[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've heard good things about that book, but never had a look myself. I definitely put really learning the fretboard off for way too long - felt like an asshole once I put in the time on it and realized how much it opened things up for me!

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submitted 1 year ago by R5N@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world

Anyone else really enjoy picking up new ideas from books? There are a lot of crap ones out there, but some real gems too.

Pic related is what I'm working through now and it's fantastic. Randy has another book that's a more general introduction to jazz guitar, which is probably the most useful information dense guitar book I've ever found.

What are your favorites?

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh God I think I spent more on batteries for that thing in 3 months than I did for the actual handheld.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Cool, TIL, thanks for sharing!

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[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It used to be not embarrassing myself at the next rehearsal, but nowadays a big motivator is setting a good example for my kid and showing him the value of putting in the work to get results.

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submitted 1 year ago by R5N@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world

Maybe this is useful for some of you - it's a table of optimized random root sequences for the chromatic scale.

Ive found it helpful for reducing the influence of muscle memory when working things out on the fretboard. If I'm practicing things e.g. chromatically or moving around the cycle I find myself cheating and relying on pattern knowledge as opposed to actually thinking about where my notes are.

The guy has a better explanation and some use cases on his site. Enjoy!

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure about Docker integration but I use Asana for this sort of thing.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One of the best heavy guitar tones ever, this shit rules so much.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty! Are those things actually fully hollow? I never saw one in person but always assumed they were semis because of the fixed bridge.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you like platformers and haven't done it already you should play both Super Mario 3 on NES and Super Mario World on SNES. Still really great to play but also a good history lesson - a lot of staple design concepts were pioneered in those games!

Staying in the platformer genre, the original Rayman on PSX wil always be one of my favorites. Wonderful, unique art and sound design. Starts off very slow but becomes fiendishly difficult as you keep going. Be advised that it was designed with limited lives and some brutal gauntlets between save points. Save scumming with your emulator is probably going to be good for your sanity here.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've never seen those mini buckers before, thought they were p90s at first glance. How do they compare to the full size ones?

Also RIP your back, I love my LP but it's so damn heavy I stopped gigging with it years ago

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Just happened to walk by a Lamy display in a store while I was killing time before a lunch, tried the tester and loved how smooth it was to write with one. I have a safari and an al-star now and they're basically all I write with at this point.

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Transcribing was so frustrating when I started, but oh man is it good for your ears!

[-] R5N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sucking it up and actually learning the fretboard and how to spell chords so I can do cool voice leading stuff with inversions and upper structure triads. Painful, but already paying dividends!

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