Guitar
I just worked on some folk fingerstyle picking-purty frustrating stuff!
It takes so long to figure out which strings he's picking and to put it down on paper in a way that I can understand what I did later. But, I'll keep picking away at it.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
No wonder my fingers are sore!
Guitar
It's been 5 days since I've practiced!
Folk finger style 1-still working on learning this one.
Practiced changing from F to various chords.
Practiced Rust #9 strumming pattern with all chords learned so far.
Blues progressions.
It's been 5 days since I've practiced!
Folk finger style 1-still working on learning this one.
Practiced changing from F to various chords.
Practiced Rust #9 strumming pattern with all chords learned so far.
Blues progressions.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Practicing finally!
Guitar
1 minute changes
F-C 36
F-E 26
F-D 42
F-Am 41
F-G 42
Picking exercise (mentioned last time)
Rust #9 strumming pattern
Blues progressions
Folk fingerstyle #1
Played through chords for El Shaddai and There Is a Redeemer
Tinwhistle
Morrisons-decided to concentrate on one song-played on D and C whistles.
Ran through Cooley's Reel quickly.
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Old Joe Clark
Cripple Creek
Not gettin' much better on fiddle, but not gettin' worse neither.
1 minute changes
F-C 36
F-E 26
F-D 42
F-Am 41
F-G 42
Picking exercise (mentioned last time)
Rust #9 strumming pattern
Blues progressions
Folk fingerstyle #1
Played through chords for El Shaddai and There Is a Redeemer
Tinwhistle
Morrisons-decided to concentrate on one song-played on D and C whistles.
Ran through Cooley's Reel quickly.
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Old Joe Clark
Cripple Creek
Not gettin' much better on fiddle, but not gettin' worse neither.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Today (Friday)
Guitar
changes:
FC
F-D
F-E
F-Am
F-G
I didn't time these or count them. Just worked on my F's and changing chords.
Picking exercise:
1 pick on each string-all down picks
1 pick on each string-all up picks
2 picks on each string-down, then up
4 picks on each string-down/up/down/up
Rhythm Guitar
#9 D D U skip U D
Practiced this strumming pattern with many chords.
changes:
FC
F-D
F-E
F-Am
F-G
I didn't time these or count them. Just worked on my F's and changing chords.
Picking exercise:
1 pick on each string-all down picks
1 pick on each string-all up picks
2 picks on each string-down, then up
4 picks on each string-down/up/down/up
Rhythm Guitar
#9 D D U skip U D
Practiced this strumming pattern with many chords.
Stage 6...
Guitar
Yesterday, I started Stage 6. I spent a lot of time just watching the various videos. I learned about the "dreaded F chord". I already knew how to play an F chord, but it is one of the difficult ones.
So, that's about all I did yesterday.
Yesterday, I started Stage 6. I spent a lot of time just watching the various videos. I learned about the "dreaded F chord". I already knew how to play an F chord, but it is one of the difficult ones.
So, that's about all I did yesterday.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Gotta learn some actual songs on the guitar!
Guitar
Got the lyrics for Jordan's song written out. Now I have to figure out the chords. The chords he gave me don't sound quite right. I also need to find some other chords so I can play some of my old '70's Christian music. (Keith Green, Honeytree, 2nd Chapter of Acts, etc.)
Tinwhistle
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Star of the County Down
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Morrison's
South Wind
Cooley's Reel
Fiddle
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Old Joe Clark
Cripple Creek
Got the lyrics for Jordan's song written out. Now I have to figure out the chords. The chords he gave me don't sound quite right. I also need to find some other chords so I can play some of my old '70's Christian music. (Keith Green, Honeytree, 2nd Chapter of Acts, etc.)
Tinwhistle
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Star of the County Down
Si Bheag Si Mhor
Morrison's
South Wind
Cooley's Reel
Fiddle
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Old Joe Clark
Cripple Creek
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Late night practice...
Got home from work at 9:30 p.m. Bob's gone for the moment, so I snuck in some practice!
Guitar
Finger workout
Strum and pick chords
Practice folk fingerstyle 1
Practice blues shuffles
1 minute changes:
C7-D 38
D7-B7 52
G7-G 56
Am-A 66
E7-A 68
Ear training
He played 10 chords and I had to guess whether they were minor, major or 7ths.
I got 7 out of ten right. Those differences can be subtle!
Tinwhistle
Morrison's
Guitar
Finger workout
Strum and pick chords
Practice folk fingerstyle 1
Practice blues shuffles
1 minute changes:
C7-D 38
D7-B7 52
G7-G 56
Am-A 66
E7-A 68
Ear training
He played 10 chords and I had to guess whether they were minor, major or 7ths.
I got 7 out of ten right. Those differences can be subtle!
Tinwhistle
Morrison's
Monday, August 10, 2009
Day off!
Guitar
Finger workout
Strummed and picked all chords.
1 minute changes:
D7-B7 45
C-G7 56
Fmaj7-A 54
Am-G 64
C7-D 33
Worked on Folk Fingerstyle 1
Finger workout
Strummed and picked all chords.
