i'm having problems keeping my fretting hand up with my picking hand, i just cant seem to move my fingers as fast as i pick, and this is really setting me back when i'm trying to learn solos now.
i tried just practicing a bunch of scales, getting faster and faster with a metronome, and it was a breeze, but whenever i try learning a solo, even after a few days hard practising i just cant nail them.
specifically i'm trying to learn the solo in the song Enter the Grave, by Evile, even though the riffs are fast as hell, they're damn easy, but the solo......well, you already know the problem i'm having
here's the tab i'm learning it from:
http://ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/e/evile/enter_the_grave_tab.htm

so anyone got any tips how i could sort this out?

Just at the beginning of the solo there is a lick with the whammy bar...

How does he get that sound, just before the down E string (dropped down to A) pull, these high sounds ?

The effect is AW E SOME !!!!

Does anybody know is this the kind of thing they are looking for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkdfv6ulbg

Alright people. I actually got 10 minutes to myself last night so idecided to set my cameraphone running and jam to some pantera backings iv got. Just did some improv first, then the im broken solo. Its nowhere near as good as the big shredders on here (Doug etc) but its all good.

Let me know what you guys think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONkf0MQ5Wg

Tell me what yall think? I only been playing for a year and half so don't get on my balls too bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xz2pONsPE8

So I'm ok at guitar I guess but do you have any tips on guitar tabs that just kick ass and shred fast and awesome. like metal riffs.
Thank you

Just picked this up today for 10 bucks, should be helpful....


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does any one recomend any guitar tableture sites. i already use ultimate guitar.com but its the only one i can fine

hey ... i can play all of art of shredding up to the point in the solo when he does the pulls and then squeel .. like this ...

pull pull pull pull..sqeal (on open threat G string)
pull pull pull pull..squeal (on 3rd thret G string )

oh ..and the fast part before that bit (^).. after the pull-offy bit while dumping the bar ...

Ok, so i've decided to start learning more songs by ear, i've learned a few riffs but thats it. I was going to try to learn Disposable Heros and Leper Messiah. Can anyone tell me what key they are in and what scale(s) are used in them? I'm guessing Diposable hero's is in the key of E because it starts out with an open E string but i'm just making sure. So any help is really appreciated, and if anyone has any suggestions for easy songs to learn by ear please post them.

Thanks in advance.

So I've been wanting to try and learn some new styles.


I've been really wanting to get into some SRV style blues. Maybe some pentatonic zakk blues s#%t.

I just don't know where to start.

Any ideas?

just curios, do you have to pay for them and how are they different from reg tabs

I'm learning "still got the blues" by Gary Moore but I can't get the vibrato right, I have the spastic seizure hand going on. Any vibrato tricks or tips would be helpful.

Thanks ya'll

Can someone give me a good explanation for sweep picking :\ the things i found on the net aren't helping me

Thanks in advance

Alright so I haven't been playing too long (Half a year) and I don't know a whole lot of theory, and scales. So I am going to see if you guys could help me out a little bit. Learning songs is going alright for me, but I really wanna focus on my theory, scales, improvising, and learning to play by ear.

Alright scales first. So thing is I really want to start memorizing my scales, mainly major, minor, pentatonics, and blues. But they're are just so many and I am not sure how I will be able to like memorize a scale completely. I know the pattern for the major scale is WWHWWWH/TTSTTTS, and one of my friends suggested using that pattern to memorize the major scale, say if I wanted to like master the C Major scale, he just told me to search with that pattern all over the fretboard to figure it out. He also said for me not to rush and try to memorize it all at once. Anyways I am not sure if this is the best way to memorize scales, anyone else know of a better way? Also modes, how do I memorize all of the modes for a certain scale, that seems like a whole lot more to do?

Improvising, so I know a couple scales and I try to improvise with them but I don't understand keys... people say something like Solo over the key of E! I have no clue whats that about, and also when I improvise on my own I usually end up playing the same like shapes, but thats probably just the lack of scale knowledge, right?

And another thing is Playing by ear, I've tried it and I swear its extremely hard for me to figure out, and some solos seem impossible. Does this just come in time or are their any specials things I have to learn before trying to play songs by ear.

When I first started guitar I thought it was going to be like just learn songs and jam with your friends. But once I heard of theory I was like like ...

Well I think this is all I have to ask right, now if its hard to understand my typing I apologize, I am not the best typer.

Any advice is appreciated.

Anyone know at least what key it's in cuz I can't tell with all the noise during the solo. Thanks in advance

does anyone find the caddy kindof a sexy guitar?

