How To Practice Acoustic Vs. Electric Guitar

Among the many elements to consider when practicing guitar are the similarities and differences between acoustic vs. electric guitar. Although many guitarists are happy with primarily playing only one instrument, many musicians would like to improve their skills on more than one type of guitar. Understanding the best ways to approach practicing acoustic vs. electric guitar will help you to avoid wasting time on “guessing” how to practice each instrument using the trial and error approach and will enable you to become the guitar player you want to be more quickly.
Similarities Between Practicing Acoustic Vs. Electric Guitar
The truth is that the process of learning acoustic vs. electric guitar has many more similarities than differences. The reason is because the general steps needed to train both your hands and your brain to do things they have never done before are essentially the same. Specifically, here is a list of things that MUST be present in your practicing in order for it to be effective, regardless of whether you are learning to play acoustic or electric guitar.
Goal-oriented approach - this refers to becoming clear on what it is you want to achieve on guitar and approaching every guitar practice session as a step towards reaching the big picture goal that you have. You can see this point explained in detail in this video about the best way to learn guitar.
Effective guitar practice schedules - even though the specifics of what goes “into” your practice schedules will vary for practicing acoustic vs. electric guitar (and for specific styles played on each instrument), there are some steps you need to follow (and mistakes to avoid) in order to design your guitar practice schedules most effectively. Read more about how to do this in this article about guitar practice schedules.
A way to measure your progress on guitar - regardless of which instrument you practice, it is necessary for you to know whether you are actually making any progress in your efforts. To learn about the best ways of doing this, read this article about tracking your guitar playing progress.
Problem-solving mindset - in the process of learning to play guitar, you will encounter MANY problems that need to be overcome, on both acoustic and electric guitar. Knowing how to approach such challenges with a problem-solving mindset is critical for success. You can learn about what this means in this article about solving guitar playing problems.
The above elements are the foundational pieces that MUST be present in order for you to see progress in your practicing, regardless of whether you are learning acoustic vs. electric guitar, or practicing piano, golf, tennis, chess, etc.
With that in mind, there are also some differences that must be considered when you practice acoustic vs. electric guitar so that you can get the most out of your guitar practice time.
Differences Between Practicing Acoustic vs. Electric Guitar

Although there are many foundational skills in common between acoustic vs. electric guitar, there are also unique and specific differences you must consider when practicing one instrument vs. another. Essentially, mastery of each instrument requires a unique skillset that is appropriate for the specific style you play on either acoustic or electric guitar.
Here is the main list of unique skills that need to make up the core of your acoustic guitar practicing. Note that there are many other skills that that should be practiced in addition to the ones listed below, but the items in this list are the “most” different from the core elements that will make up your electric guitar practicing (more on this below).
Practicing guitar chord changes - fluency in playing chords is the single most important skill you must have when practicing acoustic guitar. While chords can and of course “are” played on electric guitar also, the acoustic instrument relies on this element of playing much more. The specific chord changes “to” practice on acoustic guitar will be decided by you (based on the music you want to play), however one thing you absolutely MUST have is an effective practice approach that will enable you to learn any chord change easily and smoothly. To get help with this area of acoustic guitar playing, watch this video about learning guitar chords.
Learning strumming/fingerpicking techniques - most of the time when playing acoustic guitar, the picking hand will be performing a much different set of techniques than it does on electric guitar. In particular, you need to determine whether the music you play requires you to develop your skill with fingerpicking or with strumming using a pick (or both) and set aside some portion of your guitar practice time to learn these techniques.
Expanding your chord vocabulary - this refers to increasing the number of chords that you know and can reliably play on guitar. “Chord vocabulary” is much different from the physical skill of “practicing guitar chord changes” and this is why it belongs in its own category.
Adapting to wider string spacing, higher string action and a larger body of the acoustic guitar - if you have spent a large portion of your time playing and practicing electric guitar before switching to acoustic guitar, you will need to specifically focus on getting used to the physical nuances of this instrument. Fortunately, this point can be achieved simply by spending more time practicing and playing acoustic guitar. In the process of getting used to playing a physically larger instrument (acoustic guitar), it is very important to not get into the bad habit of using a lot of unnecessary muscle tension while practicing.
With the above points in mind, here is a list of the core electric guitar practice elements that are different from practicing acoustic guitar:
Controlling sloppy guitar string noise - unlike acoustic guitar, electric guitar presents a unique problem of requiring you to mute the strings that aren’t being played. To do this, you must pay attention to where the sloppy noises are coming from and use both the fretting and picking hands to cover all the strings except for the one you are playing.
Refining bends and vibrato - if there is one technique that defines electric guitar (and marks the clearest distinction between acoustic vs. electric guitar playing), it is the use of bends and vibrato. As an electric guitarist, you will need to spend a substantial amount of time practicing these two techniques in order to make your guitar playing sound good. To get help with practicing these skills in the most effective way, watch this free video lesson on guitar vibrato and string bending.
Developing improvisation skills - unlike acoustic guitar players (who typically play pre-rehearsed music and songs), electric guitar players often do a lot of improvising when playing lead guitar. This requires developing a wide arsenal of skills, ranging from guitar technique mastery to highly developed skills of phrasing and musical creativity. Contrary to popular belief, musical creativity in all areas of guitar playing can be taught and learned. I talk about this topic in detail in this musical creativity article.
Learning to play guitar scales - whereas acoustic guitar playing primarily revolves around chords, most of electric guitar playing is based on fluent playing of scales. To truly learn scales on electric guitar, you must learn how to play every scale you know all over the fretboard, freely and fluently. To see how you should practice to develop this skill, study this free video lesson on how to practice guitar scales.
Adapting to the more narrow string spacing, lower string action and smaller body of the electric guitar - although it may seem at first that electric guitar is physically easier to play, the fact is that its smaller size and string set up requires getting used to just as much as the bigger-sized acoustic guitar. When starting to learn electric guitar after a long time spent practicing acoustic guitar, pay particular attention to how clean your guitar playing sounds and get used to making comparatively smaller motions with both the picking and fretting hands.
As you can see, despite having many general similarities, playing acoustic vs. electric guitar often requires you to focus on completely different sets of skills. Although the list of guitar practice elements explained above is not all-inclusive, the main lesson here is for you to learn to approach the process of learning either acoustic or electric guitar in a systematic way. By breaking down your guitar playing goals into skills that must be developed (and getting guidance on how to master each of those skills) you will greatly speed up the process of becoming the guitar player you want to be.

Source : http://practiceguitarnow.com/acousticvselectricguitar.html

Reported Speech

Direct and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech | Indirect Speech
Tense Change | Time Change | Pronoun Change
Reporting Verbs | Use of 'That'

We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do this you can use direct or quoted speech, or indirect or reported speech.

Direct Speech / Quoted Speech

Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech)

Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word.

For example:

She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations."

or

"Today's lesson is on presentations", she said.

Indirect Speech / Reported Speech

Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.

When reporting speech the tense usually changes. This is because when we use reported speech, we are usually talking about a time in the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.

For example:

Direct speech Indirect speech
"I'm going to the cinema", he said. He said he was going to the cinema.
Tense change

As a rule when you report something someone has said you go back a tense: (the tense on the left changes to the tense on the right):

Direct speech Indirect speech
Present simple
She said, "It's cold."

› Past simple
She said it was cold.
Present continuous
She said, "I'm teaching English online." › Past continuous
She said she was teaching English online.
Present perfect simple
She said, "I've been on the web since 1999." › Past perfect simple
She said she had been on the web since 1999.
Present perfect continuous
She said, "I've been teaching English for seven years." › Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching English for seven years.
Past simple
She said, "I taught online yesterday." › Past perfect
She said she had taught online yesterday.
Past continuous
She said, "I was teaching earlier." › Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching earlier.
Past perfect
She said, "The lesson had already started when he arrived." › Past perfect
NO CHANGE - She said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
Past perfect continuous
She said, "I'd already been teaching for five minutes." › Past perfect continuous
NO CHANGE - She said she'd already been teaching for five minutes.
Modal verb forms also sometimes change:

Direct speech Indirect speech
will
She said, "I'll teach English online tomorrow." › would
She said she would teach English online tomorrow.
can
She said, "I can teach English online."

