Just a taught to through into the mix and I'm sure Matt will need to be hospitalised after it, but do you guys ever see a day when you could do an electric version of TG. I think I heard Neil say he had some other teachers working for him. Can't even imagine the workload that would be requested on an electric version of TG but I have to admit I'd love to have something in the same format as this as I'm burning my way through the current syllabus doing at least 2 hrs a day after or before work depending on the shift.
Great stuff lads. What your doing is great but I gotta reach and push the boundaries a bit just i case you haven't taught of it.
Cheers Rod...
Electric Guitar version of TG
Really I taught you'd be reaching for the Qantas website as soon as somebody mentioned it. You know what... it would be a cracking site. Now you just have to find a few really hard up axe men to take up the task of all the requests you'll get. Have you mentioned this to Neil yet as it might scare him off and he'll never come back from one of those softball tournaments he brings his daughters to. On a serious note I been looking at some of them(electric guitar lesson sites) and there missing that personal note.. they just through up some tab & clips of guitarists playing the songs They don't take time to tell you what key your in or what mode your in. If they told you for example on the the verse/curious your in this key/mode and then the solo what tools your using, ie modes/scales and rhythm patterns for lead. Also things like if you know how fast a piece is going to be you can break it down and practice the fast bits it the scale/mode on the right position on the neck. I got lots to say about this if you need any ideas. I'll be more than glad to help and hopefully my ideas will improve as its 3:45am on Friday/Saturday morning at the moment and I been working all week but this is a passion for me and if I can lend a hand I will.
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It makes perfect sense because many of Neil's song studies were electric in the first place. Smoke on the Water, Cinnamon Girl (at least the Crazy Horse version), most of the Led Zep, Don't Fear the Reaper (Buck Dharma doesn't know what an acoustic guitar looks like!), Paint it Black (except for the sitar) and so on.
I'm not so much interested in more hard rock songs but maybe how to be a better electric guitarist. I am much too heavy on the electric!
Good idea Rod! Looking forward to it Matt. Thanks!
I'm not so much interested in more hard rock songs but maybe how to be a better electric guitarist. I am much too heavy on the electric!
Good idea Rod! Looking forward to it Matt. Thanks!
Yeah wouldn't it be nice to have the dexterity and skill to study whatever artist you like. Imagine having the skill to be able to study artists like SRV Texas Flood or Hendrix Little Wing or even some of the more tecniqual pieces of Satriani or Steve Vai. To be honest my goal in guitar playing is to get to the point where I can play anything I want obviously with study & understand what Im doing. I think study pieces are great but only if you take away something from them and if you understand the tools, techniques & theory behind then and most of all if you can play them differently every time. Playing stuff note for note is only a start after that you should aim to bring something to the table yourself.
Well thats my second rant in 24hrs but I love it.
Cheers Rod...
Well thats my second rant in 24hrs but I love it.
Cheers Rod...
Rod- I'm with you all the way but I think I've concluded that working full time and supporting a family I simply don't have the time to get to that level of skill. I think the biggest challenge learning the guitar is keeping it relevent. If you just learn theory but never play songs what good is it really? So many/most guitarists learn songs first and hope they learn the rest latter, maybe by osmosis!:lol:
I've noticed that by working hard on Neil's songs my overall playing has skyrocketed. Stuff that I never would have tried before now seems within reach. Certainly not SRV or Jimi but some of the human guitarists. The way Neil breaks it down even the most complex is just little bits of skill put together in a string. Getting the "feel" is the challenge.
Someday I hope to be able to compose a song, just one song, that people might say "Wow, cool song, you wrote that?!".
I've noticed that by working hard on Neil's songs my overall playing has skyrocketed. Stuff that I never would have tried before now seems within reach. Certainly not SRV or Jimi but some of the human guitarists. The way Neil breaks it down even the most complex is just little bits of skill put together in a string. Getting the "feel" is the challenge.
Someday I hope to be able to compose a song, just one song, that people might say "Wow, cool song, you wrote that?!".
I'm with BigBear on this , it would be nice to become comfortably accomplished abd maybe write a song one day. I don't play enough electric but would like to do more especially SRV style that Texas shuffle is a unique sound.
My level has improved due to Neils methods , the break downs into small bites almost simplify some difficult songs. ONly yesterday I found the intro lesson to Sleight of Hand having only heard it before and well its not so bad after all not sure about getting the tempo yet but hey its well on the way already
I think the issue for a lot of us would be swamped with way to much stuff and findng time sufficient to devote meaningful periods to practice
My level has improved due to Neils methods , the break downs into small bites almost simplify some difficult songs. ONly yesterday I found the intro lesson to Sleight of Hand having only heard it before and well its not so bad after all not sure about getting the tempo yet but hey its well on the way already
I think the issue for a lot of us would be swamped with way to much stuff and findng time sufficient to devote meaningful periods to practice
Yeah I hear you time is hard to find but i have managed to find 2 hrs a day including holding a permanent job while working shifts and even more importantly not interrupting things with my other half. I'm loving this site and am working my way through every song as I've found so much to learn in some of the songs i would have never looked at ie country stuff. Some of it sounds easy enough but when you spend the time on it you develop a respect for some types of music you may not have given the time of day to before. Anyway my point is if you study on a site like this you will improve and you will tackle harder pieces and the sky is the limit. So I'm saying if there is an electric guitar site with clear set levels and with enough stuff to work on, nobody will have to venture out of there comfort levels unless they want to. Much the same as this site. But I recon at some stage your going to have a go at Classical Gas or Embryonic Journey the two most difficult pieces on the site its human nature to want to improve.
Cheers Rod...
Cheers Rod...
Rod- you are absolutely correct! I'd probaly have a lot more time to practice if I got off this forum!! But I digress!
Even though I own an electric guitar and play it occasionally it isn't my primary weapon! I'd be afraid that if this site added electric guitar specifically it might dilute the otherwise superb focus.
And other than some electric techniques ie. heavier empahasis on lead playing, bends, slides, trills. vibratos, shredding etc. most of the stuff on this site pertains to guitars, not acoustic or electric. So if that's the case, it really gets down to song selection.
Neil may not be able to satisfy everyone. He's staked out a niche and done it very well. It may be that we will need to look elsewhere for real specific electric guitar instruction.
Even though I own an electric guitar and play it occasionally it isn't my primary weapon! I'd be afraid that if this site added electric guitar specifically it might dilute the otherwise superb focus.
And other than some electric techniques ie. heavier empahasis on lead playing, bends, slides, trills. vibratos, shredding etc. most of the stuff on this site pertains to guitars, not acoustic or electric. So if that's the case, it really gets down to song selection.
Neil may not be able to satisfy everyone. He's staked out a niche and done it very well. It may be that we will need to look elsewhere for real specific electric guitar instruction.