1 minute changes:
D7-B7 45
C-G7 56
Fmaj7-A 54
Am-G 64
C7-D 33
Worked on Folk Fingerstyle 1
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Quick practice before work!
Bob went to church and I'm going to work soon, so I'm trying to practice a little of this and that!
Guitar
Finger Workout
Strumming all chords
1 Minute/Air changes practice
C7-E7 34
B7-A7 49
C-Dm 46
D7-Dm 50
Blues shuffle
Watched the video again and figured out the shuffle he's playing so I can practice.
Here's the progression of chords he plays:
E7 A7 E7 E7 A7 A7 E7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 (play one bar of each chord as shown)
Repeat with a different ending which I haven't figured out yet!
There's the timer. Gotta go!
Guitar
Finger Workout
Strumming all chords
1 Minute/Air changes practice
C7-E7 34
B7-A7 49
C-Dm 46
D7-Dm 50
Blues shuffle
Watched the video again and figured out the shuffle he's playing so I can practice.
Here's the progression of chords he plays:
E7 A7 E7 E7 A7 A7 E7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 (play one bar of each chord as shown)
Repeat with a different ending which I haven't figured out yet!
There's the timer. Gotta go!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
A "little" guitar practice...
Guitar
Didn't get as far as I'd planned. Seems Justin's guitar lesson site is experiencing a few problems and I get a lot of "broken link" boxes. Anyway, I did...
Finger Workout-1st fret
Pluck and strum on all chords.
1 minute changes:
C7-E7 34
B7-A7 44
D-Dm 58
G7-C 50
D7-Dm 50
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Cripple Creek
Old Joe Clark
Not getting great on the fiddle, but I'm getting less inhibited about trying new things. Who cares if I'm holding the bow exactly right! It's comfortable for me. I don't think all of those old timey mountain fiddlers really worried about that. They just practiced until they got the sounds they wanted. I'll never be a classical violinist...but I sure do like to listen to them! Onward and upward!
Tinwhistle
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Star of the County Down
Cooley's Reel
Si Bheag, Si Mhor
Not getting great on tinwhistle either, but it's getting a little more intuitive to match my fingers to the dots in the tablature. That's progress! Now I'm going to copy off some new songs at www.whistlethis.com.
Vaya con dios! (My language lesson of the day. Go with God!)
Didn't get as far as I'd planned. Seems Justin's guitar lesson site is experiencing a few problems and I get a lot of "broken link" boxes. Anyway, I did...
Finger Workout-1st fret
Pluck and strum on all chords.
1 minute changes:
C7-E7 34
B7-A7 44
D-Dm 58
G7-C 50
D7-Dm 50
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage
Cripple Creek
Old Joe Clark
Not getting great on the fiddle, but I'm getting less inhibited about trying new things. Who cares if I'm holding the bow exactly right! It's comfortable for me. I don't think all of those old timey mountain fiddlers really worried about that. They just practiced until they got the sounds they wanted. I'll never be a classical violinist...but I sure do like to listen to them! Onward and upward!
Tinwhistle
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Star of the County Down
Cooley's Reel
Si Bheag, Si Mhor
Not getting great on tinwhistle either, but it's getting a little more intuitive to match my fingers to the dots in the tablature. That's progress! Now I'm going to copy off some new songs at www.whistlethis.com.
Vaya con dios! (My language lesson of the day. Go with God!)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Blues shuffle!
Guitar
Finger workout
Pick and strum all chords
1 minute changes:
C7-E7 30
B7-A7 42
D-Dm 46
G7-C 40
D7-Dm 42
Rhythm Guitar-watched video about shuffle/swing rhythm
Practiced "common chord sequences" for blues. I got a pretty good shuffle going! Fun! Look out Johnny Lang!
Finger workout
Pick and strum all chords
1 minute changes:
C7-E7 30
B7-A7 42
D-Dm 46
G7-C 40
D7-Dm 42
Rhythm Guitar-watched video about shuffle/swing rhythm
Practiced "common chord sequences" for blues. I got a pretty good shuffle going! Fun! Look out Johnny Lang!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Been a while...
Was sick. Didn't practice for a few days.
Guitar
I just started Stage 5, so I didn't get through a whole practice routine. It takes a while to watch the videos about the new stuff to be sure I don't miss anything.
Finger Workout
Picked and strummed through all chords learned so far.
1 minute changes:
G7-G 46
B7-Fmaj7 33
C7-A7 31
Dm-E7 38
D7-A 47
Learned about using the note circle.
Began learning about triplets.
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage Down
Cripple Creek (tried advanced variation)
Old Joe Clark
Guitar
I just started Stage 5, so I didn't get through a whole practice routine. It takes a while to watch the videos about the new stuff to be sure I don't miss anything.
Finger Workout
Picked and strummed through all chords learned so far.
1 minute changes:
G7-G 46
B7-Fmaj7 33
C7-A7 31
Dm-E7 38
D7-A 47
Learned about using the note circle.
Began learning about triplets.
Fiddle
Shortnin' Bread
Ida Red
Bilem Cabbage Down
Cripple Creek (tried advanced variation)
Old Joe Clark
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