After a few months of absence (sorting out personal problems) I am back on UG, and contemplating finishing what I started almost 1 year ago: the Ultimate Guide to Guitar. Before I do this, however, I'd like to know from you guys what you'd like me to do, what you're interested in most...
So basically, like I said, there's only a few articles I had left planned out, all belonging to "Part IV: Advanced players":
Diatonic modes(2 theory articles)
Modal chord progressions(theory article, although I'm not too sure if I'm still doing this one)
Sweep picking(technique article)
I'd like to finish the UGG once and for all by completing these articles, but first I need to know if there's going to be an audience for them. That's why I'm asking you, the readers: which of the above articles would you like me to write most? Are you interested in an article on sweep picking more than you're interested in modal chord progressions? Or would you like to understand the diatonic modes above all else?
If as many people as possible could just comment on this blog and tell me which articles they'd like to see done the most, I'd be one step closer to completing my UGG. It's a guide for the public, after all, so the public should be able to decide what in there!
After I complete the remaining articles, I'm considering a total rewrite from Part I, Chapter 1 onwards... More information on this rewrite will follow once I've succesfully finished off the remaining articles. Check out this blog regularly if you want to stay informed!
All of them I'd be interested in the sweep picking one cos I haven't tried it yet, and there are always threads on modes - there are lots of articles/lessons, but a lot of them are confusing, so a good new modes lesson would be useful. Darren's lesson on modal chord progressions is pretty good, but I think its the only one, so as long as you've got something more to say that would be cool - I'd read it!
ok, i thought it might just be the regular modes of the major scale. but yeah an article on the harmonic minor scale would be cool if you know anything about them.
ZeGuitarist wrote on Aug 19th, 2009 at 8:37am : I might throw in something on the harmonic and melodic minor scales as well, I don't know. Any interest in that?
Can you do a harmonic/melodic minor modal chord progs lesson?!
I would be interested in some more information on modal progressions. I find sweep picking lessons are a let down on paper, I think you need to be able to see the sweep picking technique to truely 'get it'. A modal progression article would benefit from some information on the diatonic modes, so I say those two topics.
I would be much more interested in a really good article on modal progressions as there is a surplus of information on sweep picking already in my opinion and not enough information on modes, etc. Cheers.
Well, I'm nowhere near advanced enough to really comment on the theory parts, but it seems to me that there are ridiculously large amounts of guides for sweep-picking, including video guides.
So I'd have to vote either diatonic modes or modal chord progressions, even though I know next to nothing about either.
I would like to see the two theory articles the most, although all of them would be great. Personally, I know you would have a decent audience. You're famous on this website, after all! Even if you wrote a bunch of beginner stuff, I think you would have an audience.
but on a serious note I'd vote for modal chord progressions, where you go through analyze modes explain how they work with the chords and such, there are always a ton of guides on sweep picking
I'd say something completely different.
you can find all about these things by hanging around in MT and Guitar Techniques forums.
Maybe something on how to arrange peices for guitar?
that be cool.
Or some classical/Modern Acoustic Technique stuff.
Hell yea dude, I've followed these lessons from the beginning, I only wish I had these lessons when I was first learning all of this. I'd like to see a article on modes or modal chord progressions because there is so much misinformation about those topics, and it would be great to have something to link the noobs to
Hey ZeG
It does not worry me at all which one you do, as long as there is something. Since you have not been posting lessons, i have not been on UG at all basically. My guitaring has not improved, i remember i used to sit up all night waiting for your next article to be viewed. So my guitaring could improve after the knowledge.
I learned so much from you before, i have all guitar lessons i have found in a folder and 90% of it is your stuff.
Cheers ZeG, hope to see you soon.
If i had to pick, Modal Chord Prgressions
Dude, It's great to see you back...I haven't been really been doing any guitar related stuff since you left. Your articles were great and its great to see you may be doing a rewrite for some. If I had a choice Modal Chord Prgressions.
P.S You dont know how much trouble I got into for printing all the lessons you had available in my school computer lab.
I personally would find the one on modes and how to use them the most helpful of the lot, I don't really care for sweep picking unless there's a hefty section on economy picking.
Hey ZeG, glad to see you're back and considering picking things up. Not gonna lie, I'd love if you wrote all of them: your guides are really easy to understand and really effective. So on the one hand, I'm sure if you wrote a sweeping guide it would be excellent and very helpful in learning to sweep, which I'd love, but on the other hand, you make theory very easy to understand, so...
Sorry for the gushing praise. I've used your articles for a while to great effect.
i would prefer the sweep picking and diatonic modes more than the modal chord progressions, for i would use sweep picking more, and i prefer technique over chord theory
If you could do all of them that be awesome lol but diatonic and sweep are the ones that need to be done the most,since most of the other articles on them are quite inacurrate
I'd like to see all of those articles you mentioned above. I have trouble applying modes, so I feel like those articles would probably clear some things up. And sweep picking is always good thing. Good to see you're back man!
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I'd be interested in the sweep picking one cos I haven't tried it yet, and there are always threads on modes - there are lots of articles/lessons, but a lot of them are confusing, so a good new modes lesson would be useful. Darren's lesson on modal chord progressions is pretty good, but I think its the only one, so as long as you've got something more to say that would be cool - I'd read it!
