Hi there everyone! It’s San here back with another update from my China trip. Just wanted to say before I start that the new website design looks great – good work you guys in the UK! Well, it’s nice weather Continue reading read more »
Before we went to Baguio, we already included in our itenerary a trip to La Trinidad,Benguet, a place popular for its Strawberry Field.So on our second day, we woke up early,around 8am and went there for our most-awaited activity,Strawberry Picking. The kids love the idea of picking their own Strawberry.Kendrick on the way back to [...] read more »
This week's workout involves timing and subdivisions. Pick a nice slow tempo to work with. The idea is to keep the exact same tempo up, but switch subdivisions. That means how many notes you play per beat. It might look like a joke with all one open E, but switching from 4:1, to 5:1, then 6:1 can be really difficult.You can also make some variations such as playing it in backwards order, mixing them up, or even extending the amount of bars you play each kind of note for.This one doesn't fit in the websit... read more »
Here is week 5 Finally!This exercise works on economy picking using the Lydian Augmented Scale. Pay extra special attention to the picking indication as there will be groups of two down strokes, or two upstrokes in a row.Remember, when economy picking, the sets of two stroked in a row have to be connected like a mini sweep. You should not actually pick like a free stroke, more like push straight through the strings. read more »
This week we have diminished run. It is an F Whole-Half Diminished exercise using eight note triplets. The string skipping can be confusing, but it is important to keep a constant up-down motion no matter where the next note falls. Keeping the alternate picking motion is what will actually make the exercise possible to play fast with that really consistent texture. Make sure every downbeat lines up with a down stroke, this is a good way to tell if you are really keeping up with the metronome.On the left... read more »
Welcome to week 2 of Guitar Workout Weekly!This week, we also have a single string, alternate picking drill. This one focuses on being able to sequence between any set of three fingers. It also has a wide range to work on stretches.From the lowest "bass" note of the drill, there is a major second, minor third, and perfect fourth. That means that this like could be a subset of these and other minor scales: Aeolian Dorian Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Whole-Half DiminishedHere is a diagram of what the shape... read more »
This is the second post in a series where I answer some of the common search queries I get. I speak only reflecting my own experience, in this case temperament testing two litters before finding a puppy I was happy with._______________________________________________________________It was about two and half years ago I became interested in the idea of an assistance dog (we call service dogs assistance dogs here in Australia), but it took me much longer to research the practicalities of whether it would b... read more »
