Which Tehcnique Are You Naturally Inclined Towards? |
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Mar 29 2013, 09:40 AM
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Guys, I started this thread because I wanted to help you on discovering your natural abilities regarding the techniques you enjoy playing. The thread which inspired me was this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=48372 and I think that it's only a normal thing to discover which are your strong points and work on developing them.
Sometimes, we tend to work on a technique because we think that mastering it will make us look and sound cooler and more like the guitarists we admire, but by doing that, we totally neglect the techniques which we tend to be naturally talented at, thus making them easier for us to master and take to a superior level of execution, accuracy and creativity. What do you think? Which technique feels naturally 'easy' for you? Cosmin |
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Mar 29 2013, 06:15 PM
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I'm definitely more of a 'legato' guy. Also I tend to want to find interesting melodic and harmonic choices/alternatives rather than technical devices.
Stretchy chords have always come easy to me as well - even though I don't have large hands. *This is why I'm beginning to work on few technical things that don't come easy to me. I'm now starting to hear them in my head. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Mar 29 2013, 06:34 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Mar 29 2013, 08:40 AM)  Guys, I started this thread because I wanted to help you on discovering your natural abilities regarding the techniques you enjoy playing. The thread which inspired me was this one: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=48372 and I think that it's only a normal thing to discover which are your strong points and work on developing them. Sometimes, we tend to work on a technique because we think that mastering it will make us look and sound cooler and more like the guitarists we admire, but by doing that, we totally neglect the techniques which we tend to be naturally talented at, thus making them easier for us to master and take to a superior level of execution, accuracy and creativity. What do you think? Which technique feels naturally 'easy' for you? Cosmin I'm into hard rock, punk, and metal. Want to work on that style, playing and writing. I got your thread you started in response to my message to you a week ago. It's march madness and I've been away cause I'm busy with that here in vegas. Just jumped on the forum on my cell. |
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Mar 29 2013, 07:09 PM
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I'm not sure what is natural to me, probably fingerstyle.
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Mar 30 2013, 04:15 PM
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I had years of mainly playing acoustic, so there was a lot of playing fingerstyle, I'm not sure how advanced I would put myself, I've never tried learning anything flashy, just compose and accompany myself.
One of my compositions from 2005 https://soundcloud.com/mattkid/bluebird-days -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Mar 31 2013, 12:54 PM
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Alternate picking seems to be the only thing I can do on the guitar. Quite pathetic
 I have been working on sweep picking and it is so damn frustrating..--------------------  |
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Mar 31 2013, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE (PosterBoy @ Mar 30 2013, 03:15 PM) I had years of mainly playing acoustic, so there was a lot of playing fingerstyle, I'm not sure how advanced I would put myself, I've never tried learning anything flashy, just compose and accompany myself. One of my compositions from 2005 https://soundcloud.com/mattkid/bluebird-days Mate.. I enjoyed listening to this track very much! I think you are talented and you should work in this direction - you are musical, you have direction and feeling! Congratulations to you! Guys  Since Posterboy posted this wonderful melody he has written, why not each of you post a recording with one lick/ phrase/ song, using the technique that you are naturally most inclined towards? Let's see what you can come up with
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Mar 31 2013, 06:33 PM
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Cool idea Cosmin.
Here's my stretchy chords example: -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Apr 1 2013, 02:27 AM
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I find downpicking heavy power chords to be my easy go-to. I like the way it sounds, especially when palm muted. You can hear it in my style. Hey, here's my track showcasing the low end of my new 8string. I still need to shoot a video - but hey, here it is anyway.
https://soundcloud.com/fireball100/mount-kilimanjaro |
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Apr 1 2013, 07:44 AM
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QUOTE (mroberts70 @ Mar 31 2013, 05:17 PM) Cos, this is a good topic... or at least in my opinion it is. I think from my own experience, and from being on the outside watching other players I've noticed that sometimes we get an image in our head of what we "THINK" we should be playing based on guitarists that we enjoy listening to versus what naturally flows through our fingers. I feel that if we start working too hard on playing like that idolized person, that we may lose touch on our own talent and style and tend to get frustrated if we aren't sounding like them... when the reality is, we can only be who we are? I just know with my own experience, I was trying to focus on styles that seemed to go against the grain of my "Natural" ability of playing. With this, I would get extremely frustrated and stop playing for awhile as it became a negative impact on my motivation. Once I realized that I needed to focus on my own personal style of playing, and stopped focusing on trying to play like someone else I noticed that I actually started to improve more and that even those things that I was trying to play before and couldn't, somehow came easier to me. I think it's because I loosened up some and became more confident since I was actually able to play some of the things that was more in my comfort range. So I would take that confidence back to some of those other styles that I wanted to learn and pick bits and pieces of it that seemed to work with my own style, rather than trying to straight up learn a completely different style. Now obviously with all this in mind, we should definitely use that person who we idolize as a our motivation to better our own playing and style, but does that mean you shouldn't steal a lick or two here and there... absolutely NOT!  Especially if it meshes well with your own developed style then why not? So anyhow, that's my two cents worth on the topic. That's a very good point man - as I told you before, you are on the good path of self discovery Now all you have to do is walk the walk!Which would be your natural ability? QUOTE (klasaine @ Mar 31 2013, 05:33 PM) Cool idea Cosmin. Here's my stretchy chords example: Nice! What a cornucopia of chords!  Great playing Ken!QUOTE (thefireball @ Apr 1 2013, 01:27 AM) I find downpicking heavy power chords to be my easy go-to. I like the way it sounds, especially when palm muted. You can hear it in my style. Hey, here's my track showcasing the low end of my new 8string. I still need to shoot a video - but hey, here it is anyway. https://soundcloud.com/fireball100/mount-kilimanjaro Very nice Brandon! I also think you have a very good melodic sense, which is showcased here as well
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Apr 1 2013, 12:45 PM
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QUOTE (thefireball @ Apr 1 2013, 02:27 AM) I find downpicking heavy power chords to be my easy go-to. I like the way it sounds, especially when palm muted. You can hear it in my style. Hey, here's my track showcasing the low end of my new 8string. I still need to shoot a video - but hey, here it is anyway. https://soundcloud.com/fireball100/mount-kilimanjaro Nothing to do with the thread, but the groove in that is crazy. |
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Apr 1 2013, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (Socky42 @ Apr 1 2013, 07:17 AM) I was talking about me talking about the groove.  OH! Sorry, misunderstanding - haha those crazy dangling modifiers. Makes sense now. haha
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