Develops the following:
Articulation
Dynamics
Consistency
it really forces you to concentrate on your right hand technique especially
Note: try doing hammer ons / Pull offs clean....
VERY difficult, your hand will be ready to fall off after a few mintues!!
Advantages of Practicing with Distortion:
Muting
Controling feedback
Eliminating errant string noise / Pick Noise / Finger noise
When Practicing with Distortion..try using JUST distrotion..no reverb, compression, Delay or any other effect as this can mask certain nuances.
If you go to John Petrucci's website, he has MP3s of unaccompanied solos, which are distorted but dry, and you can hear how clean and precise he plays. A goal we all should reach for!!
:-)