› could
She said she could teach English online.
must
She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online." › had to
She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.
shall
She said, "What shall we learn today?" › should
She asked what we should learn today.
may
She said, "May I open a new browser?" › might
She asked if she might open a new browser.
!Note - There is no change to; could, would, should, might and ought to.

Direct speech Indirect speech
"I might go to the cinema", he said. He said he might go to the cinema.
You can use the present tense in reported speech if you want to say that something is still true i.e. my name has always been and will always be Lynne so:-

Direct speech Indirect speech
"My name is Lynne", she said.
She said her name was Lynne.

or

She said her name is Lynne.

You can also use the present tense if you are talking about a future event.

Direct speech (exact quote) Indirect speech (not exact)
"Next week's lesson is on reported speech", she said.
She said next week's lesson will be on reported speech.

Time change

If the reported sentence contains an expression of time, you must change it to fit in with the time of reporting.

For example we need to change words like here and yesterday if they have different meanings at the time and place of reporting.

Now + 24 hours - Indirect speech
"Today's lesson is on presentations."
She said yesterday's lesson was on presentations.

or

She said yesterday's lesson would be on presentations.

Expressions of time if reported on a different day
this (evening) › that (evening)
today › yesterday ...
these (days) › those (days)
now › then
(a week) ago › (a week) before
last weekend › the weekend before last / the previous weekend
here › there
next (week) › the following (week)
tomorrow › the next/following day
In addition if you report something that someone said in a different place to where you heard it you must change the place (here) to the place (there).

For example:-

At work At home
"How long have you worked here?" She asked me how long I'd worked there.
Pronoun change

In reported speech, the pronoun often changes.

For example:

Me You
"I teach English online."

Direct Speech

She said, "I teach English online."

"I teach English online", she said.

Reported Speech

She said she teaches English online.

or

She said she taught English online.

Reporting Verbs

Said, told and asked are the most common verbs used in indirect speech.

We use asked to report questions:-

For example: I asked Lynne what time the lesson started.

We use told with an object.

For example: Lynne told me she felt tired.

!Note - Here me is the object.

We usually use said without an object.

For example: Lynne said she was going to teach online.

If said is used with an object we must include to ;

For example: Lynne said to me that she'd never been to China.

!Note - We usually use told.

For example: Lynne told me (that) she'd never been to China.

There are many other verbs we can use apart from said, told and asked.

These include:-

accused, admitted, advised, alleged, agreed, apologised, begged, boasted, complained, denied, explained, implied, invited, offered, ordered, promised, replied, suggested and thought.
Using them properly can make what you say much more interesting and informative.

For example:

He asked me to come to the party:-

He invited me to the party.
He begged me to come to the party.
He ordered me to come to the party.
He advised me to come to the party.
He suggested I should come to the party.
Use of 'That' in reported speech

In reported speech, the word that is often used.

For example: He told me that he lived in Greenwich.

However, that is optional.

For example: He told me he lived in Greenwich.

!Note - That is never used in questions, instead we often use if.

For example: He asked me if I would come to the party.

The sneaky comma

I'm British, so I only tend to place the comma inside quotation marks when it's part of the sentence being quoted.

"I didn't notice that the comma was inside the quotation marks," Lynne said, "but Hekner did."

That said, I read so much American literature, that even I tuck them away sometimes.

Really, no one has set in stone what the rules of the English language are. It's a diverse language, and the rules that exist have arisen through usage, and they can change in exactly the same way, so maybe it doesn't matter, but it's best to be consistent. (Thanks Hekner.)

Source : http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.html

Who Can Stop Roma ?

Roma can make it 10 victories from 10 against Chievo on Thursday - a Serie A record start - and, with this in mind, Goal takes a look at the top domestic winning runs in Europe

COMMENT

By Craig Turnbull

On the surface, Michael Bradley's winner for Roma eight minutes from time against Udinese last weekend may not seem that important, or indeed that impressive, but delve deeper and it begins to tell a tale about the Giallorossi's blistering start to the campaign.

Down to 10 men following Maicon's dismissal and away in Udine, which had become a fortress for the Zebrette, Bradley's composed finish continued the capital-based club's unblemished record.

