Re: (RL) lessons

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mauricerickard.com>]

At 1:53 AM +0100 6/10/01, Keith Allison wrote:
> Is anyone following Richard's lessons on the website?

Oh, absolutely.  I've slacked off lately, though, with the workload 
I've had, but I run through the exercises regularly.   (The 
pentatonic exercises haven't yet clicked for me--I still need the 
site as an aide.)

> I get to read them carefully every time I have to illustrate them (!)

And you're doing a fine job of it, indeed, Keith!

> but I fear that sometimes I'm a little out of my depth. Or maybe it's
> just the way I first learned to play the guitar was so... different?
>
> I'd like to know what other guitarists think of them.

I find them very useful.  Things have clicked for me in these 
exercises that various other books couldn't explain clearly.  I mean, 
I don't want to sit there and memorize a zillion patterns; I want to 
understand the pattern that *generates* the zillion patterns.  I 
think Richard's major scale exercises were a great example of 
that--by skewing the fingerings slightly from the "box" system, he 
showed how the fingering patterns wrap around as you go up the neck. 
I dunno how other people perceived it, but the light bulbs went on 
for me in a big way.

So yeah, I actually can't wait to get back to them on a daily basis. 
Thanks for putting 'em up!

-Maurice
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Maurice Rickard
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