First song to a backing track. There's a few riffs I need to nail down and get the timing on but the main riffs are there I think. Hoping to have it perfect with some more practice. Posting as starting point.
Thanks Paul, I've now got 160BPM smooth but struggling to keep up with my foot past this, will post 200BPM when I've got it. It's getting there though.
Nice one Seb! For the reader's benefit that's up from 100bpm on Wednesday evening.My prescription for the fastest run to 200bpm would be to limit all movement in the body to the foot or maybe even just the toes! That should allow you to keep everything more robotic which will etch the pattern clearer and deeper.Will look forward to the next update!
Thanks Swanner, much appreciated - I did have it on those settings but couldn't hear the click very well. Think I need to start below 30bpm so will try that.
I noticed I've not put any full songs up to speed, here's Holy Mountain, the first song I posted at full speed (100bpm). No backing track so I'm playing the track through my headphones and started it at the same time as the metronome, might be a millisecond off but I'm sure you'll pick up on that ;)
Yo Seb!One way is to use the default setting on the excellent free web metronome Drummer's Pulse ...
This gives 4 clicks and the first one has a higher pitch than the other 3. Using one click for each part of the beat means we're using four beats to represent one. In this case, although the metronome reads 60bpm we'd only actually be running the pattern at 15bpm (60/4 = 15).To set up Drummer's Pulse to count the 16th notes for us we can pull up the sliders at the bottom for 8th and 16th notes ...
I've also clicked on the "Sounds" option until the setting changes to "Voice". Now the metronome will count for us; "One click AND click ... TWO click AND click etc.". The clicks are the "uh" and the "a" of our 16th note count.If it's tough to get going at the lowest setting (30bpm) then you can use the first method above to access slower speeds. Once you've reached 120bpm with the first method, that's the same as playing at 30bpm using the second method.How much sense does all that make?
We've a couple of stripped down 7th chords (with the 5th in the bass) fingered 2,1,3 from low to high and muting all unused strings to allow us to strum all 6.The rests are usually indicators of some sort of mute which I've included as full strums with all 6 strings muted (the squiggly arrows). Had to have a quick go ...
First attempt at playing with a backing track here, definitely not all in time but some bits felt right haha but should be a good starting point to build on in the future.
Thought I'd use the hickory dickory rhyme to tighten up the triplets, learnt part of the sabbath warning solo, will put this to the metronome in the near future I think and see If I can get a backing track for it.
Big sound ... a 3 layer stack my word!A bit of a gear change as you move from the chords to the single note stuff ... expect the metronome to slow you down a bit to get that transitioning smoothly but shouldn't take long to work the speed back up once that's accomplished!Will look forward to the version under "lab conditions" 😉.
That should break the barrier and let you push the speed up a fair bit now.One bottleneck might be showing up here ... I've snapped a screenshot of your position before playing the last note.
Ideally by this time we'd want finger 3 to be pointing where it's needed next (aiming it *as* you play the index finger note) but you can see it's actually aimed a fret behind the one where it will be required. That then involves more movement than would suffice if you can stretch out finger 3 in preparation (and may even create a gap between the two notes which will become more obvious as you get faster). Django only used 2 fingers though for this though so you still have it easier than him. 😋Nice one ... onwards and upwards!
Thanks Paul, this is my better 60BPM version I've just done which sounds better already. Will try get to 100BPM but will likely get stopped by the foot tap getting too fast again.
Definitely better but still some minor timing issues in there (listening in at 0.25 speed should show where). For me it's those imperfections that will limit your top speed rather than the foot tap.The prescription is still to get a version nailed down 100% tight (however slow that needs to be and maybe with the out loud count too). Once that's achieved it's a straight path upward!!
Ok ... needs some extra mental strength I'd say! The cure?1) Listen in to your recording at 0.5 or 0.25 speed using the YouTube gear icon at the bottom. That should highlight what needs tweaking.2) Bring us another recording that you *know* is perfect ... however slow that needs to be! It's the perfect version we need to bring up through the speeds so first requirement is to get that working!Forgetting the guitar and just counting "One Trip- let-and" out loud (to an "Egg Egg Chicken" feel) along with the swing foot tap should help with feeling that rhythm stronger. A quick fix I'll wager!
Back home after Christmas and on my own PC again! Here's that suggested loop with the notes included. Getting this nailed down should translate easily into a stronger version of the full bar.
That's the trick ... the less foot movements involved to keep time, the stronger the underlying structure needs to be. You'll be proving that structure is getting stronger when your top speed goes up so be sure to measure regularly; it can go up fast since it's mostly in the brain ... as long as your practice is good!
Thanks for taking the time to make a video Paul, I did try taking the triplet count off but my foot tap just turns to straight so I think i'll just have to put the guitar away and practice the swing foot tap without the triplet count first.
Hi Paul
Hope you're enjoying your time away.
First song to a backing track. There's a few riffs I need to nail down and get the timing on but the main riffs are there I think. Hoping to have it perfect with some more practice. Posting as starting point.
Need to work on riffs at 3:10 and 0:41.
Came across this today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK7T7FTaWr8 A bit of foot tapping inspiration in a style you may appreciate!
Thanks Paul, I've now got 160BPM smooth but struggling to keep up with my foot past this, will post 200BPM when I've got it. It's getting there though.
120BPM as promised, will continue to push to 200BPM. A couple of late ands in there but didn't want to upload a new vid.
Thanks Swanner, much appreciated - I did have it on those settings but couldn't hear the click very well. Think I need to start below 30bpm so will try that.
I noticed I've not put any full songs up to speed, here's Holy Mountain, the first song I posted at full speed (100bpm). No backing track so I'm playing the track through my headphones and started it at the same time as the metronome, might be a millisecond off but I'm sure you'll pick up on that ;)
Hi Paul, I'm struggling to get this with the metronome, any idea how I can set up the metronome and get it looping?
Thanks, Seb
Improv I did earlier which I was really happy with until I realised I fcked up the camera angle and couldn't replicate 😂
Thanks Paul much appreciated, for some reason the video is showing as unavailable though? I will put it to the metronome
Im also having a crack at the minor swing chords, does this look right in taplature? It's bar 80 on this link. https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/django-reinhardt-minor-swing-tab-s16533
Cheers Paul
Hi Paul, hope alls good with you
First attempt at playing with a backing track here, definitely not all in time but some bits felt right haha but should be a good starting point to build on in the future.
Haha don't be fooled, the black one is my unplugged old solid state!
Thought I'd use the hickory dickory rhyme to tighten up the triplets, learnt part of the sabbath warning solo, will put this to the metronome in the near future I think and see If I can get a backing track for it.
Jamming with the metronome @ 60BPM as promised!
Happy new year Paul!
Progress update: I think I've nailed this on 70BPM now.
New year new amp! I may have given myself tinnitus playing through this.
Thanks Paul, this is my better 60BPM version I've just done which sounds better already. Will try get to 100BPM but will likely get stopped by the foot tap getting too fast again.
Best attempt at 60BPM, have to admit this one is a struggle for some reason.
That's the trick ... the less foot movements involved to keep time, the stronger the underlying structure needs to be. You'll be proving that structure is getting stronger when your top speed goes up so be sure to measure regularly; it can go up fast since it's mostly in the brain ... as long as your practice is good!
Thanks for taking the time to make a video Paul, I did try taking the triplet count off but my foot tap just turns to straight so I think i'll just have to put the guitar away and practice the swing foot tap without the triplet count first.
Hi Seb, Here's the section under consideration ...
and hopefully this helps: