What Are You Working On Right Now?

[norminal]

unwanted string noise is something that I really struggle with

Turn down the gain.

 

[duzie]

Turn down the gain.

Guilty

 

[PLX]

Turn down the gain.

 

[norminal]

Guilty

Oh, I’m guilty as well. I love all the gain and all the sauce!

 

[Warmart]

Ran into the following, learning a riff from At The Gates "Unto Others", last night. So I'm passing it, onto others!

And it's sort of interesting? Possibly could be modified? Either way, bar 62 is tricky!

You can put your index on the 8's, and jump back to hit the 6, so you're ready for the 11-10-12-10-11 part.

You can also have middle on the 8, index on the 6, and when the 8 goes from pm to non-pm, move your hand so the index is on 8. Would be the 1st time I would ever hit the same successive notes with a different finger.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Ran into the following, learning a riff from At The Gates "Unto Others", last night. So I'm passing it, onto others!
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And it's sort of interesting? Possibly could be modified? Either way, bar 62 is tricky!

You can put your index on the 8's, and jump back to hit the 6, so you're ready for the 11-10-12-10-11 part.

You can also have middle on the 8, index on the 6, and when the 8 goes from pm to non-pm, move your hand so the index is on 8. Would be the 1st time I would ever hit the same successive notes with a different finger.

I have a few DT riffs where it seems I'm constantly changing my position to help me play the part. (Not that it makes much difference!)

Can you keep the same P.M.'s if you played the A6 as an E11? Or do the "opposite", by keeping the A6 for the E11, then go A10 G7 A10 A6?

Meh, that string skip makes it harder.

I try various ways of playing lots of stuff. I had this one JP riff that I ended up changing the tab drastically, to keep it all pretty much in the same position. Then I watched a couple videos of him playing it. In his earlier video, he played it the way it was tabbed, then in a later video, he had also changed it to stay in one position!

 

[Warmart]

I have a few DT riffs where it seems I'm constantly changing my position to help me play the part. (Not that it makes much difference!)

Can you keep the same P.M.'s if you played the A6 as an E11? Or do the "opposite", by keeping the A6 for the E11, then go A10 G7 A10 A6?

Meh, that string skip makes it harder.

I try various ways of playing lots of stuff. I had this one JP riff that I ended up changing the tab drastically, to keep it all pretty much in the same position. Then I watched a couple videos of him playing it. In his earlier video, he played it the way it was tabbed, then in a later video, he had also changed it to stay in one position!

So far, seems like index on A6 and then a quick move to index on E8, sorta works. I have short fingers so regardless of where I do it, I have to move at some point.

EDIT: Changed my mind, again.

Back to the original: Play 2 pm's on middle E8, index then moves from A6 to E8 and plays single non-pm, and finish up easy on the end.

I think it's outrageous to play the same note successively, in the same location, with different fingers. And that's probably why I like it.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Today I am playing with my most sick, gained-out presets, and playing riffs that involve many string changes, to highlight any string overlap.

I'm getting cleaner, little by little. My playing, that is. I'm still a dirty old fucker.

 

[Warmart]

So far, seems like index on A6 and then a quick move to index on E8, sorta works. I have short fingers so regardless of where I do it, I have to move at some point.

EDIT: Changed my mind, again.

Back to the original: Play 2 pm's on middle E8, index then moves from A6 to E8 and plays single non-pm, and finish up easy on the end.

I think it's outrageous to play the same note successively, in the same location, with different fingers. And that's probably why I like it.

I'm sticking with the original plan, it flows to do the position shift between the 2 pm'd (and one non-pm'd) E8's! Flow is important. I'm ripping it out really well, too! Kind of surprised how much better I'm getting, while still maintaining the general suckage that makes me, me.

I'm still a dirty old fucker.

You don't have to tell us!

 

[TSJMajesty]

For some reason, Just What I Needed crept into my mind, so I think today I'm gonna finish that solo. Iow, completely memorize it, get the tricky parts under my fingers, and string it all together. As opposed to where I left off last time I mucked around with it.

It's such a tasty solo!

 

[duzie]

Just what you needed
Just what the doctor ordered

 

[TSJMajesty]

For some reason, Just What I Needed crept into my mind, so I think today I'm gonna finish that solo. Iow, completely memorize it, get the tricky parts under my fingers, and string it all together. As opposed to where I left off last time I mucked around with it.

It's such a tasty solo!

I always had trouble with the phrasing of that last little riff at the end of the solo, because I would never slow it down and work on it properly.

But now that I see exactly what it is, it's pretty brilliant! Most of the time we do those string-skip "diads", (I think they're called,) as a simple- 2 16ths followed by an 8th note. But he skips a 16th beat near the end, essentially turning beat 3 into a sort of 3-over-4 thing, where you play groups of 3 notes, but still all as 16th's.... dadada, dadada, daa, Dum! Very cool!

 

[Sascha Franck]

I’m trying to learn to be able to play Melodie’s of jazz standards, in conjunction with “1 note per string arpeggios”…more or less improvised.
Getting close..here’s a try on “ all the things you are”..warts and all

Most excellent idea. Trying to keep that in mind.

 

[la szum]

A lot more fun than it looks.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Today I am playing with my most sick, gained-out presets, and playing riffs that involve many string changes, to highlight any string overlap.

I'm getting cleaner, little by little. My playing, that is. I'm still a dirty old fucker.

I do left hand hammers only for that

 

[TSJMajesty]

I do left hand hammers only for that

So do I. In legato riffs.

 

[eupbin01]

Learning how to read music for the 100th time. Getting back into Jazz and tab just doesn't do it. I do great at songs I've been listening to for years, but with Jazz standards I've never heard of just seems easier to play (for me) reading the notes - as long as it's in the key of C (so far!)

 

[Eagle]

Trying my hand at jazz soloing. No hard bop or anything...yet. Starting out on simpler standards from the Real Book. The first two I'm doing is Footprints and Fly Me To The Moon. A little bit of chromaticism, but not too wild.

This and all of his stuff is excellent.

 

[Eagle]

Maybe so, but the negative title starting with the word "stop" turns me off. I'm always wary of that typed of pitch. Maybe I'll check it out when I have time.

Great channel, he’s just saying learn the form .

 

[Eagle]

Yes of course once you know AABA, ABAC Rhythm changes and other commom forms in standards, it's easier. Once you know the common forms, your II V Is, altered chords etc. it's a matter of memorizing the changes. The real book is just a chart, you've got to apply musicianship and knowledge of harmony to it. I got a degree in music so it makes it easier to apply what I learned to charts. NowI gotta go so I don't have time for a long discussion on this. I gotta finish practicing so the old guys don't eat me alive tomorrow when we rehearse .

Have a look at his stuff it is universally excellent..