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08/01/2006 11:38 am
Hey guys! July was great, but this month shredders rule! Get those chops ready! This months track was created by our own Superhuman. Many of you now him as an aspiring shredmeister. It's a great track and should be fun to play with. You can download the track from Superhuman's Soundclick Page or from here. The file was too big to host on GT this round. Have fun everyone!
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08/01/2006 12:56 pm
Originally Posted by: magicninjaHey guys! July was great, but this month shredders rule! Get those chops ready! This months track was created by our own Superhuman. Many of you now him as an aspiring shredmeister. It's a great track and should be fun to play with. You can download the track from Superhuman's Soundclick Page or from here. The file was too big to host on GT this round. Have fun everyone!

A great BT there by a fellow Irishman :cool: ima give this months BT a go!!
Akira says;
"i was expecting some 3476 string string skipping with some 23489172343 octave sweeps and some alt picking runs at 345734237623572bpm in 234872364781246164516th notes across your 2384723648724627348623478264 fret guitar"
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08/01/2006 3:00 pm
Originally Posted by: silentmusicA great BT there by a fellow Irishman :cool: ima give this months BT a go!!


Up the Celtic shredders!!!!! :D
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08/01/2006 4:43 pm
...This is going to be fun. Reminds me of something Zakk Wylde would do.
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08/01/2006 4:55 pm


Let the devil bless you SuperHuman!!!
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My Music
whoooo hoooo !!!!
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08/01/2006 9:57 pm
ooh! I'm gonna have fun with this one!
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08/02/2006 9:22 pm
I don't know an awfull lot about theory and scale names but I'm using minor, major, pentatonic, harmonic minor, arabian and yona nuki so far... at least I think that's what they are called (I don't know, maybe some of those extra notes are accidentals or something)... also some chromatic runs. One thing to watch out for though is that the backing track changes a few times from minor to major. The way I'm looking at it is to break the track down into a number of independent lead passages over the various riff changes. It's a challenge as I've never played in this key before but the patterns are the same, just different frets.

I'm using my ear to work things out, maybe a theory expert out there can explain the keys and scales??
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08/03/2006 12:31 am
is there any way u could give us the tab, or the basic chords in each riff bit.
otherwise it is gonna take meages to work out.

thanx
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08/03/2006 2:15 am
Hey everyone im new to this but it looks like i chose the right month to give it a shot, anythign i need to know about it?
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08/03/2006 3:22 am
After some pre-emptive work it seems Em-Gmaj works ok. Though I haven't really been scaling but working with arps. I ain't no theory genious but I think the key shifts slightly in the middle where you may want to add some flat 5ths to those scales. Just an idea starter I could be all wrong.
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08/03/2006 5:31 am
Superhuman, it sounds like you're tuned to a low B. I tabbed out the song in this post, but then I figured it might be rude to tab out someone else's song, so I've deleted those bits. ;)

The main riff hangs around a B5 power chord with a D note thrown in. That's basically just the outline of a B minor scale/mode, so almost any B minor mode will work here. I recommend: B Harmonic Minor, B Aolian, B Blues, B Dorian, and whatever else you can think of.

The next part has the chords: B5 D5 E5 F5

Here you could play from the B blues scale, the B locrian, etc.

Then there's a decending bit that I think goes something like: B A G# B

This is a major bit and you'd wanna look for a B major mode (mixolydian, perhaps) of some kind to play.

Anyway, that's what I've got for now. It might not be the complete song, but I'm going to bed.
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08/03/2006 8:50 am
Hey Mark,
Sounds like you're on the right track there. The track was played on a 7 string tuned B,E,A,D,G,B,E so a six string properly tuned to E will work fine - working with the various scales of 'B'. Don't worry about the BT being played on a 7 string, I'll be doing all of my lead of a regular 6 string too!

I'll post a tab for it later when I get home, there's nothing too complicated, mostly just powerchords but there is also a bar chord is there near the end.
Anyway, at work now but I hope to get the tabs together this evening.

Later
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08/03/2006 2:29 pm
Haha my luck just to get a 7 string when this comes along. alright so i dont really know if theres any rules or whatver but i guess ill give it a go.
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08/03/2006 3:29 pm
Originally Posted by: Poontang_clanHaha my luck just to get a 7 string when this comes along. alright so i dont really know if theres any rules or whatver but i guess ill give it a go.


there arent really any rules
humans aren't imortal
but rock and roll will never die
:cool:


my soundclick page nothing very impressive though
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08/03/2006 4:43 pm
Cool just whats sounds good i guess?
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08/04/2006 1:34 am
Ok teacher, here's my August assignment.
Hope I don't have to stay after school for extra credit.
Of course, if this is for Mrs. Bustman, my old English teacher, I guess I'll stay after.

EL34's August assignment link
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08/04/2006 1:43 am
This is one cool backing track. Well here's my quick take on this:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=DDD2F71569A6ED7D

I wish I had better recording equipment...
HADOUUUU KEN!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad:
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08/04/2006 2:13 am
Hey Dante, wild shredding there.
Record your lead by itself while listening through headphones.
Post the lead track and I'll assemble it onto the backing track for you.
mic your lead all by itself so I get a clean track to work with.
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08/04/2006 9:09 am
Originally Posted by: EL34XYZHey Dante, wild shredding there.
Record your lead by itself while listening through headphones.
Post the lead track and I'll assemble it onto the backing track for you.
mic your lead all by itself so I get a clean track to work with.

I don't think i can allow this one and not really for the reason you may think. I think it would be better to let him learn recording techniques on his own. If he needs help he can post in the recording forum. :) I hope you understand where i'm coming from.
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08/04/2006 10:41 am
EL34XYZ - nice track and great tone. I remember you mentioned before you are not into monster arps and all out shredding but prefer the melodic progression approach - certainly works well for you;-)

Dante - you've got some great licks there! All you need is some advice on the recording procedure. Go to the Recording part of the forum and list your gear and basic set up, then we can help get you recording. With better sound quality you will have a killer track.
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