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Another, slightly faster raging dumpster fire of bad picking
Okay, this here is my homework - I was assigned 135bpm, but I was trying a sort of "shoot for the stars and hit the moon" kind of thing so I did 140 - crash and burn, should have done 135. This is a bit less ambitious with my mixed escape lines, at the end I just give up hahaha
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Mar 3, 2024 4:07 AM
Raging Dumpster Fire of Bad Picking
lol Here is an attempt at mixed escape picking, title pretty much says it all. I started at 150, but I couldn't play at all, so I settled at 130 with is probably "top stringhopping" speeds. Dismal failure to say the least. Oh well. There's always elbow, right?
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Feb 26, 2024 12:12 AM
Supinated DSX MX Escape Attempt
"Supinated DSX MX Escape Attempt" is an attempt at doing my DSX single escape - only supinated! And then trying it out with the "best I can muster" wrist rotation.
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Feb 11, 2024 10:04 PM
178BPM Pent 5's
Ugh This is rough, swipe city! What a mess... Anyways... -------------------5---7---- ---------5---7-------------- ---8------------------------
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Feb 8, 2024 3:39 AM
DSX To DBX Pentatonic 5's
DSX To DBX Pentatonic 5's; -----------------5---7------- -------5---7----------------- ---8--------------------------
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Feb 4, 2024 3:59 AM
Amin9Add11 6 String Arpeggio
Challenging. Lots of swipes and misses here as I try to start a bit slower and speed up. No click. Used a different pick, and I *think that the attack is a lot less severe.
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Dec 18, 2023 3:00 AM
Pentatonic 5's 140
Pentatonic fives at 140, swiped mess
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Dec 10, 2023 10:51 PM
arp thing and 6s
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Dec 9, 2023 3:46 AM
170 Trips Tripup
Some Scalar stuff and 1 nps playing. Hopefully moving forward!
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Dec 7, 2023 3:20 AM
2 String sixes - Mostly Escaping - Much Less swiping but slower
Mostly Escaping - Much Less swiping but slower
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Dec 2, 2023 11:47 PM
2 Str Sixes - Not trapped but swiping
2 Str Sixes - Not trapped but swiping
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Dec 2, 2023 11:44 PM
140Ish Tremolo Disaster
Playing along with Guitar Pro 8 - something that should be easy, but I'm just not there yet. Started at 140BPM, cycled through the study twice and then increased the tempo by 1%. I had to trim this video so the first part of it may be slightly faster than 140. It's at that point where stuff is falling apart.
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Nov 24, 2023 3:19 AM
Pentatonic 6's
This one is interesting; I thought I'd try a few with my DSX motion and I wasn't initially going to include it because it was pretty terrible. But if one can get past the terribleness of it, it tells a story I think...
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Nov 14, 2023 3:40 AM
Pentatonic 5's
Pentatonic 5's, same deal I think...
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Nov 14, 2023 3:34 AM
Arpeggio Sequenced in 3's
Arpeggio Sequenced in 3's - Delicious! Except... I play 'em messy... lol
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Nov 14, 2023 3:30 AM
4's Sequence (3 NPS)
Descending and Ascending 3 NPS 4's - symmetrical pattern.
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Nov 14, 2023 3:27 AM
Single String Chromatics
Single string chromatics, except for the two strings part! lol
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Nov 14, 2023 3:22 AM
Homework: Rootsy Fusion Bit That Fits
I can play the whole lick, but ran into the magnet sort of colliding with my hand so I opted to just post this chunk. Still refining this killer lick
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Nov 14, 2023 3:15 AM
Ascending 6's Part 2
Attempt at getting escapes that are clean... Something mutated here as far as my motion/form - not certain it's positive...
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Oct 9, 2023 9:21 PM
Gilbert 6's - In Ab
Seeing what gets trapped or escapes in medium vs fast tempos!
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Sep 27, 2023 2:22 AM
Lick 3
My tragic attempt at extreme mixed escapes... -----------------------5--7--8--7--5-------------------- ----------------5---------------------------5--------------- ---5--7--8--------------------------------------8--7--5---
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Sep 26, 2023 2:39 AM
Lick 2
Andy Wood 2 string 6's
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Sep 26, 2023 2:32 AM
Lick 1
Yngwie 6's
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Sep 26, 2023 2:29 AM
Fig 2 - 5 Sequence with notes
I tried to get this to kind of the same level that my Tumeni Notes was at; this is faster actually because straight 16ths. but that doesn't matter - the error happens prominently starting at 152 until about 152. 144 there's a "hint" of it meaning that sometimes I get it clean, sometimes I don't. I tried to do this also with a flat, almost supinated picking hand but as I messed around I may have inadvertently developed a USX thing... That's a tale for another day. Anyways, I will include this with my technique critique, hopefully it paints a better picture. I am aware of the swipe/thwap; I just don't know what to do to not do that at tempo if that makes sense. I could probably grind the tempo way up next day but I think that will just present the same thing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------5--- -----------------5---6--------------5---6---7---------5---6---7--------- ---5---6---7--------------6---7------------------7------------------------
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Sep 17, 2023 4:06 AM
Fig 1 - Ascending 5 Sequence
Starting over... Sadly, this is only at 60 FPS, and the closest to a "magnet angle as I could muster. One example of many picking difficulties, this sequence has 3 issues in one. I just put this together so this is my top speed at the moment just before it falls apart completely. It's a good representation of any phrase that has these sorts of difficulty in them as far as approximate starting tempo, position, etc goes. I have no clue what I am supposed to be making my right hand do, so I am simply opting for "trying to hit the strings" if that makes sense. There is a useful musical application to this, but I decided to remove the left hand from this in order to try to decrease the variables. Filmed on an Iphone XS, Edited in Finalcut. I will try to learn more to see if I can further improve the fidelity. Hopefully this can provide something of use. I will do a much faster and sloppier version tomorrow once I have had a chance to get a bit more comfortable with the note groupings. Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------x---- --------------x---x-------------x---x---x---------x---x---x---------- -x--x--x--------------x---x-------------------x-----------------------
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Sep 16, 2023 11:09 PM
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