EPTAs professional teachers and players have mentioned in this thread, there isn't a single method that works for everyone. Some people are fine just grinding out exercises, others need to play stuff they like to find the motivation to keep on practicing.
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Teoita
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As professional teachers and players have mentioned in this thread, there isn't a single method that works for everyone. Some people are fine just grinding out exercises, others need to play stuff they like to find the motivation to keep on practicing. | ||
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yeastiality
Canada374 Posts
For anyone who has been playing a few years: how often do you find yourself revisiting your fundamentals? Recently I've been learning a lot of 1980s King Crimson (like this). I'm ditching all my effects and processing and just practising these crazy complicated parts. Starting slow (using BPMinus) and speeding up.. It's made me realize how inconsistent a lot of my playing is: picking (attack->volume), fretting (in the middle!), holding my thumb on the back of the neck, holding the pick and so on. For me, the key to learning songs like Discipline and Three of A Perfect Pair is improving the most basic things about my playing, as if I just started playing. Playing clean (no distortion/drive etc to mess with the dynamic range) really reveals how 'tight' your playing is, too. I have a feeling I'll be a lot more expressive when I go back to using effects as a crutch again at some point! Turning your entire guitar-playing perspective around for a few weeks can be really enlightening. | ||
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Split.
Switzerland234 Posts
What's the better way to playing multiple notes on the same string? Keep the lowest note pressed down, so you are pressing down 2 frets for the duration or "hop" and let go of the previous fret? (Or is there no general best way of doing this?) Example: When playing fret 3 then 5 then 3 then 5 on the e string I hope somebody on TL can help me out  At OP: Great initiative writing this, I like it | ||
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Teoita
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Glad you liked the article | ||
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FraCuS
United States1072 Posts
I am definitely gonna go shopping for an acoustic guitar this week. When I find one, I'll post it on this blog to see what my veteran TL guitar players think :D price/durability. | ||
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FraCuS
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Hopefully I'll be proficient like this guy :D or | ||
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yeastiality
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On November 19 2012 05:35 Split. wrote: I recently picked up the guitar again, but ran into a technique-question : What's the better way to playing multiple notes on the same string? Keep the lowest note pressed down, so you are pressing down 2 frets for the duration or "hop" and let go of the previous fret? (Or is there no general best way of doing this?) Example: When playing fret 3 then 5 then 3 then 5 on the e string I hope somebody on TL can help me out At OP: Great initiative writing this, I like it a bit late on responding, but here's my answer: you can't dogmatically say "always hold down the lowest-fretted note while playing the others" it's more about the context of what you're playing - you should hold down previous notes for one of these reasons: 1) you're keeping your fretting hand in the same 'position' (group of ~4 frets) 2) you want to make a really controlled bend/vibrato by using multiple fingers (paul gilbert has some lessons about this) for your example (3-5-3-5-3-5-3-5) it's best to keep one finger docked on the third fret and use the other one to change to the fifth fret when you play that one ...unless you want to take your hand off the string completely to deaden whatever your last note was here's an example tab to think about: --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------3-6-- -----3-5------ -3-5---------- This can all be played in one position with your first finger on the 3rd fret ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -------------3---------- ---------5-------------- -3-5s7---------------- This (for me at least) requires moving the whole hand in order to play it smoothly/relaxed. I slide to the 5th position (third finger moves from 5 to 7, first finger ends up on 5 for the 5th string). Some things to think about: 1) Rush - YYZ : at the end of the guitar solo, there's a descending legato lick that covers half the neck. You have to change positions frequently to play this, but within each position you will be hammering-on and pulling-off a couple of notes (watch his hand closely) 2) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog : in the main riff, there are 3 ascending notes and you may as well keep your fingers on the string as you play them (to be able to add little bends/vibratos here and there as you choose), and it will keep those fingers lined up for moving to the other notes in the riff 3) Take whatever you're playing now, and play it a couple frets higher. Now go back and play it lower (where it started). Repeat back and forth to get used to moving between positions. Add some more notes to get more of your fingers involved on the same string. Then start moving that higher/lower..etc Hopefully that helps a bit. Cheers! | ||
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urSa
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Teoita
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urSa
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Teoita
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In general when using power chords (which is a looot of the time for me) i only strum the strings im supposed to (for the most part), so i don't need to use my fingers to mute anything (except the E with the middle finger as you say), especially the strings below (E-B and sometimes G). It sounds like you are pushing to hard with your other fingers on the fretboard, so the middle finger naturally tries to "rise" and it goes away from the fretboard. I hope that made any sense, it's actually really tough to explain this stuff on a forum haha. | ||
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urSa
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Teoita
Italy12246 Posts
Also, that's a normal power chord; using only the first two notes means you are rather playing a bicord. | ||
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pebble444
Italy2498 Posts
Intro to Redemption song: By Robert Nesta Marey aka Bob (single strings) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/qKct8jv.gif) The beat of the song is 4/4. One - between the numbers means 1/8, two -- means 1/4 , four ----means play the note for 2/4 etc. the ^ means to play the note for 1/8 of time and another 1/8 you mute the note for 1/8 and then play the nxt one. If its too confusing just play the notes, when theres more space let more time pass and when less space play them more quickly. Altrenativly, when you play the last G, aka -3- on the E Chord at the end, you can replace it with a G chord as the song goes like thiw after: G Em C Am + Show Spoiler [Rest of the song] +
Sometimes he will mute the Am, meaning he plays is and then like the single chord in the intro he mutes it when he goes into the chorus instead of playing the D chord in the next diagram. When he goes into the Chorus just replace the last Am with a D Chord:
The actual Chorus:
Cause all i ever had
Breathe in the air by pink Floyd Em A intro
Gl and have fun most importantly | ||
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