sdbrit68
Student Of The Blues
Been playing with this for almost a month now, so a couple of thoughts
1) I don't think I would ever recommend this to a beginner
why ? I think from the courses I have worked on,this one really requires the the focus @Griff talks about. Since I started it, I have taken his full advice. I set an egg timer ( hey I am old, I do it old school). I focus on nothing else, I stand in one spot, laser focus on the book.That timer is set for 45 minutes, no interuptions, this is olympic training
You cannot rush this course, stay at the speed or slower, this really is a boot camp for your hand and your mind......heck, just the warm ups are one of the toughest things I have tried on guitar. I think when you take this course, you have to want it for yourself to learn to solo, it can't be the guy who just wants to noodle and play the camp fire(but I have been wrong before), this is the dedication lessons.
I am also only allowing myself to go through one box a week.......I review the past material, but I dont go to the next set of box exercises until the following week.
2) Improvements
I have struggled with learning the boxes for a long long time, never seem to get them quite right, now, I am finding in AM, I am almost gliding through them, with very little looking at the guitar or book, big win for me
I have gone back to other solos I struggled with, and found them much easier, I can now concentrate on phrasing and sounds more than where my fingers are, so I dont sound like I am playing a scale....another win
Learning curve on new things is speeding up, I think not thinking so much about my hand position is helping me digest other material quicker
Hearing - this is a big one, I am not sure what to call it, but I am getting better at hearing the differences in notes and sounds, another tough area for me as I am tone deaf. When I hear something on the radio now, I may not know the note, but I know they are somewhere in box 1 sliding into box 2, it just seems to make more sense
Using the fretboard - I can move lots better from one box to another instead of just trying to solo in box 1, I can slip through two boxes up and get back to where I want, still suck at solos, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel
Overall, even though I curse a lot while practicing, and it is frustrating, there is hand fatigue, this is quickly becoming my favorite course, but, I am also at a point where I WANT to dedicate myself to getting better at this specific thing, not just playing around
Tonight, it went awful, but when the timer let off its ding, I realized, as bad as I thought it was, compared to a month ago, it was miles ahead
So yes.................I think this is a must have course for those of us who are not natural solo artists, or who don't have the finger dexterity, this "Boot Camp" is incredibly well written and done
YMMV
1) I don't think I would ever recommend this to a beginner
why ? I think from the courses I have worked on,this one really requires the the focus @Griff talks about. Since I started it, I have taken his full advice. I set an egg timer ( hey I am old, I do it old school). I focus on nothing else, I stand in one spot, laser focus on the book.That timer is set for 45 minutes, no interuptions, this is olympic training
You cannot rush this course, stay at the speed or slower, this really is a boot camp for your hand and your mind......heck, just the warm ups are one of the toughest things I have tried on guitar. I think when you take this course, you have to want it for yourself to learn to solo, it can't be the guy who just wants to noodle and play the camp fire(but I have been wrong before), this is the dedication lessons.
I am also only allowing myself to go through one box a week.......I review the past material, but I dont go to the next set of box exercises until the following week.
2) Improvements
I have struggled with learning the boxes for a long long time, never seem to get them quite right, now, I am finding in AM, I am almost gliding through them, with very little looking at the guitar or book, big win for me
I have gone back to other solos I struggled with, and found them much easier, I can now concentrate on phrasing and sounds more than where my fingers are, so I dont sound like I am playing a scale....another win
Learning curve on new things is speeding up, I think not thinking so much about my hand position is helping me digest other material quicker
Hearing - this is a big one, I am not sure what to call it, but I am getting better at hearing the differences in notes and sounds, another tough area for me as I am tone deaf. When I hear something on the radio now, I may not know the note, but I know they are somewhere in box 1 sliding into box 2, it just seems to make more sense
Using the fretboard - I can move lots better from one box to another instead of just trying to solo in box 1, I can slip through two boxes up and get back to where I want, still suck at solos, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel
Overall, even though I curse a lot while practicing, and it is frustrating, there is hand fatigue, this is quickly becoming my favorite course, but, I am also at a point where I WANT to dedicate myself to getting better at this specific thing, not just playing around
Tonight, it went awful, but when the timer let off its ding, I realized, as bad as I thought it was, compared to a month ago, it was miles ahead
So yes.................I think this is a must have course for those of us who are not natural solo artists, or who don't have the finger dexterity, this "Boot Camp" is incredibly well written and done
YMMV