Assessment of "Man Of The World" (Melody and Lead)
Melody
Your timing and execution is good with nice dynamics. Watch the following:
Bars 1, 3, 5 - Inaccurate phrasing; the last note (diad) should be pushed off the beat (4 "and"). You are playing it on beat 1 of the following bar.
Bar 7, 54, 57 - Not reaching the top string (melody) with your picking hand thumb.
Bar 19 - Slightly rushed
Lead
Some work to be done here still, so I've provided a bar-by-bar breakdown:
Bar 17-18 - Pull-off to fret 7 inaudible; slightly late picking the top string bent note
Bar 21-26 - Phrasing shakey; Take a closer listen to where notes are played right on the beat; slides too long; triplet phrasing unsure
Bar 32 - 2nd triplet not as accurate as the first, therefore late reaching E note in bar 33
Bar 33 - Tail of bend (release) lost
Bar 34 - Inaccurate phrasing (rhythm)
Bar 35 - Inaccurate phrasing (picking late or early)
Bar 36 - Inaccurately picked triplets
Bar 37 - Bend pitch is flat
Bar 38 - Inaccurate notes and phrasing
Summary:
1) Practise playing off-beat (8th notes)
2) Tighten up rhythmic phrasing of 8th-notes and 8th note triplets with both down-only picking and alternate picking; establish whether this is an issue to do with timing sense or just a manual training matter by practising tapping/clapping rhythm exercises without the guitar (off beat 8ths, triplet 8ths)
3) Practise 3 notes per string scale shapes with alternate picking
4) Practise bend/pull-off combination licks on a single string
Melody
Your timing and execution is good with nice dynamics. Watch the following:
Bars 1, 3, 5 - Inaccurate phrasing; the last note (diad) should be pushed off the beat (4 "and"). You are playing it on beat 1 of the following bar.
Bar 7, 54, 57 - Not reaching the top string (melody) with your picking hand thumb.
Bar 19 - Slightly rushed
Lead
Some work to be done here still, so I've provided a bar-by-bar breakdown:
Bar 17-18 - Pull-off to fret 7 inaudible; slightly late picking the top string bent note
Bar 21-26 - Phrasing shakey; Take a closer listen to where notes are played right on the beat; slides too long; triplet phrasing unsure
Bar 32 - 2nd triplet not as accurate as the first, therefore late reaching E note in bar 33
Bar 33 - Tail of bend (release) lost
Bar 34 - Inaccurate phrasing (rhythm)
Bar 35 - Inaccurate phrasing (picking late or early)
Bar 36 - Inaccurately picked triplets
Bar 37 - Bend pitch is flat
Bar 38 - Inaccurate notes and phrasing
Summary:
1) Practise playing off-beat (8th notes)
2) Tighten up rhythmic phrasing of 8th-notes and 8th note triplets with both down-only picking and alternate picking; establish whether this is an issue to do with timing sense or just a manual training matter by practising tapping/clapping rhythm exercises without the guitar (off beat 8ths, triplet 8ths)
3) Practise 3 notes per string scale shapes with alternate picking
4) Practise bend/pull-off combination licks on a single string