Originally Posted by: KasperowEDIT: Revised goals for June:
1: Improve Picking Hand technique.
2: Improve Posture.
3: Improve Legato Playing.
4: Learn more scales in general, including the Pentatonic ones.
5: Master Barre Chords.
6: Make progress on my song-writing.
Progress so far:
Picking hand technique has improved drastically. It has become more accurate, slightly faster and now uses the wrist more. By pure coincidence, I also happened to improve my Palm Muting in the process! Yay!
Posture could still use a bit of work. Then again. Sitting in an armchair or couch is never optimal while practicing...
Legato playing still needs some work, but it's getting there.
Got one Barre Chord shape (A Minor or B Minor shape) nailed. Three more to go.
And finally, I've ended up with a few pretty cool licks or riffs (at least, that's my opinion). All of them just somehow happen to start on the exact same note...
I'd say it's pretty good considering that we're not even a week into June yet. Too bad my left middle finger's got so sore the skin has started to break on the finger tip... I should probably cut down on practicing 7 hours a day when I have nothing else remotely important to do...
"Commit yourself to what you love, and things will happen."
- Mika Vandborg, Electric Guitars, "Follow Your Heart"
---
Gear:
Chateau PS-10 Cherry Power-Strat
Epiphone G-400 LTD 1966 Faded Worn Cherry
Epiphone Les Paul 100 Ebony (w/ Oil City Pickups Scrapyard Dog PLUS pickups)
Epiphone ES-345 Cherry
Fender 2014 Standard Stratocaster Sunburst
Martin DX1K Acoustic
Fender Mustang II Amplifier
Jet City Amplification JCA22H Tube-head and JCA12S+ cabinet
Pedals...
- Mika Vandborg, Electric Guitars, "Follow Your Heart"
---
Gear:
Chateau PS-10 Cherry Power-Strat
Epiphone G-400 LTD 1966 Faded Worn Cherry
Epiphone Les Paul 100 Ebony (w/ Oil City Pickups Scrapyard Dog PLUS pickups)
Epiphone ES-345 Cherry
Fender 2014 Standard Stratocaster Sunburst
Martin DX1K Acoustic
Fender Mustang II Amplifier
Jet City Amplification JCA22H Tube-head and JCA12S+ cabinet
Pedals...