TOP 10 DOMESTIC WINNING STREAKS

Club        Wins Year

Benfica 29 1971-73

D Zagreb 28 2006-07

Celtic 25 2003-04

PSV          22 1987-88

Hafnarfjordur 18 2004-05

Inter         17 2006-07

Steaua   17 1988

Dinamo 17 1988

Valur 16 1978

Barcelona 16 2010-11 Nine wins from nine games, 23 goals scored and only one conceded are stats that Roma supporters could barely have envisaged following the sale of a host of star players such as Pablo Osvaldo, Erik Lamela and Marquinhos; with the club also still recovering from an underwhelming sixth-placed finish in Serie A and Coppa Italia disappointment against rivals Lazio in May.

Rudi Garcia was appointed coach following Aurelio Andreazzoli's temporary stint in charge. Garcia's reputation may not have had fans eagerly anticipating what lay ahead, but in only a few months he has transformed the club's fortunes, instilling a spirit and confidence within the side.

It is perhaps no surprise, too, that Roma's resurgence is in sync with their captain and all-time leading goalscorer Francesco Totti. The 37-year-old has rolled back the years with impressive displays, so much so that there have been calls for him to be reinstated in the Italy team. Former Arsenal attacker Gervinho has answered his critics rekindling the type of performances for Roma that lured Arsene Wenger into initially signing him for the Gunners. The defence has also been strengthened by Mehdi Benatia's inclusion, while Kevin Strootman has fitted in seamlessly from PSV alongside Daniele De Rossi in midfield.

Only Juventus under Fabio Capello in 2005-06 can claim to equal a start as impressive as this, and on Thursday Roma can hold the record on their own by beating bottom side Chievo. 

And, while Garcia's men will not be looking too far ahead of themselves, a run of fixtures against the Flying Donkeys, Torino, Sassuolo, Cagliari and Atalanta could well put the Serie A record of 17 consecutive games won, which is held by Inter, under threat.

However, some records across Europe's domestic leagues remain quite secure. For instance, Benfica's 29-game winning sequence back in the '70s - led by the supremely talented Eusebio - has not been beaten in over 40 years, though, Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, blessed with talent such as Eduardo and Luka Modric, came extremely close to dethroning the Eagles in 2007, with their coach Branko Ivankovic claiming they would beat the Portuguese record right before they suffered a 4-3 defeat to Varteks.

Elsewhere, Celtic hold the British record for consecutive victories, sweeping all before them under Martin O'Neill's tenure back in 2003-04. The Hoops posted 25 straight wins in the Scottish Premier League and fired in a record 105 goals, with Henrik Larsson signing off with 30 of them before he joined Barcelona.

The Catalans themselves hold the Spanish milestone with a 16-game winning sequence back in 2011. Lionel Messi fired a hat-trick in a 3-0 victory over Atletico Madrid that ended Real Madrid's 15-game winning record, led by the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano, set back in 1960-61.

In England, Arsenal won 14 straight games in the Premiership (now Premier League) in 2002, while in Germany, last year's treble winners Bayern Munich recorded 15 straight wins in 2005 which were split over 2004-05 and 2005-06 campaign. 

Seventeen consecutive wins, 14 of them in the 1988-89 season, and 130 goals were not enough for Dinamo Bucharest to clinch the Romanian title as rivals Steaua Bucharest, who also recorded a winning sequence of 17 games over two campaigns, edged them out by three points. 

It may be premature to start talking about Roma's chances of emulating records such as these, but the Giallorossi have already proved themselves against difficult opposition including comfortable victories over Inter and Napoli, and a kind run of fixtures could well see them putting more pressure on the Nerazzurri's record.

Source : http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2013/10/31/4371668/who-can-stop-roma-the-longest-winning-streaks-in-history

Tugas Softskill: Direct and Indirect Speech (Kelompok 3)

Get Your Hysteria !

TUGAS SLOGAN SOFTSKILL

YUDA PRIA AMBADA

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TUGAS KEPARIWISATAAN

TUGAS KEPARIWISATAAN

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1.       Positive : 

·         creates many good jobs and careers

·         help to protect environments and animal life

·         save cultures and the local way of life

·         change countries and people for the better

Negative:

·         Produces many poor and badly paid job

·         Damage environments and animal life

·         Destroy cultures and the local way of life

·         change countries and people for the worse

2.       Airport cleaners, zookeepers, bar staff, flight attendants, tour guides, and resorts.

3.       International events, economic change, change in fashion. New concerns and worries appear every year, for example as people become more worried about security and international terrorism, or as the value of their currency changes. But new destinations and new sources of tourist also seem to emerge every year.

