Lesson 54 Tuesday 4th February 2014

I started off the lesson with the Oasis song “Importance of being Idle” intro.

I had been practicing this for a while now and have got the idea of the palm mute but the change from Am to Em is very slow.

I then went onto have a go at the main rhythm of the song.

I had been practicing this rhythm at home. Unfortunately it still is early days for me and the change from the different chords is very slow and I sometimes miss the strings.

My teacher went through the rhythm and we slowed it down so I could get the changes much better. As usual the rhythm appears to be the main area where I have the problem with too many or not enough ups and downs.

After a while of playing slower I did find that the changes linked a much better.

For the final part of the lesson we had a quick look at the solo riff.

We only looked at the first part of the solo before the bending. As to be expected my first few goes through this does not sound nothing like the solo. I will have to practice more to get the flow of the solo.