What guitarists are interested in.
Lutemann
majority of which are for the classical guiar- 230 hits per day
average on tremolo alone. Here's what people seem to want to know. I
believe the order has changed since I last posted this list.
1) Tremolo: 86,750
2) Arpeggios: 57,691
3) Positioning the guitar: 50,390
4) Free Stroke: 49,530
5) P stroke: 48,674
6) Rest Stroke: 29,388
The three left hand videos, which haven't been on as long, are doing
well - two in the 20,000s. I'll have to get a rate on those since
they may be doing better than all the rest. The rate for all guitar
videos has gone up slowly.
Lutemann
> the P stroke video about 35,000 times. �Perhaps this warrants an
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I know you are being funny, but there is some truth there. I think
some people become users and watch them many times. This may be why
the rate of hits is going up. The other reason for their success is
that they demonstrate what Shearer and Berg write about. Since the
Shearer books are so popular, people want to actuall see what it's all
about. Of course I believe that they are well done but some may
dispute this.
Miguel de Maria
I wonder if you could play fast scales, if you'd get more hits there!
Lutemann
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I tried to get Berg to do a set of videos but to no avail. Berg can do
it it all because he worked hard and had good instruction from the
start.
Augustine
Wow, such numbers. Just think of all the damage you're doing!
John Nguyen
> Wow, such numbers. Just think of all the damage you're doing!-
What damage? Do you think those instructional videos are bad? Maybe
you're on your fishing expedition looking for a response, but I'll
bite and say these videos are helpful for beginners who's struggling
to make a sound out of the guitar, let alone a good sound. There are
lots of fundamental mechanics shown in those videos.
John
dofrenzy
>
> What damage? Do you think those instructional videos are bad? Maybe
> you're on your fishing expedition looking for a response, but I'll
> bite and say these videos are helpful for beginners who's struggling
> to make a sound out of the guitar, let alone a good sound. There are
> lots of fundamental mechanics shown in those videos.
>
> John
Obviously, what Augustine means is that Lutemann's contributions cause
people to become better guitarists, which in turn makes them buy
better guitars. Those nicer guitars then help them get even better,
and before you know it, you've got a snotty, know-it-all classical
guitarist telling everybody else how bad they suck.
Way to go Lutemann. How do you sleep at night?
(But seriously, you do a great service for people looking for answers).
Lutemann
Thanks. I wish I could say that there was an original thought in any
of those videos, but I can't. I learned all this from Shearer, Berg
and others.
John LaCroix
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Not as much damage as you do to the palm of your hand watching AV vids
on youtube...
Lutemann
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Now Augustine is Jackson, right? So Jackson, what is it you don't
like?
la...@deack.net
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> Now Augustine is Jackson, right? So Jackson, what is it you don't like?
Dickweed doesn't like it if he baits you and you don't respond. He
likes you and anybody who talks with him or about him. Why play his
stupid game?
Your videos are good. They could be a bit better if you could play
well enough to demonstrate how beginning technique can lead to faster
playing that is solid, but nit pickin' does not invalidate the service
you have done for those beginning on the long path to virtuosity.
Congratulations on doing this. It's really too bad the "professionals"
don't do what you have done by giving this information free to those
who want to learn.
Tashi
What guitarists are interested in? Sex!
MT
Lutemann
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I think you've nailed it, but the videos on that topic have already
been done.
Lutemann
No, I'd like to hear what Jackson has to say. He has a teacher who he
claims is teaching him well, so lets hear what the problem is. We will
at least hear another view.
la...@deack.net
>
> No, I'd like to hear what Jackson has to say. He has a teacher who he
> claims is teaching him well, so lets hear what the problem is. We will
> at least hear another view.
Then by all means enjoy eating his bait. I'm sure he cannot resist
the temptation to jerk you around.
Lutemann
I don't think he will reply.
Augustine
> No, I'd like to hear what Jackson has to say. He has a teacher who he
> claims is teaching him well, so lets hear what the problem is. We will
> at least hear another view.
Kent, I was joking. I think your vids are mostly solid. I do, however,
object to any suggestion that their popularity is a measure of their
value. If I were you, I'd actually be worried about their popularity,
for we know that in this decaying age, the popular is usually
equivalent to the horrid.
Andrew Schulman
> It's really too bad the "professionals"
> don't do what you have done by giving this information free to those
> who want to learn.
>
Haha.
Andresito
Andrew Schulman
> What guitarists are interested in? Sex!
>
>
Andrew
Dicerous
Lavalamp Larry is a total control freak...an aweful man!
