while, just go round and round.
MG 😀
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Yes, @Cadgirl , that would be fun. I always wanted to do that and I finally did a recording of chords and played a solo against it. It was cool, but for some reason I only did it that once. And I never did it with an actual song doing tracks so you can make it more polished.
But playing the melody against the chords would be a really cool thing to do. I should give that a go. Man, there is so much to do on my guitar journey. I’ve gotten into writing songs, which is way cool. But that brought with it something I didn’t anticipate, and that’s learning my own song. Turns out, this is normal. You can’t listen to it on the radio and sing along on a trip, or listen to it on the stereo while you work, etc. Anyway, that would be a reason to try the little experiment you have suggested.
MG 😀
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Another happy Shubb user, @Cadgirl . When you compare functionality and price, I’m surprised anyone uses anything else. I still have a Kyser which I bought before my first Shubb and it works for me. But if I ever lost it or broke it, I would never buy another one or any other kind of capo. My opinion and my choice. 😁
MG 😃
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And the Shubb can be had without taking out a loan on your mortgage, @Cadgirl , unlike the Paige. 😂 (I have a 12 string Shubb)
MG 😀
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If you look closely at the link you posted, @Kitman , it’s doubled. That might be why it won’t work?
Yep, I just verified it. I clicked on the link and it gave me the 404 page not found. But when I copied only half, or one instance of the link and pasted it into the address bar, it went right to the page.
MG 😀
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That’s good, Andy. The journal helps many people. And for those who don’t choose to use it, how would they know what they choose if they don’t try it. I did it for the first couple of years I was with TAC. But I have learned what I really want in my guitar routine and where I want to go with my guitar journey. But journaling probably helped me figure that out.
As far as a unique perspective, I learned my perspective from Tony and this community, so I hope it’s not very unique. I hope I am accurately representing the unique perspective of TAC that has helped so many people build a guitar routine that gives them a truly satisfying acoustic life.
MG 😀
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