I love your music and lessons. These are the best online lessons as far as I know. I know this is an old lesson but I saw it and wanted to give it a go with my style. What are the improvements I could make?
Greetings Jamie and thank you for posting a video. You have a good handle on the chords and your bass is almost there. I woud say the number one thing that you can do now is to slow it down a little and dig in a little more. Your performance sounds rushed here...take your time. Try listening to the original version with a metronome and figure out approx how fast it is , if you like. Once you slow it down your bass will be more solid. Tap or stomp your foot to keep time while you are playing might be helpful. Good luck to you.
The speed metal guys play with no soul. They just play the scales and modes they were taught continuously and really fast for 10 minutes - impressive for the first 5 seconds but then it just gets so boring!
Greetings Jamie -- You have a good grasp of the riffs and where to place them. Good job. You have also applied the different techniques well, such as brushing the strings. I would suggest that you move your right wrist much less because it is not necessary to pick your hand up so far off of the guitar. Think about playing economically...that wrist motion is like wasted energy that you could use in other ways while playing. Of course, sometimes we can hit the guitar a little to make a rhythm on it, but it should not be a habit...just reserved for certain songs where it is most effective. Finally I am glad that you are not afraid to sing...many are. Make sure you work on your singing as much as your guitar playing. Take the time to find your voice (even if it takes years, be patient) and never stop looking to change and fine-tune it. We are all a work in progress.... Thanks for posting and keep it up.
Hi Corey, Thanks for a lot of great lessons, I really love your style of teaching!
Anyway, this is what I ended up with after some practice. I tried to change my English accent :). I currently have a cold so my voice has a slighty different tone than usual. I think my guitar needs some more practice to sound really fluent. My new guitar has 12's on and I am just getting used to them as I have never played 12's before. Any criticisms/help would be great.
Hi Jay...you play the lines on the guitar very well and your guitar has a nice sound. Your voice is steady and I like how you keep it simple and you sing the lines clearly. You need to work on your rhythm on this song. Find out where the ONE is and learn how to mark time while tapping your foot. Once you do that the song will feel more comfortable to play. Thanks for posting. Enjoy....
Thanks a bunch for a great explanation however I am still a little unclear.. What I don't understand is how you can have a 9th when it ends at eight (the upper tonic). Is it the tonic of the next octave? Also I understand how there is many variations on different progressions but in blues there is a "barebones" 8 bar, 12 bar ect. and then varitions that are written based on the "barebones"... like this lesson a 32 bar with a quick 4 the "barebones" is the 32 bar then the variation is the quick 4 amongst others like III-VI-II-V's and II-V's. Are the "barebones" the same in jazz and blues (8 bar, 16 bar, 12 bar and 24 bar) or are others jazz?
How would you combine the major scale and the blues scale? Also what are 9ths and 6ths? I know about scale degrees but how can you have a 9? What I would do to combine the blues and the major scale (just my guess based on no knowledge) would be this:
Also, I was just wondering what the progressions there are in jazz, are they the same as blues? I know some blues progressions such as 8 bar, 12 bar, 16 bar and 24 bar. Now I know 32 bar as well. Can you tell me what jazz progressions there are?
I am finding it difficult to to the melody and the alternating bass on the IV chord.... I can do the melody and the non-alternating bass on the IV chord but I can't do alternating bass and the melody specifically on the IV chord yet. I am fine doing the alternating bass on the I but not on the IV.
Thanks Corey, will do
Hey Corey
I love your music and lessons. These are the best online lessons as far as I know. I know this is an old lesson but I saw it and wanted to give it a go with my style. What are the improvements I could make?
Thanks
Jamie
Greetings Jamie and thank you for posting a video. You have a good handle on the chords and your bass is almost there. I woud say the number one thing that you can do now is to slow it down a little and dig in a little more. Your performance sounds rushed here...take your time. Try listening to the original version with a metronome and figure out approx how fast it is , if you like. Once you slow it down your bass will be more solid. Tap or stomp your foot to keep time while you are playing might be helpful. Good luck to you.
