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I would agree. I have an MA in Jazz from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. We had Gilad Hekselman as a tutor, who is amazing but I’d love to have had some lessons with Ben! What a great approach he has to practicing.
Hi Ben, I've found that sort of "camping" in the target tempo is a way of building speed. Meaning: not necessarily increase tempo little by little trying to stay perfect the whole time but venturing into the wilderness and trying to polish the line in there. A strategy I use in such a case is trying to see if I can string together 2 notes, then 3, then 4, etc. Most times we can do a few notes at the target tempo, but the line eventually falls apart. This way I can find where precisely in the line I'm falling behind. I'm curious to know if you ever did this! The strategy you show in the video is great. Amazing also for strengthening subdivision control and time!
Fantastic lesson ! very clear and easy to internalize. I find that what works for me as far as speed development is using a transcribed solo and playing it slowly while paying attention to the rhythm, phrasing, etc.. Using a metronome helps a great deal. I am currently doing that with Trane s Countdown especially after hearing Victor Bailey s out rageous performance on a 4 string bass. NOt sure when I ll reach Trane s tempo but Ill continue daily and sure enough the effort will lead to something positive.
I really liked this kind of explain step by step video. I would like your sincery experience playing an specific technique like for instance sweep picking, applied to a musical solo
This is great legato practice, Ben. I come from the alternate picking school; influence. I love legato but never developed as I have the picking style. Great, thanks for the tips.
Are you aware of how you hold the pick? Troy Grady videos opened my eyes to this, e.g, why certain lines/sequences are more or less difficult for me (I tend to slant upwards, making it easier for me change strings after down strokes and also economy pick descending rather than ascending). You seem like a fairly legato player, but I’ve heard you also pick very fast linear runs, so I was just wondering if you were aware of any direction bias in your right hand. For example both yngwie and Eric Johnson slant down, so they always change strings after an upstroke, or they use legato to buy them time to reposition the pick.
I don't know if you ever looked at it, I'm not sure what technique Doug Raney used, would it have something to do with that technique to become more fluid and fast?
Hi Ben , Really enjoy your videos, very entertaining and educational. Can you sharethe recording equipment that you use for video/audio? I have been trying to record and post with the latest iphone combined with an interface and Logic pro but that doesnt seem to work as far as sound quality. I would appreciate it if you can suggest or advise..
Thank you so much! I'll do a video soon discussing my gear, but right now I have a Shure clip-on mic that I run through a USB audio interface into Logic 😀
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one of the best improvising musicians alive right here.
thanks so much!
I can't say I disagree.
I would agree. I have an MA in Jazz from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. We had Gilad Hekselman as a tutor, who is amazing but I’d love to have had some lessons with Ben! What a great approach he has to practicing.
Hi Ben, I've found that sort of "camping" in the target tempo is a way of building speed. Meaning: not necessarily increase tempo little by little trying to stay perfect the whole time but venturing into the wilderness and trying to polish the line in there. A strategy I use in such a case is trying to see if I can string together 2 notes, then 3, then 4, etc. Most times we can do a few notes at the target tempo, but the line eventually falls apart. This way I can find where precisely in the line I'm falling behind. I'm curious to know if you ever did this! The strategy you show in the video is great. Amazing also for strengthening subdivision control and time!
Ben is awesome! Thanks for all your incredible work! 👍
Thanks for watching, Jon!
Very cool
Thanks for watching!
Great sequential method, very easy to understand!
Thanks Andreas!
Fantastic lesson ! very clear and easy to internalize. I find that what works for me as far as speed development is using a transcribed solo and playing it slowly while paying attention to the rhythm, phrasing, etc.. Using a metronome helps a great deal. I am currently doing that with Trane s Countdown especially after hearing Victor Bailey s out rageous performance on a 4 string bass. NOt sure when I ll reach Trane s tempo but Ill continue daily and sure enough the effort will lead to something positive.
Great insight - thank you so much for sharing! Metronome is always a big help! I really appreciate your input 😀
I really liked this kind of explain step by step video. I would like your sincery experience playing an specific technique like for instance sweep picking, applied to a musical solo
Excellent subject to cover, thank you Ben
thank you for watching!
This is great legato practice, Ben. I come from the alternate picking school; influence. I love legato but never developed as I have the picking style. Great, thanks for the tips.
Thanks so much for watching, Eric! I really appreciate your insight as well.
Having a great sound really is essential
It is! I agree!
Are you aware of how you hold the pick? Troy Grady videos opened my eyes to this, e.g, why certain lines/sequences are more or less difficult for me (I tend to slant upwards, making it easier for me change strings after down strokes and also economy pick descending rather than ascending). You seem like a fairly legato player, but I’ve heard you also pick very fast linear runs, so I was just wondering if you were aware of any direction bias in your right hand. For example both yngwie and Eric Johnson slant down, so they always change strings after an upstroke, or they use legato to buy them time to reposition the pick.
Great question! I'm going to make a video soon on picking, so I'll discuss this in some more depth! 😀
I don't know if you ever looked at it, I'm not sure what technique Doug Raney used, would it have something to do with that technique to become more fluid and fast?
Great question - I'd have to look into that further 🤔
Hi Ben. Fantastic stuff. Isn't the intro example played with some gain ? I hear some distortion.
Thanks so much! Yes, a bit of gain happening here!
Do you give private lessons sir?
Occasionally yes! You can email info@bensguitarclub.com if you're interested in a lesson
Hi Ben , Really enjoy your videos, very entertaining and educational. Can you sharethe recording equipment that you use for video/audio? I have been trying to record and post with the latest iphone combined with an interface and Logic pro but that doesnt seem to work as far as sound quality. I would appreciate it if you can suggest or advise..
Thank you so much! I'll do a video soon discussing my gear, but right now I have a Shure clip-on mic that I run through a USB audio interface into Logic 😀
Great discussion Ben! Next you'll be doing 500bpm... just wait 😅
Let's see if I can do it! 😂😂😂
For me, accuracy has always increased my speed
Great point!
what about 32 notes at 100 bpm? 🤣sure you can do it
That's coming next! 😂
too many notes kill the sense