What Are Your Weaknesses |
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What Are Your Weaknesses |
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Apr 17 2009, 10:11 AM |
My biggest weakness these days is muting the higher strings while playing solos.. I can palm mute the lower strings fair eough, but I often get accidental accidentals from the high E and B strings, so to speak
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Jul 13 2009, 04:09 AM |
Good to have you aboard Alex As stated in this particular thread in a few cases, speed is not evil, nor is going slow. Its all about the process that will help you write a particular song to get a specific idea or mood across to a listener. Sometimes that requires lightning fast precision. Sometimes it requires blatant use of silence. I can certainly relate to your legato issues, for i myself don't have a strong repertoire of legato licks. The best advice i can give is listen to some professional players that have really strong legato skills and try to emulate them. Even if you have to learn the songs by TAB, at least you have a reference for good legato technique. Obviously Joe Satriani comes to mind, as he has one of the smoothest techniques in the business. As for your ring finger strength, i can sympathize as well with this. What most guitarists eventually will learn though is that ring finger and pinky strength is really a paradox. Think about what happens when you trill between index and ring finger. The strength you need to build up is in your hand because of the motion of those two fingers. Just keep exercising that muscle grouping any way you can and the strength will come. Pinky is another beast entirely, getting that little sucker to do what you want it to, first requires you to get some dexterity using it. Once you get used to using it, then the strength will come. Luckily when i first started learning guitar i was learning from a friend in highschool, since i was watching and learning from him he already used his pinky heavily, and the licks he taught me almost always utilized that finger. Try composing some licks that rely on your pinky and take some time during your practice session to work on them. As i stated in a previous post, bending is something that requires both strength, and listening. Strength to push the string to the pitch you want, and listening so that you hit that pitch. Don't burn yourself out though trying to push a whole step on the second fret, with heavy guage strings on your guitar. Practice bending all over the neck, middle of the neck is good for starting to strengthen your fingers for bending, higher then the 12th fret is a good exercise for ear training because it require next to no effort to bend that high up the neck. If you have any specific areas that i can help with please feel free to ask. Daniel Thanks a lot for your advice, Daniel ! I somehow lost track of this thread, and I hence haven't had a chance to read your reply to my comment (whose font colour was rather irritating, which is why I changed it now) ! I guess I posted that comment quite a long time ago, and I feel legato is getting slightly better after having worked on it for some time, the same with my ring and pinky fingers... Thanks again, Alexander -------------------- My YouTube Channel
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Sep 11 2010, 03:33 AM |
Sweeping, arpeggios, fast AP
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Sep 11 2010, 09:39 AM
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My main weakness is muting.Whether its sweep picking or alternate picking,when i switch over to another string I can hear the open string sound.
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Sep 11 2010, 03:34 PM |
Thanks Daniel! That fix worked fantastic.
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