Not me, already searched and no one posted it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDq1CgZnc4

Hey guys and gals.

I've got a quick question about practice and being in tune. I understand that we tend to practice longer when we are in tune, and that we take in theory much better and much quicker. However, I was wondering about something. Does it matter what tuning you are in while practicing, or is it just important to be in A TUNING at least.

The reason I ask is because I tend to play stuff like Iced Earth and Alter Bridge. So I'm contantly needing to change tuning from E-Standard Half-Step Down to something crazy like Tremonti's DADADD.

Thanks!

Shane

Anybody have anything to say about these two amazing bands with 4 of the most talented metal guitarists arounnd?

To those who know how to play "The Sleep"

is this a good tab? i mean it has 6 stars, but the person could have done that himself

is it worth learning? im mainly in it for the solo

does it look right to those who know it?


http://ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/p/pantera/the_sleep_tab.htm


The sleep is THE GREATEST pantera solo ever lol

First string I've broken on my 79. Crap, now I have to mess with it again


Edit: Actually, now I notice it was the D-string..

For anyone who can sing and play at the same time.

What's the best way to practice this? Getting started, are there any easy songs that help practice?

I've been playing guitar for a good few years now (nearly 4) and I just haven't developed that much speed. I can't really play fast.

That's fine when I'm playing blues, but I'm also a metal player as well, and I really want to branch out into lead guitar.

I practice scales, trills and sweeps every time I pick the guitar up, but for someone reason even after about a year and a half of constant playing (1-2 hours practice a day, 2+ hours jamming around having fun 7 days a week) I still haven't developed much speed.

I realise I need to get a metronome to work on my timing as well, but what else can I do? Thanks guys

I bought it yesterday, May 10, 2008, from Brandon (THANKS BRANDON!!) ...I can't put it down!!!

So I recorded this vid of some improvised stuff and I'm not sure why, but the video came out all dark and @#$%&$@. Youtube sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Xzg6g-ghY

for Fireball Ministry.

Jim Rota is a Dean artist and I really dig them, but no one here really talks about them.

So I decided to figure out some of their songs. Here's what I came up with for "He Who Kills."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0eVj_eVXpM

I have my V tuned down to C# and I use it for Drop B too. Well I have 46-10 EB's on it right now, and their way to thin. So what would be a good guage. I was thinking either EB's Not Even Slinky's, the Skinny Top Heavy Bottom's, or the Beefy Slinky's. Which would have the closest string tension to 10's in E standard.

Beefy's = 54-11
Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom = 52-10
Not Even Slinky = 56-12

So I am looking at new amps, and I suck completely when it comes to amps. I wanted to ask is you guys knew any amps I should looking into that are pretty good. Between then 200-500 dollar price line.

I was also looking at a Krank Rev Jr. Stack, and Marshall MG15MSII Micro Stack. I am not sure about the Kranks price yet and I heard the MG15 was about 400 or so, but I wouldn't mind getting a mini stack if they are worth getting. What do you guys think?

What are the proper names for these scales? These are the four scales I play the most in. Are they all just pentatonic variations? Apologies for my ignorance. (Written in the key of E)

I just call this the blues scale:
E G A Bb B C D

I use this for a lot of southern rock and Slash type stuff:
E G G# A B C# D

I should really know the name of this by now, but I always forget:
E F# G A B C D

I like this exotic, sinister sounding scale quite a lot:
E F G# A B C D (Eb works well in there, too)

Thanks. I just want to sound like I know what I'm talking about.

OK Im trying to learn how to change chords properly....I have gotten close but no cigar


any tips??

Thanks Jordan

I started taking lessons about a month ago and last week my teacher gave me a c major scale to practice. So i practiced it and now i can play it fast and i had never played anything like it before. I've always wanted to play like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWVyO4gSq24 and mab but i thought that i would never be able to play like that but now i realized that it wasn't impossible because now i can play way beyond what i thought i could just by learning the c major scale. I've also been practicing these arpeggios http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ctq07wGDc. yeah so my question is what should i practice now to eventuality maybe one day able to play like the gods. Also should i get the MAB speed kills dvd?

Write Drum Parts or Guitar parts first?

I'm looking for something new to learn. In this style of this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FzBht22d4ts&feature=related

But somethng which I can get the tabs for easily haha. Basically I just want something to make my fingers work. I've beenslacking for montthhhhs

I recored the vid as a test to see how things would look on Youtube, I kinda forgot to turn off my 2 box fans I got running so there is noise the background.

Oh well, I've only been playing for a year, just tell me what you think of my skills. jk.

and I'm no Dime or Vai, or friggin Goc so take it easy. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5NcleHMhKk

and like it says next to the vid you might have to turn it up some because of the fans.

