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Jun 25 2009, 04:23 AM
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Focused practice is more efficient than non-focused practice (playing while watching TV ect). As it said in an article somebody posted here recently. As DaniHel explained you want to really pay attention to the picking here as the most difficult part is mixing the first longer note with the three short notes. Just make sure you're efficiently playing it slow, at first, then gradually getting faster as you progress. There's no need to rush it.
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Jun 25 2009, 09:47 AM
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As I recall the first month of playing back in 1990 it was mostly about trying to play Smoke on the water without stopping to watch the strings all the time, some pentatonic scale practice with lots of errors, trying to understand why the B string was "half a note off".
Galloping came much later since it involved an uneven pattern which was hard to master at first. At least it was for me, I played all downstrokes the first time, then some random alternate picking before I practiced the alternate picking hard to get it relearned right. Then there was palm muting which came pretty naturally for me. - Power chords - String muting, palm muting - Alternate picking konwing these might be a good foundation for you before you hit galopping -------------------- My bands homepage
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Jun 25 2009, 11:42 AM
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One thing that you should pay attention when doing gallop
is picking movements, it's not Alternate Picking cause you would put accents on "wrong" notes or even lose accents in total. Instead of Alternate go for down, down-up-down, down-up-down, down-up-down etc. Bold downstrokes will come on each beat and those are like 8th notes, rest of the notes and 16th are they are located in 2nd half of each beat. 8th note + 2 x 16th notes = quarter note. 
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Jun 25 2009, 12:49 PM
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Yeah, thats the most important thing, pay attention to your picking and play to a metronome.
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Jun 25 2009, 07:42 PM
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Thanks for all the replies!
So I will never learn to gallop if I just continue trying to learn lesson, practice with the metrone etc? I have to do special gallop training? |
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Jun 25 2009, 11:54 PM
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QUOTE (Murloc @ Jun 25 2009, 08:42 PM)  Thanks for all the replies! So I will never learn to gallop if I just continue trying to learn lesson, practice with the metrone etc? I have to do special gallop training? I would play few Maiden albums and knock myself along the tracks. 
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Jun 26 2009, 01:48 AM
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fortunately, I am a big maiden fan
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Jun 26 2009, 08:46 AM
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Or check out
Motorbreath intro by Metallica from "Kill'em all" album -------------------- "It's a long way to the top..."
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No previous reference like actually hearing that tempo
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Jun 26 2009, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE (Murloc @ Jun 26 2009, 02:48 AM) fortunately, I am a big maiden fan There you go. 
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Jun 26 2009, 01:23 PM
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QUOTE (Murloc @ Jun 25 2009, 08:42 PM) I have to do special gallop training? Definitely! You have to do special training for every technique that you do if you want to play it comfortably, and this special training involves taking a metronome and practicing slowly and precisely. Just be patient it will come in time.
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