i just realized your name is a beefheart reference. dude i am so deep in the zappa discography these last two years. i went to from listening to fripp, howe, and hackett to ZAPPA... never went back.
I assume you are into zappa if you like beefheart. fucking zappa is the most important composer of the 21st century...hands down.
im a sucker for "oldies" (e.g. doo-wop) and also his more avant shit like uncle meat.. goddamn good to meet a zappa friend in a guitar thread no less. people talk about clapton and hendrix like bobble-head puppets. Zappa played with and was better than them all..
he also discovered the likes of: adrian belew terry bozzio george duke vinnie colaiuta and many more
This is a brilliant thread. Thanks for posting this. I just got my guitar and I am starting with the chord exercise you mentioned. Are there any other things youd advise to do for beginners?
I learned the first four villa-lobos preludes this year. I'm afraid I might be past the peak in your graph. please elaborate on where the peak is, thanks ^^
On August 30 2010 10:56 palanq wrote: I learned the first four villa-lobos preludes this year. I'm afraid I might be past the peak in your graph. please elaborate on where the peak is, thanks ^^
You're past the peak. I was playing his preludes etudes and sonatas and never even got flashed. Sorry bro looks like your stuck in my world now =D
hey ella_guru hope all is well. thank you for your last response.
a little update: i'm still playing a lot, or as much as possible. school started so i'm more busy which sucks. i'm really wishing i had never entered college and just played music lol. even if i'd be poor my whole life i don't care all i need is food and a positive attitude haha.
thank you for getting me into jaco! i'd heard of him but never actually payed any attention. DAMN that guy can play! i've been watching everything of his on youtube and listing to it all. plus i've added some mingus and coltrane for jazz also just random pandora/grooveshark jazz sampling. man jazz is so good. i feel like i've been in this musical bubble of basically rock and its counterparts. listing to jazz for me is just refreshing so many different ideas and sounds that i'd never really heard before and its all so fun. jazz has really opened me up now i'm trying to listen to everything. i've been searching like chinese music arabic haha i really don't know just trying to sample every cultures musical style.
i've been poundin the theory and trying to master the major scale through major chord arpeggios and just running through the scale. soon i'll be adding the minor maybe i should be adding it sooner but i think it will be a quick transition. just flat the third sixth and seventh XD.
i don't really know why i made this post just for fun i guess. any musical suggestions? any new stuff you've been diggin? samples? haha hope all is well later!
Any tips on learning strumming patterns. I often read up chords then try to play them, but its really difficult to play it the way it sounds in the actual song.
I've been playing for like 15 hours in the past two days and my fingers are turning blackish-purple and they hurt in a sort of numb-ish kind of way. Should I stop? Or should i rub some ice on my fingertips and trudge along?
Hello ella_guru. Thank you for offering your services. I have a couple of questions I hope you could answer. 1. How many half-steps are in a full bend? The tab does a bend sign and it says full, so not sure how much steps higher it is. 2. What does the x stand for? Is it a deadnote? 3. What is that note thing that Jack does at 0:38s? [It is the note he plays right before it turns 0:39s] And how does one execute it?
Anyways those are my questions. If you could answer them, then thank you very much.
1. two half-steps, so two frets up. a full bend is 1 step 2. the x stands for muted string 3. that's like a palm-muted staccato note? cant tell right now it's too late, someone else can further explain or correct me, hard to describe, its just done with feeling
When should I use an A shaped barre chord over a C shaped barre chord? I know that it would make sense to use A shaped for Bb and B, but besides those I feel like you can either play a chord with its root on the fifth string in either position. The only explanation I can think of is having the chord sound fuller with all five strings, rather than muting the first string, which usually happens when I try to hit three frets with my ring finger. Should I use C shaped for Major chords and Am and A7 for minor and Seventh chords?
Can someone please give me advice on 12 string guitars? What are the best brands? I am intending to buy one, for performance and recording. Also, are Ovation guitars good? I saw a 12 string Ovation. They have a plastic back. The guy at the music store told me they're not worse than wooden back guitars they just sound different. Of course he isn't going to give me an honest opinion as he's trying to sell it but do they sound worse or is it true they have a unique sound?
Hi, I have played guitar for the last 4 years and enjoy it very much, I am quite good but seemed to have reached a plateau in my playing so to speak. Do you have any advice for an intermediate/advanced player to improve their playing after they have hit a wall in their skill? I suppose just to practice practice practice but maybe there is something I am not getting.
EPT
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