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Posted by: Martin la guitarra Apr 20 2008, 08:28 PM

haha, here i am, again!

Ok, there is a big musical event in 4 weeks in my school. In my school we have 2 really good guitarists (they can only play system of a down and Bullet for my valentine songs, but they can play them really good!). My goal is to beat them in some kind of guitar duel

Some facts about me:

My legato is pretty good, although i do need to practice scales more often.
My blues skills are pretty good, I can do some cool tricks
My AP is ......very, veryyyyyy bad..... (Btw, i hate to practice just pure speedpicking)

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I have increased my play time to 5 hours a day (sometimes i even play 10 hours if i get the chance). My question to you is : How in earth am i going to play like a pro in 4 weeks, what killer techniques/riffs/licks can make me win this competition

Please tell me if you got a good schedule so i can achieve my goals.

Posted by: MickeM Apr 20 2008, 08:34 PM

4 weeks huh... I have one that relates to swing. How's this for a duel - Bring a cheap guitar, swing hard to strike them over the head with it

Maybe some instructors can come up with better ideas.

Posted by: chast Apr 20 2008, 08:34 PM

If your tapping is good aswell, you could try some 2 handed tapping stuff of Michael Romeo, but I think that's really hard stuff and you had to practice a lot
You probably would win that guitar duel then

Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea Apr 20 2008, 08:47 PM

i dont think so in a 4 week you can be a professional let say 6 monthes are enough if you are practicing
every day for 2 to 3 hours

Posted by: bsamn Apr 20 2008, 08:54 PM

Dude practice a funky lesson, and go ahead.

Try muris's modern blues soloing, that is one badass lesson, and amazing use off vibrato, and has the gary moore vibe.
I dont think you need ap to be cool.
But the amount ur practicing, try to squeeze ap 2 hours a day, im telling you will make alot of diff.
By the way, i hope your not doing this to put someone down, that is just not cool.
But yea otherwise rockon.....oh man i really hope u impress and get the ladies or turn some heads in anycase

Posted by: audiopaal Apr 20 2008, 09:10 PM

Best idea ever

Posted by: Nick325 Apr 20 2008, 09:13 PM

get good at tapping too. and learn to use the whammy bar

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 21 2008, 09:38 AM

Hmm, my only suggestion is to do some flashy techniques that are relatively easy to learn and look good. Don't expect miracles in 4 weeks man. You can't make your technique much better, but you can learn those songs that they know in that time and throw in some licks in them. Maybe try my pentatonic sliding lesson, it will increase you agility over the fretboard, and it is a relatively easy to learn tho may look a little hard at glance.

Posted by: muntahunta Apr 21 2008, 09:54 AM

learn hand-over legatto. that looks amazing and is fairly easy to do.

Posted by: Martin la guitarra Apr 21 2008, 02:39 PM

haha ok, well - looks like i am going to pratice a lot this month. I was thinking about practicing scales, blues licks and some couple of slipknots riffs

thanks

Posted by: ZakkWylde Apr 21 2008, 03:04 PM

There is always the possibility of nailing ERUPTION to leave an imprint on the competition...

Posted by: Marcus Lavendell Apr 21 2008, 03:04 PM

That's the first thing I thought of as well! It's pretty simple, but looks very cool
Martin, check out Wallimans lesson about this

Posted by: Pi38 Apr 21 2008, 03:07 PM

I hope you win! It sounds like it's gonna be epic.

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 21 2008, 03:16 PM

This is as flashy as it gets I recommend it too..Also practice improvisation , its great for a "duel"

Posted by: Martin la guitarra Apr 21 2008, 03:19 PM

haha ok, thanks, gonna check out that hand - over legato

damn, that was .........very nice! But it looks too hard

Posted by: superize Apr 21 2008, 03:21 PM

Or maybe learn the swepp solo for Unholy warcry

That would be cool

Posted by: DeepRoots Apr 21 2008, 03:22 PM

It seems the way forward would be learning glashy tricks and some cool licks.

Dont focus on scale knowledge in preperation, just learn a few licks note for note and practise them hard.

It'll be better for you to do a few licks well than lots poorly.

Whammy bar tricks and hand over legato seem like great bets.

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Apr 21 2008, 03:34 PM

Learn to play with your feet. That'll blow them away

Either that or learn quick tricks. Bit of whammy dives, tapping, cross hand legato.

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Apr 21 2008, 08:44 PM

I think that you should practice your tapping, is really impresive and not too much difficult...

PS: hand over rules !!!!!

Posted by: Martin la guitarra Apr 22 2008, 03:51 PM

thanks. I've heard some people play with their teeth, is that possible?

Posted by: Pi38 Apr 22 2008, 03:54 PM

You can if you have extremely dexterous teeth.

Posted by: shellshock1911 Apr 22 2008, 09:07 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpZ645ztl0

He did this live at Gigantour, I freaked out. You should learn it =P.