I wonder how much time to spend on bursts in a daily practice routine and how to incorporate that into a daily practice routine of let's say an hour? 5, 10, 20 minutes?. And at what tempo should I say "this is good enough" and move on to another "lick" to do bursts on?
Hey! Very little time, I just do it to find the motion that will work and then practice slowly 90% of the time with the picking motion as close to that as I can. It will never be exactly the same since momentum will come into it at higher speeds as well, I want to avoid using a motion that's way off from what I know will work though. My approach to technique is to get as many perfect reps in as possible and then after I'm done with my practicing I'll just have fun and see how fast I can push things when improvising or just playing for fun.
If that works better for you go ahead, the purpose of counting is to make the rhythm easier to understand and play. If you want to use the system of Konnakol (which is a proven way of doing it) the common ways of doing groups of five are: 1. Ta-Ka-Ta-Ki-Ta 2. Ta-di-gi-na-thom 3.Ta-ka-di-mi-ta I only included the first one here since it's the easiest to wrap your head around initially and the point of the video isn't to teach the complete system:)
This sweep progression is from an old video I uploaded to instagram years ago, just reposted it now and some people wanted the tabs. You can find the tabs on my Patreon over here: www.patreon.com/posts/111664169
Thanks Jon. I know it depends on the sound one is going for when writing but when soloing over a progression, is it a good idea for example to solo in phrygian over the iii chord, lydian over the IV chord, etc?
Hey! I've never found that useful since it's whatever chord you hear as the I/i chord that sets the overall tonality. So you can play E Phrygian over the iii chord in C major until you're blue in the face but it'll still sound like the major scale since our ears hear in functional intervals. If you find that it's easier to navigate the progression that way, go for it, but I don't think it's correct to say that you're all of a sudden in E Phrygian or F Lydian just because your on the iii or IV chord in a major key. That's why they're numbered iii and IV and not I. This is also why I always teach the modes from the same root note so you can actually hear and see the changes in structure. When you do it in relation to a major key (C Ionian, D Dorian, E Phrygian etc) it can be more confusing for someone new to the modes. I know I didn't really get the modes until I learned the formulas and played them from the same root. That's where you really hear the difference. Hope that helps!
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this may be an older video, only recently updated. Jon's newer videos have multiple Solars hanging on the walls behind him... And that's not even touching the fact that he does an almost weekly segment for Ola Englund's show.
I’m sponsored by Solar since they started the company, was a no brainer once Ola had me play the first batch of models. If I wasn’t happy with them I’d rather buy my own guitars so it’s not a biased review😊
@@JonBjork 👍 only thing making me hesitate is not being able to touch one in a physical store and having to order it but I might get one at this rate I’ve seen a lot of people happy with them
@@JonBjork Thanks - I find that on a LP or Strat it its difficult beyond the 12 fret/position as at that point the pink is beginning to fret at 15. Does one just avoid going higher, wrap the thumb around the front, other? Keeping the guitar high, e.g. on a short strap helps, but again at some point it's still an issue. Appreciate feedback or suggestions. By the way, sweeping better after a week, in fact helps for better upstrokes in general even when not sweeping, great exercise.
@@charlesmedcoff8697 It's harder the higher you go on the guitars you mentioned but that doesn't mean impossible. You have to adapt the technique as you get higher so don't worry about keeping it the same as on the lower frets.
Hey Jon, thanks for the lesson! I found your lesson on the 7 shapes of the major scale super helpful in terms on connecting the shapes and hearing the root notes within those shapes. Do you think it would be worth your while to do a lesson on the shapes of the natural minor scale or do you think there's too much overlap between the shapes of major and minor that a lesson wouldn't be necessary? Thanks for all the great work you do!
Hey! The shapes are all the same for the related modes. So by learning these 7 shapes you’ve actually learned 49 shapes. (7 modes x 7 shapes). Once you know the physical shapes you can go through them again in the same way but start on the note that would be the root of whatever mode you’re working on. For the natural minor you’d start on the F#’s if you keep the original key of A major of the exercise. For Dorian you’d start on the B’s and so on. So the shapes remain the same but what note you see/hear as the root will depend on the tonality you’re after. Hope that helps!
Thanks a lot, these practice routines help me a lot, especially for 7 String sweeping. I often tend to sweep just the standard shapes on 6 and 7 string Guitar, but all the inversions open up a different level and you can get the shapes closer together. In the end it all comes down to intervals again :-) Cheers!!
Thank You for all those great tips! I also like, when looping for example 4 notes, make 5 notes loop fast/slow. 123 (triplet) 41 (quarter notes) 234 (triplets) 12 (quarter) 341 (triplets) 23(quarter) etc. You can use metronome for this, its using all variatioons and its also fun and usefull musically.
Jon what course is this video from? Do you have more arpeggio courses other than the one you dropped a couple days ago? Also do you have lessons on combining scales and arpeggios together on your patreon? Thank you!
You have a link in the description of the video😊👍 Not yet but I have a hard time most people have gone through the shapes in the one I posted a few days ago. Yes, I have 3 workouts specifically for that in the Guitar Gym tier.
Only 30 minutes in but this is already the most in depth sweeping lesson I've seen so far. Thank you so much for uploading this Jon. Do you have more theory lessons like this on your patreon?
