shredding and scales


joe scalene
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09/14/2004 3:02 am
Well I am confuse about shreding. First I thought it was a power chord being alternately pick. Second a friend told me its a very fast solo and the third is a muted sweeping. Could anyone tell me which is which...

Second thing is I just discovered that G major scale have the same notes as E minor. the only difference is their root notes(JUst by moving the root note 1 1/2 step down. Is this applicable to all other scales.?
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09/14/2004 10:26 am
shredding is a style of playing not a technique really, it uses lots of techniques (most of which i cant do yet) like tapping, arpeggios, etc.

you may be able to use the teqniques you said in shred but shred is more a style, like yngwie malmsteen he plays shred/neoclassical, steve vai plays shred.

in a way it is like fast solo'ing but more a whole song with techniques spaced out & more structured rather than a 40 second long solo, which a lot of guitarists try to get every technique under the sun into & lose a lot of the structure & drive.

go to this page and watch the video's of this guy he is playing a type of shred, he is very good, i recommend the quest clip, its amazing, its very technical yet very structured & rhythmical
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09/14/2004 10:58 pm
Originally Posted by: joe scaleneSecond thing is I just discovered that G major scale have the same notes as E minor. the only difference is their root notes(JUst by moving the root note 1 1/2 step down. Is this applicable to all other scales.?


Yeah. Usually the harmonic (or melodic) minor scale is used instead. Just because the E minor scale can sound too much like G major. Both the HM and MM scales have a tonality that sets for a different and more minor quality.
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09/14/2004 11:07 pm
If you take any major scale it's the exact same scale as the minor scale of the note three semitones(frets) down.
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09/15/2004 7:20 am
Does that mean if a song is based on the Gmajor you can use the E minor?
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09/15/2004 7:56 am
Originally Posted by: joe scaleneDoes that mean if a song is based on the Gmajor you can use the E minor?


Sure , but you have to know which note you choose to be the root.
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09/15/2004 11:25 am
or you can stick an extra note on top of the scale and transform it into the dorian scale of the note above the scale you are playing.

i.e. Add a "D" to a C pentatonic scale and you have a D dorian in stead which fits a C (i) (iv) (v) progression perfectly

Hold on a mo, Im not sure this is correct, I need to think about this a bit more
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09/15/2004 8:54 pm
Originally Posted by: joe scaleneDoes that mean if a song is based on the Gmajor you can use the E minor?


Yeah it's called bimodality. But you have to make sure that the harmony is G (using a cadence in G) major, and the solo uses E as it's root. And that there not one in the same...
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09/22/2004 9:10 am
Or you can just go Chromatic and find the harmonies and runs that sound best, ya never know, you might find 'H'! :D
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