Thanks Corey, will do
Thanks Corey. Great feedback as usual!
The speed metal guys play with no soul. They just play the scales and modes they were taught continuously and really fast for 10 minutes - impressive for the first 5 seconds but then it just gets so boring!
Hey Corey,
I did some work on Catfish blues and I think I am ready for some feedback. Let me know what you think and I will be happy to hear it!
Thanks for your great lessons,
J
Greetings Jamie -- You have a good grasp of the riffs and where to place them. Good job. You have also applied the different techniques well, such as brushing the strings. I would suggest that you move your right wrist much less because it is not necessary to pick your hand up so far off of the guitar. Think about playing economically...that wrist motion is like wasted energy that you could use in other ways while playing. Of course, sometimes we can hit the guitar a little to make a rhythm on it, but it should not be a habit...just reserved for certain songs where it is most effective. Finally I am glad that you are not afraid to sing...many are. Make sure you work on your singing as much as your guitar playing. Take the time to find your voice (even if it takes years, be patient) and never stop looking to change and fine-tune it. We are all a work in progress.... Thanks for posting and keep it up.
Thanks Corey. Great feedback as usual!
Thanks for the feedback Corey. :D
Hi @Corey Harris
I left a video comment on Everybody oughtta change. Would you be able to take a look at it and let me know what you think?
Thanks,
J
Hi Corey,
Thanks for a lot of great lessons, I really love your style of teaching!
Anyway, this is what I ended up with after some practice. I tried to change my English accent :). I currently have a cold so my voice has a slighty different tone than usual. I think my guitar needs some more practice to sound really fluent. My new guitar has 12's on and I am just getting used to them as I have never played 12's before. Any criticisms/help would be great.
Thanks,
J
Hi Jay...you play the lines on the guitar very well and your guitar has a nice sound. Your voice is steady and I like how you keep it simple and you sing the lines clearly. You need to work on your rhythm on this song. Find out where the ONE is and learn how to mark time while tapping your foot. Once you do that the song will feel more comfortable to play. Thanks for posting. Enjoy....
Thanks for the feedback Corey. :D
Really good to see something different. Makes a nice change to be just singing. :)
I find the key of C the hardest to play in...
Thanks a bunch for a great explanation however I am still a little unclear.. What I don't understand is how you can have a 9th when it ends at eight (the upper tonic). Is it the tonic of the next octave? Also I understand how there is many variations on different progressions but in blues there is a "barebones" 8 bar, 12 bar ect. and then varitions that are written based on the "barebones"... like this lesson a 32 bar with a quick 4 the "barebones" is the 32 bar then the variation is the quick 4 amongst others like III-VI-II-V's and II-V's. Are the "barebones" the same in jazz and blues (8 bar, 16 bar, 12 bar and 24 bar) or are others jazz?
Hi, Duke
How would you combine the major scale and the blues scale? Also what are 9ths and 6ths? I know about scale degrees but how can you have a 9? What I would do to combine the blues and the major scale (just my guess based on no knowledge) would be this:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------3----6----
-----------------------------------------------------------------3----6---------------
----------------------------------------------2----3----5--6------------------------
------------------------------2----3----5--------------------------------------------
----------------3---4---5-------------------------------------------------------------
---3-----6---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, I was just wondering what the progressions there are in jazz, are they the same as blues? I know some blues progressions such as 8 bar, 12 bar, 16 bar and 24 bar. Now I know 32 bar as well. Can you tell me what jazz progressions there are?
Thanks,
J
Hello Corey,
I am finding it difficult to to the melody and the alternating bass on the IV chord.... I can do the melody and the non-alternating bass on the IV chord but I can't do alternating bass and the melody specifically on the IV chord yet. I am fine doing the alternating bass on the I but not on the IV.
Any tips?
Thanks!