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Post by rrguitar on Jul 15, 2008 20:03:52 GMT -5
Hy guys, been a while since I have visited here. Anyway, I have decided that box pentatonics have totally bored me and have really gotten back into malmsteen. I have decided to totally change the way I play and feel like I am starting over. I have been playing on one/two stings practicing minor/harmonic minor patterns. Question, when I try to put combos of 3 note per string licks together, it doesnt feel as If i have a grasp on it. what patterns do you recommend ie.. 3 note per string to practice on?
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Post by thenotshredder on Jul 15, 2008 21:09:44 GMT -5
Well, keep in mind that Malmsteen economy picks and uses a lot of legato -- he doesn't really alternate pick everything, although it's certainly possible. Just learn all the positions of the major and natural minor (same thing, really) and harmonic minor scales three notes per string. Then work on them slowly.
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Post by rrguitar on Jul 15, 2008 21:11:15 GMT -5
sounds good. Thanks !!
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Post by thenotshredder on Jul 15, 2008 21:12:11 GMT -5
Oh, and buy Joel's book! Seriously. I did and I don't regret it (and I hate self-help and guitar how-to books).
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Post by rrguitar on Jul 16, 2008 17:53:46 GMT -5
will do !!
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Post by thenotshredder on Jul 16, 2008 18:52:38 GMT -5
Another thing that I highly recommend: write a cockload of repeating licks that require you to use both inside and outside picking in the same lick. It's even better when the lick has an odd total number of notes, requiring you to switch picking patterns each time you play it. Then force yourself to play the lick both on the top two strings and others (I always had a weird problem playing picking licks that involve the high E, for some reason). Make sure it's tricky enough to make you play it slowly a lot just to get it under your fingers and tight. If you can play this sort of lick fast, it'll be a lot easier to get other kinds of picking up to speed (at least, that's what I'm hoping -- it doesn't always seem to work that way ).
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Post by rrguitar on Jul 17, 2008 18:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by Torkin on Jul 18, 2008 12:05:54 GMT -5
This kind of licks is very good to increase your overall technique. When you feel that you can shred this like a machinegun, you should try to make this into a 2 string lick
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Post by thenotshredder on Jul 18, 2008 16:38:27 GMT -5
Wow, that guy looks really stiff and uncomfortable with his guitar. Oh, and he doesn't actually speed it up, he just tremolo picks it while doing the exact same thing with his left hand. wtf? (Mind you, what Torkin said still holds true. Just don't do it like that.)
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Post by rrguitar on Jul 18, 2008 17:29:41 GMT -5
you know, I was kinda thinking the same thing as well. He is not that clean at it, but the lick is cool anyway
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Post by thenotshredder on Jul 18, 2008 18:08:00 GMT -5
The hardest lick like this for me is a 1-3-4-1-3-4 or 1-2-4-1-2-4 sort of thing. 3-1-2-3-2-1 is easy as shit after a while for some reason, and 3-4-3-1-3-4-3-1 is just a piece of cake (I can rip that mostly cleanly at really stupid speeds). But I CANNOT get 1-3-4-1-3-4 clean in 6s beyond, oh, 100. The moral here is to start working on those ascending repeating licks now, or whatever small part of your technique it is that gives you a lot of trouble. It'll make everything easier in the long run.
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Post by rrguitar on Jul 19, 2008 7:40:11 GMT -5
I am in the p rocess of going back and forth a million times with these. getting better and expanding, i guess if you have a starting point, then everything else should follow. It is getting interesting!!
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