Include the particular lick/song/player that makes you want to master it.
I would love to master IA's (from http://www.freakkitchen.com ) use of natural harmonics... I mean that guy knows EVERY HARMONIC'S PITCH!! even the ones you find at the bottom of the neck, like Jaco Pastorius used to do!! So he makes his guitar sound like a whammy, but without a whammy... And he plays entire solos with harmonics... Not written out ones, he improvises!
which technique would you like to master?
# 1
I would like to get a really solid foundation in jazz. That's my main goal Also, I would really like to learn how to do some of Jeff Beck's crazy guitar licks.
:cool:
# 2
hmmm
probably the good old lazy by deep purple. and their "painter" as well..
i also like to imrpove my sweep picking, because now i cant sweep at all...
probably the good old lazy by deep purple. and their "painter" as well..
i also like to imrpove my sweep picking, because now i cant sweep at all...
"They think im crazy..
but i know better.
It is not I who am crazy.
It is I who am mad.."
ren hoek
but i know better.
It is not I who am crazy.
It is I who am mad.."
ren hoek
# 3
# 4
I've just started getting into jazz, but there's still some listening to be done. Presently, I'm trying to figure out Buckethead-type cheesy/crazy/sick SF noises. I want my guitar to sound like a madman tied down, trying to break loose.
Impendance is fruitfull
while the buttons are circled.:eek:
while the buttons are circled.:eek:
# 5
# 6
hmm.. well..
Technique?
i think i know the techniques i want to learn,
only i need to learn to be more accurate(alot more too)...
as a shredder, i've found out that what i want to play,
i can learn.. as long as i can figure out the notation,
and the best way to play it(fingering).. but i'm a lazy
guy too.. only learn the start of songs i like.. cause
i don't have motivation(and maybe too little time) to
learn whole songs.. anyway.. if i was more accurate,
it would help me alot.. maybe if i knew the fretboard
alittle better (when we're talking sheet music).. and
alot of more time.. at least i'll get a good time next
year (going to a rock-school for a year).. then i'll
improve and only play guitar all day long.. = )
Technique?
i think i know the techniques i want to learn,
only i need to learn to be more accurate(alot more too)...
as a shredder, i've found out that what i want to play,
i can learn.. as long as i can figure out the notation,
and the best way to play it(fingering).. but i'm a lazy
guy too.. only learn the start of songs i like.. cause
i don't have motivation(and maybe too little time) to
learn whole songs.. anyway.. if i was more accurate,
it would help me alot.. maybe if i knew the fretboard
alittle better (when we're talking sheet music).. and
alot of more time.. at least i'll get a good time next
year (going to a rock-school for a year).. then i'll
improve and only play guitar all day long.. = )
S. G. Skaaren
aka Acron(GW)
aka Acron(GW)
# 7
id like to play blues like clapton and SRV. claptons melodic awareness is amazing. anyone who hears him play, would probably be moved to tears. silky smooth and piercing bends. SRV on the other hand is agressive. i like his percussive stuff.
# 8
I've started playing piano and find it much more fun than guitar 'cause you can play counterpoint stuff and that's pretty taxing for me. I really love the guitar though, there's nothing like it for expressiveness but you can play more combinations of notes on a keyboard. I'd like to redress the balance by playing the wrong way round (I.e with my more coordinated hand on the fretboard) and becoming ambidextrous. Then maybe I'll be able to play a double neck like MIcheal Angelo has and arrange some piano music for guitar. I'd love to hear some Gottschalk on Guitar. The other thing I'd love to learn would be the fretless bass, it's a beautiful instrument and the bass can be a beautifully percussive or really soft sounding instrument - there's a greater range of dynamics to it than guitar I think.
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
# 9
I'd like to master the technique of making a multitrack recording of my playing without it giving me the heeby jeebies when I listen back to it. Just once I'd like to record a song or a solo where it actually gives ME the shivers and makes me proud as hell instead of putting knots in my stomache and making me think later 'what the hell was I thinking?'
# 10
Originally posted by schmange
'what the hell was I thinking?'
That's why a lot of artists take drugs, because it's an excuse or a way not to ask that question...
# 11
Here's my wishlist:
1. Learn to read standard notation proficiently.
2. Build a foundation in Jazz.
3. Play some of Eric Johnson's stuff really well.
ETA: NEVER....never enough time to work on the things you love.
1. Learn to read standard notation proficiently.
2. Build a foundation in Jazz.
3. Play some of Eric Johnson's stuff really well.
ETA: NEVER....never enough time to work on the things you love.
# 12
Originally posted by fendermonkey77
1. Learn to read standard notation proficiently.
2. Build a foundation in Jazz.
3. Play some of Eric Johnson's stuff really well.
I think the first two are really intertwined, and as you go better in Jazz, your reading will improve (use some easy reading stuff but read read read, it comes fast if you have discipline)
AS for Eric Johnson, dang that's not an easy task...
# 13
# 14
Originally posted by educatedfilmLearn (well improve) to sing while playing, a task i've found nearly impossible... I have to stop singing to play :(
That's what made BB king play like he does, this dialog between Him and his Guitar...
# 15
:)... That's sort of what I do... oh yeah i forgot to mention, some one mentioned being ambidextrous... Well, guess what I can do, yep play both ways... I prefer lefthanded, and I play with the strings the other way round ie 1st to 6th would be (E A D G B E)... It's not that useful to be honest, just lets you try out all the guitars in the shops, and get the odd looks when you pick up a right handed guitar and play with it upside down (actaully, a couple of things I've found are easier to play the wrong way round, like radiohead's pyramid song)...
# 16
I think the bluesman Coco MONTOYA does it that way too!! First time I saw a tape was pretty weird!! Bar chords are hell with that way of playing, aren't they?
# 17
actaully they're not that bad, people are shocked when I do it, but seriously it's really easy, it's just because poeple haven't tried it...
Boby Womac, Gryff Reec (from the superfurrie animals) and jimi (form the doves with a bass) all do that..
It's really wierd though when you first try it the other way, it feel like your starting all over again, and it boosts your ego (which is good when your not very confident like myself) as you reilize you've come a long way..
I recomend trying... it also makes you light on your toes, and for some reason you get to know the frett board better... but that really for beginers and not pros like your self..
Boby Womac, Gryff Reec (from the superfurrie animals) and jimi (form the doves with a bass) all do that..
It's really wierd though when you first try it the other way, it feel like your starting all over again, and it boosts your ego (which is good when your not very confident like myself) as you reilize you've come a long way..
I recomend trying... it also makes you light on your toes, and for some reason you get to know the frett board better... but that really for beginers and not pros like your self..
# 18
Here's one for you guys...how 'bout the fast extended lick at the end of "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai?! It's incredibly clean, fast, accurate, passionate and intense. If you've heard the song, you'll probably know the lick I'm talking about.
Infinity is silent in the shred of truth!
# 19
The one technique I have always wanted to master, is where I play the guitar and someone gives me millions of dollars for doing it, if I could just learn that secret......
# 20
