John's Ex 6-2

[LeftyJohn]

I'd welcome feedback on this stab at Exercise 6-2.

As usual somewhat up tempo. I've managed to play this along with Griff's example several times but sped up for the recording.

https://youtu.be/bN1IhoEDGOQ

Regards, John

 

[WindInTrees]

It is good to see that you are sticking with this course. You played this one smoothly. The chord progression sounds similar to part of the song recorded by America titled Horse with No Name. There are more fun progressions to play later in the course. As far as offering feedback - one primary objective of the SRM course is to improve our rhythm, if you get in the habit of counting out loud when you record these (harder than it sounds) you will later be glad that you did. Also, you were looking at your fretting hand throughout the video. I’ve played out in places so dark I could barely see my guitar, you should definitely practice playing without looking if you don’t already. Nice PLAYing, thanks for sharing. Enjoy the journey.

 

[LeftyJohn]

Thanks for the feedback WindInTrees.

I really need to count out loud more, I'm working on it!

I thought I didn't look at my fretting hand when playing - usually I seem to be looking at the music in front of me, but looking at the video and a few of the others I am watching it quite a bit - I'll be working on that too.