Line Integration

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: In this tutorial we're going to take some basic concepts of time feel and use them to improve both our technique and vocabulary when improvising. To properly integrate a line you must know it inside and out. You must know your lines rhythmically and harmonically. Today we'll focus more on the rhythmic aspect of lines (this is the most important way to learn...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innately increasing accuracy and speed simultaneously within time. Two things that are crucial to this exercise: 1...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innately increasing accuracy and speed simultaneously within time. Two things that are crucial to this exercise: 1...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: CYCLING: The method here is to take any lick you like and breaking it down in a way in which you can play it non stop to a metronome or drum loop. Keep in mind I don't use metronomes to build speed alone. I make sure I'm playing in time, thus innately increasing accuracy and speed simultaneously within time. Two things that are crucial to this exercise: 1...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you possess a high level of rhythmical context. Too many of us guitar players get caught up in whether or not we ...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you possess a high level of rhythmical context. Too many of us guitar players get caught up in whether or not we ...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you possess a high level of rhythmical context. Too many of us guitar players get caught up in whether or not we ...

Media Length: 0:45

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you possess a high level of rhythmical context. Too many of us guitar players get caught up in whether or not we ...

Media Length: 0:43

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: METER PIVOTING: Now here comes the fun part. Pivoting on the meter is crucial and revealing of your understanding of time using the lick you are playing. Time is the only way to play anything, and any thing can be played in any time as long as you possess a high level of rhythmical context. Too many of us guitar players get caught up in whether or not we ...

Media Length: 0:45

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: Enjoy the backing track! If you've worked hard at this you'll find your work is far from over. This is a discipline. If you want to become a professional who posesses his/her own sound, then you need to explore these methods everyday. I personally love exploring time feel. Think about it this. If we liken music to a language then we know it's more important...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Improvising Style: Rock

Excerpt: If you've worked hard at this you'll find your work is far from over. This is a discipline. If you want to become a professional who posesses his/her own sound, then you need to explore these methods everyday. I personally love exploring time feel. Think about it this. If we liken music to a language then we know it's more important how and where we place ou...

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