First time outlining the song so wanted to record it as a before video. Next is internalizing the rhythm patterns and knowing the changes. Then comes vocals 😬 gonna share anyways when I actually submit my vocal video to another academy. Gotta break that ice. I thought I had the tone Gavin established via palm-muting & fretting like a seesaw. .but it took a while ( and still can improve ) if you can keep your power chords or rather barre chords fretted and mute and activate tone using the picking hand and palm it brings out the songs character. During this practice I wondered and is a question for the community? If you want to play say Glycerine and the sheet music shows 16ths but all down strums until the end of that chord right before the transition then up. So MUST you follow say the way the artist strums it if that tone is what defines the song? When I see 16ths I immediately alternate pick bc it feels more natural. If the goal is to sound as close to the recording for a cover song. Thx in advance!

That's a Record! It's a full 9 hour course on Music Theory. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFL6e44Xocs And it's totally OK to share this on your social media accounts, pages, share it with anyone who you think would benefit from this.

Would someone be able to help answer a question for me about mixing major and minor pentatonic scale patterns? In the GuitarZoom 'Get Started Course - The Essential Hybrid Blues Scale', Steve talks about mixing the minor and major pentatonic scale patterns. Since each of the 5 scale patterns are moveable, how to you know which major pattern to play when you're playing a minor pattern and visa versa, for example any root on the 6th string? I’m a beginner, so any simple explanation would really help.

Stuck for a Practice Routine? Steve has this extensive YT on this: https://youtu.be/uS5lr5xVBUo

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