Classic Rock picking technique, Alternate vs. Economy |
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Classic Rock picking technique, Alternate vs. Economy |
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Feb 14 2007, 01:58 PM |
or perhaps another way to look at it ...
If you play at 110% of your max speed you sound like a chimpanzee. If you play at 100% you sound strained If you play at 90% you sound good If you play at 50% you sound awesome ! One thing I have found through practicing speed picking is that although I still can't do it worth a damn, the rest of my playing is also improving, getting smoother and more controlled. So, I would recommend learning speedpicking and shredding even if you never really use it, just so that you have enough speed to play your regular stuff at 50% and sound awesome! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Feb 14 2007, 03:51 PM |
There is one thing to make clear: as Andrew said - you don't have to be a shredder to play good. If you want to be an overall good player you will have to practice all the stuff shredders do, it's just they get it to much higher level. If you practice sweeps - it doesn't mean you have to sweep all the time. All of the techniques develop your overall playing skills - so there is NO technique out there you should skip in practice. You should practice EVERYTHING in order to be a good and skilled overall guitarplayer.
This post has been edited by Pavel: Feb 14 2007, 03:52 PM -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 14 2007, 04:52 PM |
Well, Zep avator, gotta love it. You want a plan, a definitive goal. Very specific. That is how one accomplishes things. Like the Chinese analogy from antiquity, the mind is like 4 wild horses. You mind will constantly try to distract you, sidetrack you. It is human nature. That is why one needs a specific plan to follow. One of the ways you can get sidetracked is looking for a more optimal path to your goals. You think, maybe there is a better way, different thing to do. You end up spinning you wheels looking for the best path, getting nowhere. When I decided I would master shredding, I looked in a lot of places, and was spinning my wheels looking for better learning material. I came across this site. To me it is like I have been on one side of a creek, trying to get to the other side, and not finding a good path. Here I can see, I have found a bridge. Just take the steps that Kris outlines, follow his instruction, looks like a workable bridge across the path. Just take all the steps he has laid out. Maybe there is a better bridge around the bend out of sight. Or a ferry. Could be. I know when to settle down and say "this will work" and take the path in front of me, may just be more mud holes around the bend, and this path will work. So that is what you do. This will work, and the discipline is now to just work though what he has here, patiently. Don't worry about the type of picking. Do all the lessons, practice them all till you are good at them. Really, you will find that if you get good at one, the others will be much easier to learn after that. Hey fkalicj - I just re-read this - you have a way with words, are you a philosopher? Thanks, I enjoyed it. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Feb 14 2007, 05:02 PM |
oh, that reminds me. Slivovitz. They drank Slivovitz, plum brandy. No offense, but that stuff was awful! Yeah i don't like that also! hahaha but yes there is such a thing - Slivovitza! -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 15 2007, 12:43 AM |
Do you mean this shape?
e|--------------------19--24-p-19-------------------------| a|-----------------20--------------20---------------------| g|--------------21---------------------21-----------------| d|-----------21---------------------------21--------------| a|--19-h-22----------------------------------22-p-19------| e|--------------------------------------------------------| If yes - i made the notes bold where i roll the finger - btw. it is not the index but the ring finger. You can't play it in any other way because they are at the same fret but different strings... If you mean some other shape - could you please copy/paste the tab of the shape? It would be much easier for me to guess what you were asking about This post has been edited by Pavel: Feb 15 2007, 12:44 AM -------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Feb 15 2007, 03:37 PM |
There is one thing to make clear: as Andrew said - you don't have to be a shredder to play good. If you want to be an overall good player you will have to practice all the stuff shredders do, it's just they get it to much higher level. If you practice sweeps - it doesn't mean you have to sweep all the time. All of the techniques develop your overall playing skills - so there is NO technique out there you should skip in practice. You should practice EVERYTHING in order to be a good and skilled overall guitarplayer. Its just occurred to me that Pavel is a great case in point - Pavel is our Shred instructor, yet his last 2 lessons have been slower than the blazing riffs he is capable of. Listening to the Skipping lesson, I was stunned by the clarity and cleanness of the playing, particularly the 16th passage right at the end. If I played that it would be 110% for me and I would sound like a chimp. For pavel, its probably about 5% and it sounds absolutely pristine. So, its not about speed, its about playing within your abilities! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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