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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Whats The First Thing You Play?
Posted by: zen Apr 16 2010, 09:51 AM
In the first minute of picking up your guitar everyday, what do you play? (except checking for tuning)
Is it an age old fav lick, chromatic run, some pattern of a scale, or some melody?
I just start my session with a simple E5 chord that I let ring to absorb all the distortion and feel it !! 
..That sound is like that a fresh breath of air I've been waiting to play all day.. It's just an old habit.. Now i do it unconsciously.
Your turn !!
p.s - Sorry if this has been done before.
Posted by: Andrew6 Apr 16 2010, 09:59 AM
I do a warm-up consisting mostly of the classic 1234 4321 , 1324 4231 etc exercises and then usually the stretching exercise from rock discipline
Posted by: Staffy Apr 16 2010, 10:16 AM
Oh, I have no strict routine, just playing whatever im in the mood for, sometimes some jazz stuff, but mostly some pentatonic blues patterns with some bending I suppose....
//Staffay
Posted by: zen Apr 16 2010, 10:20 AM
Yea, some chromatic exercise follow the E5 chord for me
//Staffay
I guess it takes a real man to warm up using bends
Posted by: ZakkWylde Apr 16 2010, 10:21 AM
I make sure the sound and settings are allright by playing an open e5 powerchord and palm muted triad gallop riffs on the open e string, the I usually get my fingers moving with some fast Paul Gilbert picking licks...
Posted by: Darknodar123 Apr 16 2010, 10:29 AM
Lets see....
When I pick it up I play the opening intro of Crazy Train... After Ive played it a couple of times I play Jingle bells... After I played that I play Sweet Melodies by Carlos Carillo... And many other random things....
Ps. Sometimes I play We Wish you A merry Christmas instead of Jingle bells
Posted by: audiopaal Apr 16 2010, 10:42 AM
No routine at all I'm afraid
Posted by: ruben_mcn Apr 16 2010, 11:07 AM
I allwayd do some chromatic runs to warmup or some alternate picking exersises I´m working on but at low speeds .. When I´m not in the mood for warming up I play some random Riffage..
Posted by: Artemus Apr 16 2010, 11:52 AM
TUNING NOTES!
Posted by: Gitarrero Apr 16 2010, 12:33 PM
I start off with an A5 powerchord, then I do some random progression with random rhythm and muting. Then I do a feeble pentatonic lick until I finally do Marcus warm-up exercises
Posted by: superize Apr 16 2010, 12:47 PM
I also do this or i play some open chords
Posted by: purple hayes Apr 16 2010, 01:58 PM
I warm up with Muris' Extreme Neo-Classical lesson.
/then I start working on more challenging lesson. 
//I started with Ivan's Poor Man's Blues solo.
Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 16 2010, 02:18 PM
the solo for Syphomy of distruction - but not to fast that i injure my fingers
followed by AP 16ths at seventy BPM
and then start crankin up the speed till it falls apart - i'm usually late for work by then
Posted by: JVM Apr 16 2010, 02:30 PM
I usually will do some kind of warmup exercise, but if I don't feel like doing it then I usually do as Staffay does, some blues licks or whatever I'm in the mood for.
Posted by: relaxenjoy Apr 16 2010, 02:42 PM
Warm up!
Chromatics up and down each string.
1234 5432 3456 7654 etc
Chromatics up and down each position on every string.
5678 5678 5678 9876 9876 9876 etc
Chromatics in each position like before but playing 4, 3, 2, and then 1
12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15
12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15
12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15
12 13 14 15
My hands are starting to warm up now and then I play a song or GMC lesson at a slower tempo to get my brain going.
Posted by: Karl-ss Apr 16 2010, 02:56 PM
First a quick diminished tap run before some octaves, Then i let the fun begin with a few two string pedal note riffs.
.... Then i jamm along to some song or GMC lesson.
Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 16 2010, 03:10 PM
do you mean you are afraid of a routine
Posted by: jafomatic Apr 16 2010, 03:31 PM
I want to say the first thing I play is "EADGBE" to see if I'm in tune, but often I don't do that. I play one of a few really slow songs first.
- guitar loves piano
- epilogue (for lisa)
- jumping around - beginner
A few times through any of those is a nice bendy (or stretchy) warmup
Posted by: CathShadow Apr 16 2010, 03:37 PM
I always start with spanish Romance...
