http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQ0NsS1pgA
This a video I did of me playing a Hendrix style chord riff that I made up and then teaching it. Let me know what you think of the riff and more importantly the lesson, as I teach guitar.
I know the lesson is not perfect but the stuff I do just with a webcam never is, I have a friend who has a professional camera and mic and I spend more time on those videos.
together we stand, divided we fall..........
Things I liked:
- you played the exercise through first of all
- you showed the chords you were using, including the C-shape barre chord and explained how they were put together
- you told the student what scales you were going to use
- the instructions on the barre at whatever fret you were at were nice and clear
Obviously, the detailed how-to can always be difficult to get across but I thought your repeated playing of some of the difficult bits worked well. The bit where you said "This is pentatonic patterns, nothing more" is very useful for anyone trying to follow it online.
The musical content was fine, and I think it fits the lesson well.
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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Thanks for the feedback Al, can I call you Al?
together we stand, divided we fall..........
I have been working a lot on that stuff myself lately - i think your video is a good introduction. Will you follow it up with a video on using other chord shapes?
btw - i like your video, but i also have found this video helpful on the same topic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHNsoGopOo
im sure you probably know what the guy is saying already, but it might help others interested in the topic of your thread.
Anyway, like i said - good video on a good topic :-)
"I like to play that guitar. I have to stare at it while I'm playing it because I'm not very good at playing it."
Noel Gallagher (who took the words right out of my mouth)
Thanks for the feedback Al, can I call you Al?
I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me you can call me Al
Hee hee
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
Wedding music and guitar lessons in Essex. Listen at: http://www.rollmopmusic.co.uk
Amazing thing about these Hendrix riffs is.... he probably did not know the theory behind what he was doing, he was just doing it! Brilliant!
together we stand, divided we fall..........
