• sad

• grief

End of the song:

• hopeful

• inspiring

Also, my left hand very quickly loses endurance, leading to sloppy playing.

Things to focus on:

Technique:

• focusing on clean notes and balanced volume.

• repeating the exercise to build endurance in the left hand.

Dynamics:

• can repeat the exercise while demonstrating different dynamics

• Examples:

  • making sure the high and low notes are the same volume

  • playing quieter at the start and then getting louder

• improves hammer-ons and pull-offs

• improves endurance

• improves coordination with weaker fingers

Taps and pull-offs need to be very consistent to maintain a constant volume level.

A compressor pedal can help with volume issues.

The tapping part of this song is the right before where the song explodes in tension. Satriani plays the tapping lines so smoothly and really brings out the inspiring emotion of this part. When I play the line, at times it can sound rigid and not flow as cleanly. So it takes away the emotion that is meant to be brought out. This exercise will help me with smoothly playing notes and bring out the inspiring emotion.

Things to focus on:

Technique:

• focusing on making the volume of each note the same

• focusing on not touching other strings and limiting unwanted noise.

Rhythm:

• this exercise can be used to practice internalizing the pulse

• the metronome can play every beat on the first round and then after each repeat, there are fewer clicks

• this is to practice whether I can stay in time after not hearing the metronome for a while

• practices a very similar pattern to the song.

• improves coordination of the tapping finger to eliminate accidental touches of other strings.

• helps to internalize the pulse of the song

• Calm

• Melancholy

• chill

In the middle of the song:

• starts calm and builds up to be more confident and full

During the solo:

• confident

• optimistic

I need to improve my coordination in my left hand to make sure I'm holding the right frets. Also, I need to practice with my right hand to accurately play two strings and not hit other strings.

Also I need to practise double stops with my thumb around the neck.

Also, my fingers need to space slightly differently as I go up or down the fretboard as the frets change length as you go up. So the spaces between by fingers need to change smoothly as I play

• try to be really loose with your wrist

Variations:

• focus on muted strumming

• focus on single string picking

• practise switching between the two

Muted Strumming:

• play the line while strumming multiple strings and muting with your left hand

Single Line Picking

• play the line while picking one string at a time

Things to Focus on:

Articulation:

• during muted strumming, make sure there is no unwanted ringing of other strings and only one note is playing at a time

• during single strum

First variation is just double stops

Second incorporates hammer-ons

Third incorporates pull-offs

Forth incorporates both

This is an expressive exercise. When I currently double stops, they sound rigid and don't flow nicely. This doesn't allude to the emotions Jimi expresses when he performs this piece. This exercise will help me bring out the more sad and melancholy emotions through the notes.

Things to focus on:

Dynamics

• focusing on making the volume of each note the same

• variations:

• soft to loud to soft

• loud to soft to loud

Articulation:

• focusing on not touching other strings and limiting unwanted noise.

• accuracy

• bringing out the melody notes cleanly

Variations can include:

• up slides

• down slides

• both

Things to focus on:

Dynamics:

• try to keep the chord that is slid into the same volume as the strummed chord

Articulation:

• be able to change the space between fingers as fret length changes