Wow! His playing is truly brilliant! I think I'll give up now. But no, not really. Working on the first Murphy Method videos and have completed first lesson, though I know a couple more tunes fairly well too. Could be a while before I get to this, but who knows?
Thanks for the youtube links, Rob.
I've been looking for some "alternative" licks for FMB.
Thanks, John. I have a lot of Skype students in the U.K. but I am not familiar with Maddiston. I am glad to help. I have been hoping to get back to some more banjo videos. Sometimes I get too busy for my own good.
Glad to help, Anthony.
Hi Rob,
First off thank you very much for the great banjo lessons!
I've learned cripple creek from you and now I am working on foggy mountain breakdown.
I am able to play along with practice companion B, but struggle as soon as I move to practice companion C. To me it seems like a big increase in tempo.
Do you have any tips or advice for me?
Thanks again!
cjegues,
I would suggest practicing in two ways. Slow everything down and use a metronome. Keep the tune in time at a slow pace and keep your fingering solid and strong. Then, play beyond your ability and don't worry about messing up. Mistakes are the best way to grow. Isolate measures and cycle them in time, repeating them over and over, making sure that you keep it fast even when missing notes. You'll notice the notes you are missing and those are the ones you can focus on when you slow it back down. We develop fast muscle memory and that is hard to do when playing it slowly. Small chunks, over and over and over until they flow. Then move on. It's like chewing up a steak. I hope this helps.
Learning so much from this! Is there a part B?
This is great. Thank you for posting. I’ve been playing for about a month and love finding new ways to learn.
Stick to the Bourassa method and you will not regret it, concentrate on the many hours of practice for timing and syncopation he explains in his lessons. Rob is a genius and I wish he would do another video.
The fast intro tune to Robs lessons is his own composition ( Jesus Saviour Mine ). It took me several months but I have managed to tab it out on tabledit and can pick it a a bit slower speed but getting faster and accurate. I will upload it if Rob gives the OK
Thanks Rob
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Originally posted by conicIt took me several months but I have managed to tab it out on tabledit and can pick it a a bit slower speed but getting faster and accurate. I will upload it if Rob gives the OK
It frustrates me when teachers don't publish a tab. I get they want us to learn to play by memory, and I 100% agree with that, but it really helps sometimes to be able to go to that TAB and see exactly which string they just plucked, or fretted. It's frustrating when you have to slow Youtube down to a crazy slow speed, and watch it over and over to try and see what the pluck and fret at the same time, where a simple TAB will show that instantly.
On the flip side, I am no good at reading a TAB and playing... I guess that is a good thing.
If your wanting to learn an instrument fast then try the triangle.
Robs videos are all free and I believe they were made for his paying students so I appreciate anything he shares which is years of knowledge from a pro musician.
You can buy loads of tab books or there are Lots of free ones to download from this site or you can request one from the tab forum
I get it conic , it's just frustrating as some of the tabs that are out there don't match what the videos are showing and trying to figure out one note took me 45 minutes on one lesson where as if I had a tab, I could have solved that is less than 10 seconds.
I think the point of Robs lessons is to learn by listening, try to play the notes hundreds of times and make lots of mistakes until you get it. Most of us have been where you are now and believe me its a hard road but you will get big rewards the more you try
I dont use tabs much now because I learnt the common licks and chord positions. I learnt the hard way without a teacher for 10 years but people I know who had a teacher got to my stage in half the time and are able to play a lot cleaner and accurate. I now realise that's the reason Rob did his lessons in many short parts so you can practice hundreds of times the few measures he feeds you then you will be ready for the next step.
So try not to get hung up on tab for now, stick with one of Robs tunes and put the work in then you will be thanking him
Also, if you get really stuck just message Rob, He always replies or get an online lesson. bourassastudio@gmail.com
Thanks... I haven't started with Rob's yet, but plan on. I've had the unfortunate experience though of an online teacher showing what to do, but his left hand is in the way and you can't see what notes he is playing or the chord he is making and he doesn't say it clearly... just really frustrating.
The FMB lessons he has seem like older video's with less resolution. Has anyone had issues with that? I've only watched the first minute or so, and I don't think there will be any issues, but just curious. Granted, those lessons are really old now, but they are still relevant, so I plan on going through them as that was one of the tunes I really wanted to learn.
The videos here are a remedial version of the tune which enable the student to play a continuous forward roll instead of the harder forward roll interrupted with the backward roll. The lesson is meant to give success in building speed for beginners but there is tab available for Earl's original arrangement in his book. I have never felt comfortable about giving away free tab for tunes that other people are selling, even if Earl has passed on. His estate deserves the income. I also think that tab is bad for beginners, but I don't begrudge anyone who wants to use it. I write out tab for my intermediate students a lot. GP7 is great because they can play along with the midi file and control the tempo. It also has a metronome. If they had that program 50 years ago, I'd have probably used that.
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