The most difficult piece of music you can play?


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09/09/2001 8:25 pm
What is the most difficult song or solo you can play?

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09/10/2001 2:34 am
I'm not sure...
Things don't seem that tough after you've learned how to do them.
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09/10/2001 11:42 am
I think the most difficult song i can play is All along the watchtower, i have tried to learn Yngwie's Black Star but its not possible for me
Peter
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09/10/2001 4:52 pm
I really don't have one that is more difficult ,
than the others.
I think any song can be difficult if you can't play it,
well or good.
Also what bugs me is after you play a solo somebody,
comes up to the stage and says hey' that was pretty good.
What gets me is the word "Pretty to me i take the word,
as like Fair not to bad ect-ect.



Markzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
yours truly Mark Toman
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09/10/2001 5:24 pm
I found smoke on the water solo quite difficult because of the phrasing its hard to copy and also little wing intro is very hard but ill just keep on praticing

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09/10/2001 7:12 pm
it took me awhile to get the highwaystar solo (deep purple) and still i cant play it to perfection, usually i dont really learn solos but improvise on their scale, so i dont know much solos
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09/10/2001 11:10 pm

Caprice #5 by Nicolli Paganini
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09/10/2001 11:12 pm

I don't think I spelled that name right, but he's that violinist that everone thought was insane.
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09/11/2001 3:41 am
I never thought that I would master the entire solo to "Fade To Black" with the exact rhythm and pace, but sooner or later songs like this just stick in your head. With enough practice, and patience we can just about accomplish anything. But still, no matter how good I get, no one can match Kirk Hammett when he plays this solo live! There are so many guitar parts that I never thought I could learn growing up, but I proved myself wrong time and time again. When you learn something that really seemed impossible at first, it really has a way in building your confidence as a player, and as a person!

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09/14/2001 2:14 pm
lil' wing. i'v been trying for years anbd still can't play it
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09/14/2001 6:47 pm
There are a few songs i am quite proud that i can now play which may not seem that amazing to the rest of you, but i am still learning, and i found some of the chord shapes a bit wierd

Ozzy Osbourne - crazy Train
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the opera
Guns n Roses - Sweet child o mine
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Queensryche - Revolution calling

These are full songs with solos, so i am quite proud

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09/15/2001 12:41 am
The toughest songs I play right now are probably Goldenboy and To Defy the Laws of Tradition by Primus, as well as a couple of my band's songs: Standing and Flourescant. Moose Hunt is gonna be a royal pain too when I get the lyrics done and the band dives into it.
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09/15/2001 9:52 pm
If you think Little Wing is difficult try playing Castles Made Of Sand, Jimi continues to inspire

Check out Stash by Phish for some cool diminished licks

The hardest thing I ever learned was the melody to Donna Lee by Charlie Parker, it took close to a year to get it up to speed, Check out Jaco's version on his solo album & try playing along
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09/16/2001 1:46 am
my most difficult solo i can say is... jason becker's
serrana the guy is a genius he rock to bad he als that disease.
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09/16/2001 9:30 pm
The hardest thing I ever learnt was the intro to Stairway To Heaven. It was the the first thing I ever learnt on the guitar. No actually I knew G and E Minor first. I know its pretty remedial but try learning it with totally soft fingertips and no strength in your barres. It was the first piece I ever learnt and I stand by my decision.
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09/16/2001 11:36 pm
i dont really know what the hardest thing is i can i play cause like the one dude said its not really hard if u know it but it would have to be 1 of the 3

flight of the bubble bee
no more tears solo
where ever i may roam solo
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09/19/2001 8:00 pm
everything is a struggle for me i have got fingers like pigs tits. i used to be a pannel beater but lost my eyesight kept hitting my fingers so had to pack it in. been playing for just six months struggling with cavatina at the moment, almost there. but it tades a long time reading braisle. Mark
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09/24/2001 12:49 pm
Actually the hardest thing I can (or could actually)
was one of my own solos.
Listening to Yngwie inspired me to do this
8 min power-scale-phrygian-hard-ass-blablabla solo
where I jammed in all the different styles
and techniques I knew, and then I tried to play it
faster then light.
One thing lead to another, I almost broke the amp
with my knuckles.(In other words it didnt went well)

Now I guess its Cavatina, a acoustic piece by Stanley Myers.
Its the soundtrack to "Deer Hunter".
I learned it about two years ago, but there can still
be trouble with some grips.
Now there we can talk about some serious stretching.
If your fingers doesnt hurt afterwards, you
played it wrong.




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09/28/2001 9:06 pm
you must try Akaskero by Thomas Leeb a friend of mine plays it it is awesome lots of harmonics and tapping look it up it will be a good challenge for any guitarist
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09/29/2001 2:54 am
sounds interesting...can you tell us a little more about this peice?..is it for solo guitar?..what style of music...where can we find it?
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