David
Dicerous
Kent is an AWFUL MAN!
la...@deack.net
> Lavalamp Larry
http://www.lavarnd.org/index.html
I love the nickname... thanks.
Robert Crim
Hold on there you whippersnapper!! I rather enjoy my role as "dirty
old man" quite a bit. I find that a cool brew, some dark glasses and
a white sandy beach to be nicely stimulating.
Heh, heh, heh.
Robert
la...@deack.net
>the popular is usually equivalent to the horrid.
Kent. Notice the cherry piking here. Dickweed wouldn't say that
about the Bible but he would say that about Euclid's Elements and
these two books are the most popular book in history, yet how many
people know that Euclid's Elements may actually have been read by more
people than the Bible.
I have a 15 year old student who started tremolo less than two
months ago and I bet his tremolo is better than either of you. How is
that possible? Perhaps as we grow older we actually lose the ability
to learn because we are no longer open to our inner child. Children
are our teachers but few adults seem to truly understand how much they
have to learn from them.
Miguel de Maria
#1 Bestseller, Larry--the Word of God!
By the way, I read a profile of this 26-year old prodigy dude I think
you would like. I can't remember his name, but he was home-schooled
by his father, an artist, who took him all over the world. He is now
a computer programmer, collaborates with 100s of people on various
research projects, and likes to play with pieces of glass in his
office. He made a statement that it's much easier to learn things
when one is a child, and he was fortunate to have been able to do
so...
la...@deack.net
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> #1 Bestseller, Larry--the Word of God!
Yep. They have much better marketing than Euclid. Lots of folks like
Dickweed and not enough like Mark.
> By the way, I read a profile of this 26-year old prodigy dude I think
> you would like. I can't remember his name, but he was home-schooled
> by his father, an artist, who took him all over the world. He is now
> a computer programmer, collaborates with 100s of people on various
> research projects, and likes to play with pieces of glass in his
> office. He made a statement that it's much easier to learn things
> when one is a child, and he was fortunate to have been able to do
> so...
János Bolyai was home-schooled until he was nine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/János_Bolyai
Not a name most people know but he played an interesting part in the
history of maths.
BTW, what does this guy do with the pieces of glass?
Andrew Schulman
> >Or, like old guys such as me and Crim, food and beer.
>
> >Andrew
>
> Hold on there you whippersnapper!! I rather enjoy my role as "dirty
> old man" quite a bit. I find that a cool brew, some dark glasses and
> a white sandy beach to be nicely stimulating.
>
> Heh, heh, heh.
>
>
Andrew
Lutemann
What you say about the tremolo sound reasonable. Any student that I
teach now learns the trmolo very quickly. I you strat someone out
correctly, the right hand happens very fast.
la...@deack.net
>
> What you say about the tremolo sound reasonable. Any student that I
> teach now learns the trmolo very quickly. I you strat someone out
> correctly, the right hand happens very fast.
I'm slowly learning to get out of the way and let things come along
at the pace of my students. Ensemble playing seems to be one critical
element. Pairing my more advanced students with the newer ones seems
to really works well. They learn what to expect very quickly without
the pressure of being the center of focus. One new student is really
coming along fast and the one with the good tremolo has got another
one to dig into his tremolo piece now.
Lutemann
Part of the positive effect of ensemble playing may be the fact that
your students get to play parts that are well within their reach.
It's very didfficult - at least for me - to find enough good solo
repertoire that is at an advantagous level of difficulty.
la...@deack.net
>
> Part of the positive effect of ensemble playing may be the fact that
> your students get to play parts that are well within their reach.
> It's very didfficult - at least for me - to find enough good solo
> repertoire that is at an advantagous level of difficulty.
Ye. that's part of it but I think it's more bang for buck. The
beginners can't read the upper positions of the first guitar parts but
they get to enjoy good music while participating and they learn to
follow the curved lines the more advanced players are capable of. I
also play duets with them from the beginning.
Andrew Schulman
> I you strat someone out
> correctly, the right hand happens very fast.
>
>
Andrew
Lutemann
Let me modify that, speed and endurance comes very fast. Of course it
takes years to develop a great right hand.
Andrew Schulman
> Let me modify that, speed and endurance comes very fast. Of course it
> takes years to develop a great right hand.
>
>
but if I understand "develop a great right hand" as you do then I
would agree that it takes a long time.
I've heard it said that the RH on CG is one of the most difficult
instrumental techniques to develop, along with French horn and oboe
playing in particular.
Andrew
Miguel de Maria
I think he plays with them or makes dodecahedrons or something... I
wish I could remember his name, seems like your type of guy.