Hi I am trying to learn a lot of rhythm riffs from hangar 18, I am ok up to the first solo. I have trouble hearing the rhythm in the background sometimes, the ones that are giving me trouble are

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------7--7----7------------7--8--------------------------
|-------------5--5--5----5--5--8--5--5--6-5-----------------------

I am not sure how it sounds also

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------4/5--4/5--4/5--------------------
|------3--2--0--2--3--5--3--2--2/3--2/3--2/3--------------------
s s s


anywhere I can hear them isolated from the rest of the track tried searching on youtube. I am getting on quite well now with the intro, verse etc my main bits of trouble are the rhythm behind the later solo's as mentioned. I am also doing very well with the tracks she wolf and symphony of destruction now. thanks for any help....have a great week ....paul

Can anyone tab me the part from 1:40 to 1:43 in this vid?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nN-3jNFkzaQ

im looking for bandmates in the mansfield, MA area. im only in high school so i need people in that age group. i can play guitar and bass. i no almost nothing about music theory, and i cant read sheet music. but i would like to start a metal band, even if its just for fun. anyone out there willing?



sorry if i posted in the wrong forum

Well I always try to find the easiest way to do things....usually it's just a matter of practice, but I'd like to ask you guys how you'd deal with this technique issue I've got.

It's a bit tough to describe...the issue is rolling your finger from a note on a lower string to one that is higher, yet on the same fret. I've had a tough time over the years with it, mainly from tabs...so I just try to transpose the lick to a higher (or lower) area where I can use a separate finger to play the second note.

It gets even harder when that second note requires some vibrato! I can easily fret the thing, just flatten the knuckle, but I find that I completely lose control over the vibrato unless I've got my fingerTIP on the note...not the fatty "fingerprint" area, which is usually what frets the second note.

Tab wise it looks like this:

A ---------10 vibrato-------
E -----10---------------------

I'm usually using my first finger to do this.

SECOND issue....

When doing two note power chords, areas that play like this:

D -------9----------------------------
A ---9---7--9---------------------------
E ---7-------7--------------------------

....I stumbled on the issue during the intro to The Trooper. I've seen it tabbed a bunch of different ways, sometimes only with one note (which sounds great if you have another guitarist to harmonize).

The issue is getting a CLEAN transition between the two chords..I find that I need to lift both fingers UP and over to sound the higher chord cleanly....if I 'cheat' and flatten the knuckles, I'm likely to still sound the lowest note on the first chord....which doesn't sound clean, and ruins the staccato effect.

....any suggestions?

Other than practice? ...seems like the simplest things can take the longest to figure out, consistently that is.

The song is Vendetta

It's pretty sloppy i know, and I'm actually not that happy with it.
But i want to know what you guys think about it.
Can someone criticize me, (for the better?)

Tell me what you think.
It'd make me really happy for someone to tell me what i did right or wrong.
http://www.myspace.com/carlstrumjams

Anyone got it? Its not on UG.

Ok guys I have some questions about playing with a metronome and time signatures. I've searched and found a few threads about it, but I still have a few questions.

When playing with a metronome I play notes in between the clicks right?

Like in Battery by Metallica the gallop riff is 190 bpms, Do I play the gallop in between the clicks?

Playing in different time signature changes how many notes are between the clicks right?

I might have some more questions later on but these few are the things I can't find anything about. So please help a brotha out

alright, so I have been shredding it up for years now, too many to remember, really. I have the tapping skills, even with two fingers on the tapping hand. I can not seem to grasp using more than two fingers on my tapping(pick) hand. I have been playing around with this for awhile now, trying all sorts of things, I am having a hard time getting it down, even at slow tempos.

So after all the internet research, hours spent experimenting and practicing, etc. I'm still having troubles.

Any of you out there have any pointers, tips, advice etc that helped them get past the point I am at? I don't expect to master the eight finger stuff, nor do I have any need to step into virtuoso player territory, I am happy with the shredding I can do. How ever as a player I am always pushing myself into different areas, learning new stuff and while I may not use some of the stuff too much, sometimes I never find a need for it, I still find it beneficial and sometimes therapeutic to learn something new and step outside of familiarity.

That being said, any help to be offered?

Thanks for reading

Hey,

Wow, I just gave my first guitar lesson. Its madness; you forget how hard it is to do aything on guitar...

I just taught this lass how to tune, how to barre chords, how to alternate pick and how to play the intro picking notes to "sanitarium" (she's into metal). I showed her the notes on the guitar and how each fret is essentially a note, changed via the strings. It's scary, because you forget to tell people these things, and when you try to explain something, you realise you've forgotten to explain the complicated bit!