And Flyleaf's Christmas song...
LOVE that sound so much (the finger picking)..
Posted by: The Uncreator Apr 16 2010, 03:51 PM
I play the same lick all the time, Its a quick Phyrgian run which was the first thing I learned to play "fast". To this day its still the fastest thing I can play.
And I've never used it a song either
Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 16 2010, 03:59 PM
i make a full E major chord, and find out 95% of the times that my guitars are out of tune from the last beat up
Posted by: Keilnoth Apr 16 2010, 04:20 PM
1234 4321 is fine, then some picking exercises like Alternate Picking Etude With String Skipping by Emir or Palm Mute Workout by Dejan.
I try to never bend a string before I am warmed up because it's the best way to hurt my fingers.
Sometimes I tune my guitar as well.
Posted by: twist Apr 16 2010, 05:44 PM
I dont have a real routine but most time the first thing is the Ionian Scale lessons.... but at a slow tempo
Posted by: NoSkill Apr 16 2010, 09:49 PM
I warm up with Marcus' right hand workout: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Metal-Rhythm-Right-Hand-Workout/
I then make a few failed attempts at Emir's slow rock solo: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/slow_rock_solo/
Then I run through all major scale positions, pentatonic positions, minor 7, Dominant and Major 7 arpeggio shapes emphasizing AP.
Then I usually feel pretty bad about myself and I look for guitars on eBay.
Posted by: Mr T Apr 16 2010, 09:53 PM
First couple of measures from the solo in pearl jams alive. Seems pretty random, but I learned that years ago and its engraved in my brain, it's the first thing I play if I just want to relax and have some fun.
Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 12:39 AM
I just warm up a little bit with 1234, 1423, 2413 exercises just to get the hand back in action from the rest and start to jam a little bit with some catchy licks
Posted by: Todd Simpson Apr 17 2010, 06:21 AM
This is a GREAT question! It's a very personal thing of course and is different for each player. I personally start out playing some scale runs at various spots on the neck. I always give my hands 15 minutes or so to warm up. Before I start playing, I'll do some hand stretches, the start running major and minor scales just to get loose.
Todd
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 17 2010, 01:19 PM
Usually its a simple lick or scale run. Then I do some simple slap and pop playing (because I tune my bass tone in relation to that sound/technique).
Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 17 2010, 03:50 PM
I then make a few failed attempts at Emir's slow rock solo: http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/slow_rock_solo/
Then I run through all major scale positions, pentatonic positions, minor 7, Dominant and Major 7 arpeggio shapes emphasizing AP.
Then I usually feel pretty bad about myself and I look for guitars on eBay.
started to look on ebay this morning, does this work and any hints to pass it by the boss
Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Apr 18 2010, 12:47 PM
First thing I play is some minor7 chord.
Posted by: Sollesnes Apr 18 2010, 05:14 PM
I usually go through some basic warmup excersises and chord positions. Depending on how much time I have, I might move on to stretching and things like that ^^ If I am learning something new that I will be doing slow anyway, I will just start doing that.
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 19 2010, 01:01 PM
Usually it's open strings, E chord and couple of more chords to determine the tuning precisely, then whatever is on the menu
Posted by: Zsolt Galambos Apr 21 2010, 01:03 PM
99% of the time I start with a bluesy improvisation to get in the mood, and to slowly warm up my hands. After a while I start practicing scales/techniques and I eather end up playing my fave songs, composing my own stuff or simply begin to record something for GMC
Posted by: thefireball May 17 2010, 02:57 AM
The rhythm section of Canon Rock is what I play.
Posted by: kahall May 17 2010, 04:33 AM
It changes for me every once in a while. But right now I am using Emir Hots riffing variations. http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Riffing_Variations/ at about 80% though.
Posted by: SirJamsalot May 17 2010, 06:33 AM
First thing I do is a simple, slow pedalstep exercise that works out my little finger to get it warmed up since it's usually the hardest of my fingers to get in sync. To avoid injury, the first pedalsteps are usually boxed in the first 6 notes of the aeolian and locrian modes so I'm not having to stretch before I'm warm. Once I'm semi-warm, I'll take a short rest, then finish off the rest of the positions to get the stretch factor in there.
here's an example of one of the pedalsteps I use to get warm. Also, I play unplugged to make sure I'm hearing the proper contact with the pick and string, and normally a metrinome, but not in this vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWm0PlBiFM
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