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@jedart – okay, so your last hit, you are holding it out longer than the other hits. Keep in mind that every hit is derived from an eighth note pattern, therefore every hit should last and equal length of time. I’d work on practicing by playing alongside my performance using the tab player to slow it down to a speed that you are comfortable with. But overall, this is a step in the right direction and an improvement. Keep up the good work!

willymac – Aced it! Love the laid back feel you gave it. I’m gonna share this on our social media today. Excellent playing! 🙂

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Here is everyone on page 7 I hadn’t gotten to yet.

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jinajupiter – Bravo, Jina! Playing and technique execution is excellent! So at this stage, I’d be listening for the subtleties that you can improve upon. For example, I’d work on cleaning up (eliminating the buzz) the G7 chord in bars 21 and 22. Keep up the great work!

erino7 – well done, you’ve got the technique sounding great! I saw your comment on rhythm and I understand where you’re coming from. Here’s what you want to work on:

Also, check out the video in this post. It talks about keeping your fingers curved at the first joint when fretting basic chords.

@nerdjenni – yes, the claw sounds more pronounced! Keep up the good work 🙂

nosferatu – Perfection, well done!

coffeemug – Well done! Here is my feedback for you. And here’s the lesson I referenced.

kirpuff – I think you have a great base established, so what you want to work on is keeping the tempo steady, as it jumps around quite a bit when you transition from one technique or section to the next. This song is split into four, so I would work on one section at a time and play alongside the metronome or the on screen tab viewer set to synthetic mode.

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Thanks for the kind words, Roman and welcome! 🙂

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No, it is for high G.

All low G lessons can be found here.

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@surfnrz – Much better, great job Ray!

mac1984 – Here is my feedback for you 🙂

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wongbrown – Love to hear you guys playing to a click! 🙂 The first two exercises you have down, so I’d say it’s okay to play them at that tempo. But, I’m not seeing or hearing the claw stroke. So I’d recommend reviewing that lesson and working on executing the technique as Christopher taught it.

I’d also recommend slowing the tempo down for the last two exercises.

annefgodfrey – Great job, Anne! First off, don’t be afraid to tap harder, so that we get a louder, more pronounced percussive sound. So the big thing with this technique, is that it’s a pattern, set to an eighth note rhythm. It looks like you have the pattern down, so your focus should be on keeping the timing steady. Remember, each hit in the pattern lasts an equal length of time.

I’d recommend playing alongside my performance, but using the tab player to slow it down to a speed you feel comfortable with.

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Welcome, @f0urstrings! Glad to have you here 🙂

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@cyukug – Okay, I’d say practicing at a slower tempo should help you focus on those 3 points.

For stability, have you tried form 2?

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cyukug – That was awesome! Here is my feedback. We’ll playback your performance and offer advice on What to work on and How to work on it 🙂

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santai – Awesome job! Here is my feedback for you 🙂

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nerdjenni – Well done! Each technique and exercise sounds great! So let’s talk about the claw. The reason it’s not sounding as it should, is because your hand is not spread open, whereas your fingers should have a gap which is an equal distance apart (fingers: 1-4, thumb is optional to use). Go back and re-watch the lesson, notice how when he strums through the exercises, he spreads his hand open for the claw stroke, and then his fingers come back together for the regular strum.

nthibode – Way to go, Nathalie! The only thing that stood out to me was the little bit of hesitation in the chord changes at the beginning of the triplets section. But that’s being really nitpicky, brilliant performance! Keep up the great work 🙂

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jonathan_gabel – Well done! Every technique looks and sounds great! The only thing that stood out to me was the claw stroke. Try to spread your hand out a little bit more (in the fingering), so as when you come down with the stroke, we hear more distinction in the hits.

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The Sound of Silence will be coming out this Friday! 🙂

Thanks for everyone’s patience and for voting! We’ll do another vote off based on your requests soon!

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gaberdude – Bravo, Gabe! Great feel and great job on getting the techniques down. I’d continue working on theme 3 and 4 to get it a little smoother and watch out for bending inward at the first joint, in 2 spots: pinky at 41 seconds and ring at 45 seconds. But really, that was so good! Nice work this month 🙂

surfnrz – Hey Ray, so your rhythm and timing sounds good, but it sounds like you’ve got some of the hits in different spots. So this technique plays out of an 8th note pattern, and what you want to do is memorize on which beat you:

1) tap with the thumb
2) tap with the index
3) strum up
4) strum down

Check out this video I made last week for another member, which broke down when each hit occurs. But for the best clarity, re-watch the lesson, as I broke it down in great detail.

laurasil – Perfect performance, bravo! And great job using it in a different tune 🙂

@jinajupiter – I think he wanted you to use the pinky as it creates more showmanship when doing the technique. But you could use the same fingering as the eighth note triplet.

When you post your performance, i’ll keep an ear out to hear if the melody pops. But it’s hard for me to give advice unless I can see / hear what you are doing.

lisadmh – You’ve got it down, great job and neat changes! The only thing I can spot is that your right hand looks a little tense/tight, try to perform the technique with as much elasticity in your hand as possible.

planetfink – To me, it looks like you’re ambidextrous! Pattern is great, you’ve got it down. The only thing I can suggest to work on is to slow it down and focus on the down strum hits that are made with the thumb.

If you listen back to your performance, most of the time you hit just string 4; or if you hit multiple strings, they are not evenly hit… i.e. 1 rings louder than the other. So practice slow and see if you can get an even hit across string 4 and 3 (at least).

jlbross – Well done, Jennifer! So you’ve got the pattern down and it sounds great overall, but there are two things that I think you can work on to get it a little bit tighter.

1) if you look at the advice I left above for Kathy (planetfink), you’ll see a comment about getting consistent hits. Listen to your performances from 18-22 seconds and 22-25 seconds. The latter has smoother, even hits. Try to make the entire piece have that same consistency.

2) Watch the timing in Beat 2. Try to tap along when you get into that section to help keep you in-time.

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@andracass – You’ve got it now! Technique looks great 🙂

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