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as I became full time vocalist and guitarist in my band Aria. We have a lot of formulas and I need to play them while singing...tough stuff 
but it's beautiful and I'm starting to enjoy it more and more. Now what I'm doing is writing down the bar on a sheet of paper and divide it into 16th notes as the Uncreator said! Then I figure out where the syllables come in and i start practicing it slowly so that I can focus on both guitar and voice..that's about it |
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Oct 3 2011, 05:52 AM
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I think that we need Dave Mustaine in this thread!
 I use to sing backing vocals with my band and I don't have problems but I think that it's very difficult when you play different rhythms with the guitar and with your voice. I think that Cosmin's method should work... -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 3 2011, 06:44 AM
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Yeah, that can be tricky, but it's not tricky if you follow Cosmins advice. As with everything practice is the key, even the most trickiest of rhythms will be easy if you break them down and slowly learn them properly, then gradually increase the tempo.
Good thing with this method is after you learn bunch of these little non-synced parts, it will become more easier and easier to learn next stuff, because the knowledge adds up. I think the only problem is that at first (once you learn that first problematic part), you won't be able to play it & sing it any other way 
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Oct 4 2011, 11:56 PM
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Practice - that's all I can say. It's like drumming - your hands are doing one thing while your feet are doing another. There's no short cut. This is my own passion - I've been practicing for a few months now trying to get to a place in my playing that I can front a band - that means singing and playing. While there are tricks you can do, it all boils down to practicing songs that require your voice to go one place while your hands are going another. things will come together, but it's not easy at all. I've seen progress, so I know you will too
 I started off playing and singing Proud mary - seems simple at first glance, but the rhythm requires slow triplet strums, while the verse is in standard 4/4. It's probably a good starting song - at least it was for me. Another easy, but a little tricky is Summer of 69. That too is fairly simple AFTER you understand the strumming pattern - but even then, you have to concentrate on where the down strum goes while you're singing. Try singing a familiar song to a 4 chord progression - in time with the beat. For instance, try singing happy birthday to you, or mary had a little lamb to a chord progression that you can create with slight variations in timing. You can keep it in tune, but strum a pattern than is different than you would normally strum for Happy Birthday. This could be a good a lesson thread actually. Anyone wanna come up with a tutorial video on some practice tunes?! I'll try doing one when I get a chance - I'm currently trying to learn Holy Diver - that has some challenging parts in it to sing AND play - maybe I'll use that as lesson fodder - just the difficult parts that is. Chris -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice!
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