It's just mad that 5-6 years ago, I was in the same situation as her, not knowing how to tune or anything, and it's quite bizarre to try revisit that stage to give advice.

It feels pretty good to give lessons however, my next one is next friday.

I've been thinking about picking one of these guitars up from Agile. I want a good southern rock guitar 'cause I love Skynyrd, but my DFH just doesn't work to good for it. Would these be good guitar for a good southern rock tone, or would a Strat work better? What pickups would be best P90's or humbuckers?

http://www.rondomusic.com/al2500tribalgreen.html

http://www.rondomusic.com/al2500tribalblue.html

so this is my blog about my new cds that im working...
i probally will post a ton on this coming up....
so my next 2 albums...
which in turn will have a live and remix cd to follow the combined albums on whatever tracks are the most popular....
its pretty much broken up into 4 sections
a loud metal thrash section...5 songs (27mins)
an acoustic section....10 songs (35 mins)
and a industrial metal section...8 songs (39 mins)
i will at some point have to decide what songs go on what album...
but both albums are tied together.
what i love about the the acoustic section is i have spent a ton of time making songs that dont need production added to them and they sound great how they are and can be played anywhere anytime...

i have been using a recording program called ableton live with the vst suite.
so far it blows away what most drummers can do.
i have also discovered the line of native instrument vsts...
they are amazing...
i basically use guitar rig 3 when doing the guitars...it has some awesome sounds.
what any of the programs lack as far as editing goes... i use wavelab to beef up or take away or even in some cases clean up the tracks....

right now i have completed the acoustic section...
and let me just add that i am now i big big fan of recording acoustic music now.....just because the mixing process is soooooooooooo damn easy! like this is probally the first time i have recorded music and havent got completely sick of the song by the time it was all said and done.

working on the metal/thrash section...its sorta old schoolish metal...
not this iron madien meets late pantera stuff thats out swimming around...ahahhaha i have actually written 2 guitar solos which i do constantly have to practice i have found...its strange....like i can play the rythym stuff blindfolded full on drunk and never miss a note but this is abit more difficult sense im not really a lead guitar player and im almost completely anti-solos in songs...i just felt 2 of the songs should have solos...

the guitar gear im using basically is my marshall cab, line 6 head, bc riches and deans just mic-ed up and sent to a preamp then to the interface then the computer.

basically with this next albums following the 3 types of music styles....i want the listeners to feel that they have heard 3 completely different bands.

more later...

Hey peeps,

I was just wondering if someone could explain/show me how to so harmonic slides. I feel somewhat noobish - I can wail on leads, wail out harmonic screams easy enough but i cant seem to do something that sounds pretty simple...

I'm not sure if that is the correct term, but ive heard them being used by arious bands -- Ive heard its like a natural harmonic, but with a sorta pick slide going on.

A prominant example would be Gojira:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8L2bZVA2Jc

Check it out at 2:00. That riff has some prominant examples.

Is this just like a pick slide or what?

I've recently been really excited and enthusiastic about trying to write music and sing.

But I've been having trouble with the volume of my voice singing when I try to sing along with some Ozzy. It's too quiet, what might the problem be? I'm thinking its because I have a kind of deep voice, and trying to stay in tune with the song is messing with my voice or something.

And also, the easiest way I've been writing riffs is I get a little melody in my head and I play some chords and try to mimic that on my guitar. Is this a reasonable way of writing...I think I'm actually getting somewhere with it, maybe thats all that matters.

ok so i have a very strange way of tuning my guitar....
i tune it the same manner that one would normally tune their guitar in a E tuning sort of pattern...except for one big difference....but i dont know what key its tuned too....i dont want to ....i basically tune to my voice....so that when i sing...it covers the range at when i sing at ahahhahah is this normal?
like i dont follow music rules with concern to theory.
however i do change the tuning to follow the G tuning scheme when im playing blues stuff.
can someone give some pros or cons to doing this?

Just as the title says.

Basically I haven't learnt anything for maaany months and I think it's starting to show in some of my playing.

If anyone could give me a reference to a hard alt picking lick which I could snuggle down with for a couple of weeks then please tell me.

Hey guys i've been doing a lot of practice licks here lately and i've noticed that my pinky pop's when I use it a lot. Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhGRzl5WFYg

I can actually do that exercise pretty fast but after doing it about 30 seconds straight my pinky starts to pop and it kinda hurts. Has this happened to any of ya'll, does my pinky just need strengthening (sp?), or could it be arthritis?