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The Guitar Playing Thread (technique, tab, practice, etc.)
Harun:
Metronomes are a guitar player's best friend. I can't tell you how many times I've seen otherwise talented players who can't keep time. Not only does it make them sound sloppy, but it also really holds them back. One of the first things I taught myself was the ability to play at different speeds in tempo. Use a metronome when practicing scales/exercises, improvising, recording, rehearsing, writing songs... The only time I would not use a metronome is when playing live. Just make sure you have a drummer who can keep time/tempo. :lol: here's a good online one. Traditional metronomes are okay, but they aren't as reliable as digital ones.
ptownblazer:
--- Quote from: Harun on 04 Apr 2009, 15:40 ---Metronomes are a guitar player's best friend. I can't tell you how many times I've seen otherwise talented players who can't keep time. Not only does it make them sound sloppy, but it also really holds them back. One of the first things I taught myself was the ability to play at different speeds in tempo. Use a metronome when practicing scales/exercises, improvising, recording, rehearsing, writing songs... The only time I would not use a metronome is when playing live. Just make sure you have a drummer who can keep time/tempo. :lol: here's a good online one. Traditional metronomes are okay, but they aren't as reliable as digital ones.
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lol, i was going to post that exact link last night. i got distracted by modes and forgot. great points though. and good luck finding a drummer who can actually keep a solid rhythm, in my experience they are more than a little difficult to find ;)
billiumbean:
--- Quote from: ptownblazer on 03 Apr 2009, 19:33 ---
--- Quote from: billiumbean on 28 Mar 2009, 05:55 ---The Mixolydian scale is my favorite so far. At pattern 0 in the C chord progression, it goes a little like this:
e | ------------------------------0-1-3-- |
B | --------------------------1-3-------- |
G | --------------------0-2-3------------ |
D | --------------0-2-3------------------ |
A | --------0-1-3------------------------ |
E | --0-1-3------------------------------ |
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monster post
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Yeah, that.
ledhendrix:
Yeah, that was an excellent post ptownblazer. Just been practising a couple of scales, I used to just get stuck playing pentatonic, now there's plenty more options.
doombilly:
Sort of interesting find from BoingBoing... http://www.core77.com/blog/videos/mark_frauenfelders_diy_3string_electric_uke__13037.asp
Which made me think about "drone tuning."
I basically NEVER play in anything other than EADGBE....but then I was thinking about a crappy Hamer Slammer 4 string bass we have hanging on the wall (decoy for retarded thieves). Thinking if I tuned it to DADG and then played it with the bottleneck into my PODx3Live (with massive FXs applied) might make some really fun noise. Could be cool while the wifey plunks out some of her bass fingered goodness on the P bass, like an all bottom ended psychedelic freaq out...
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