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Recent content by Chris Johnston

  1. Chris Johnston

    New to the community

    Welcome Gideon! 😊
  2. Chris Johnston

    wassup everybody

    Welcome Bhop! 😊
  3. Chris Johnston

    Hello

    Welcome Unkany!
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    Hello!

    Welcome Trident!
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    New Guy here.

    Welcome DG! 🙏
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    Guitar Improvisation

    Hey man, yeah that would make sense! These are like smaller manageable fragments of the Caged Shapes 👌
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    Guitar Improvisation

    No worries at all! Glad to be of help 👌
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    Guitar Improvisation

    Hey @Lakshitaa - I made a quick video explaining what I mentioned above 😊 Here is a Google drive link to all the Major triad shapes (The last shape on the 3rd row has an intentional error that I leave for my students - the note on the b string should be on the g string): I should point out...
  9. Chris Johnston

    Guitar Improvisation

    Great topic! I had this exact same frustration a few years back. The thing that completely changed my playing was learning how to use Major & Minor triads and their inversions all over the neck. I'll try and make a video this weekend explaining it and I'll upload it on here 👌 The way it would...
  10. Chris Johnston

    Coming Back And Wanting To Catch Up

    Hey Jak, hope all is well on your end! I've not been on Synner much recently admittedly, as I've been absolutely slammed week to week with my Teaching business. However since my old Indie band ended I've started another project with my best friend and I've been writing A LOT of metal again...
  11. Chris Johnston

    What is your favorite A7X album?

    LIBAD at the moment 👌 I can't stop going back and giving it a full album listen
  12. Chris Johnston

    How to stop being so hard on myself

    100% what @JakAngelescu said above 👌 In terms of extra tips & things to practice, I could give a bunch of specific Guitar related things, but I feel like there is one solid thing you can practice that will lift everything up to where it needs to be: 'Practice Your Positive Mindset' It sounds...
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    New guy- what was your first concert?

    Welcome Stevie! Congrats on the Guitar 😊 My first show was (hillariously) a British boy band called 'Busted' at the Glasgow SECC 👌 Cheesy pop/rock bangers that I still love to this day 😂
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    Advanced Sweep Picking

    I second this for sure - it doesn't give it's self up easily. Patience is key 😊 Going purely from what you've said, it sounds as if you are possibly playing with your left hand wrist, slightly 'over bent'. When you talk about not being able to sweep back down, this seems like undue tension in...
  15. Chris Johnston

    BIG NEWS - "Nobody" Guitar

    I may or may not have to buy the Ski mask merch specifically to hold up a bank 👀