4.       It’s going to be positive influence, find a new place will increase our economy too, and attach the local tourist or foreign tourist for come to the new destinations.

5.       Italy, because I really want to come to Olimpico Stadium in Rome, because this is the stadium of my favorite football team, AS Roma. I Want to watch the football match there, besides that Rome is the eternal city, and have so many great places such as Colleseum.

SPEKTAKULER TOTTI !!!

SPEKTAKULER !!! itu lah kata-kata yang pantas gw katakan kepada idola gw yang satu ini, Francesco Totti. bayangin aja pemain tua alias gaek berumur 36 tahun bisa mencetak goal dari jarak jauh dengan kecepatan 113/km- jam. wow banget ga tuh ?? dan gol itu pun jadi satu-satunya goal yang terjadi di pertandingan AS ROMA vs juventus yang sekaligus jadi gol tunggal kemenangan 1-0, sontak waktu gol itu terjadi dengan spontanya gw loncat2 sendiri kegirangan kaya orang gila. serasa gw abis nembak cewek terus di terima, mungkin rasa kegirangan gw lebih dari itu. gimana ga girang? gol itu di bikin sama idola gw Francesco Totti, dengan cara yang spektakuler, ke gawang tim peringkat pertama sementara yaitu juventus. puas puas puas dan puas yang gw rasain, salah satu faktor terbesar yang bikin gw puasa adalah bisa ngalahin juventus, ya gw emang ga suka sama tim yang satu ini. karena mereka menghalalkan segala cara untuk juara, termasuk dengan cara suap-menyuap wasit. dan beberapa kali gw nonton pertandingan juventus lawan tim-tim lain, mereka slalu di untungkan wasit, dan lawanya di rugikan. ga jarang tim yang kalah protes dan gak terima kekalahan dari juventus karena banyaknya bantuan wasit. dan emang bener, gw liat pake mata dan kepala gw sendiri kalo juventus itu slalu di untungkan wasit, mereka gampang bgt dapet penalty.

Dan pemain lawan yang di hadapinya gampang bgt dapet kartu merah, kadang gol juventus juga kontroversial.ada beberapa gol juventus yang off-side tapi tetp di sah kan sebagai gol oleh wasit. gimana ga gedeg gw liatnya? ngerasa gak adil aja. ga sepantesnya mereka ada di peringkat pertama.

nah mungkin kemenangan tim jagoan gw AS Roma 1-0 atas juventus tuh kalo di analogikan tuh kaya

gw yang udah benci bgt sama seseorang, dan gw berantem sama itu orang, dan gw berhasil ngalahin dia pake pukulan mematikan. rasanya ya puas bgt, lega rasanya. dan kemanangan kemaren mungkin jadi salah satu moment yang ga akan gw lupain. satu hal lagi, gw juga ngearasa sangat terharu di mana saat itu tim jagoan gw AS Roma lagi terpuruk, benyak nerima hasil buruk. dan di pertandingan itu yang di sebut sebagai GRANDE PARTITA atau pertandingan besar di menangkan sama AS Roma, dan ini menjadi moment titik balik tim AS Roma buat bangkit. bahkan setelah pertandingan itu selesai gw berkaca-kaca, terharu, seneng, bahagia. di saat kritis kaya gini akhirnya AS Roma bisa bangkit, dan bangkit melawan tim yang paling gw benci. mungkin ini berlebihan sampe gw terharu, tapi emang itu yang gw rasain. gw emang udah bener-bener cinta sama AS Roma dan Francesco Totti. di bikin kecewa sama mereka sih udah biasa buat gw, gw ga peduli mau seburuk apapun hasil yang di dapat tim ini, apapun hasilnya slalu gw dukung. AS Roma udah mendarah daging sama gw, dan akan terus gw dukung sampai gw mati.

FORZA ROMA !!!