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Tweak
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Tweak
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Joined: 07/16/03
Posts: 41
07/24/2003 4:50 am
Hey thanks thanks thanks! For all your advice guys - ive already started incorporating all of this into my practicing and its beginning to help a bit - owe you one!

Niklasl: Thats wierd that you have the same problem as me but in different places - i played those arpeggios over and over till i was blue in the face for a good few months before i cracked them; i cheat a bit too (i think) with some of the slides and ocasionally throw in a bit of sweeping, but the majority i just alternate pick (and pray!) I kind of dont sound the frst note very well on the slides when i play it at full speed, but at that speed it isnt _really_ noticeable. something i intend to come back to working on when i have cracked the rest of the piece.
i wish i had a proper video of Vai (or someone else for that matter!) playing the full thing from start to finish with a good camera angle at all times - unlike the crossroads movie clip i have. Any suggestions anyone? Id like to see exactly how the man does it.

anywayz.. many thanks again all!

~Tweak~
"This is way too much pressure!"