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@digitalkettle 3 pts Really liked this and only beaten due to me being bludgeoned into submission by Vibetronic's technique.
@fastonebaz 1 pt Fit the music really nicely
5 points : I think you know, it's @Vibetronic because that was nuts and I fucking LOVED it.
3 points : @digitalkettle because I enjoyed the Dokken vibe it had going on at the start and right at the end.
1 point : @poopot for the Hammet love!
5 points: @digitalkettle - I thought it was really really well phrased and mature-sounding playing, in particular the first third where you mixed up some nice slow bent notes with some tasty medium-paced licks. I loved that you held on until the end for that little burst of speed, it really finished it off nicely and was very polished. Perfect end note too.
3 points: @Bezzer - really well thought out imo; some nice shreddy bits and some great bends with a very nice feel and tone to them.
1 point: @stratman3142 - your playing is always tasty. Nice bit of tapping on the first slow bit, and I love the melodic soloing after that. As usual you have a great touch and lovely vibrato. Again, a nice bit of the shred to round things off!
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3pts @Vibetronic loved the harmonies especially the sections where there was just a tiny harmony accent popped in. Amazingly impressive but for overall melodic pleasure was pipped into 2nd for me. This piece could be your new advert for teaching "wanna play like me kids, sign up here! " wish I could play so clean
1pt @Bezzer this I enjoyed and in fact to me it was the musical version of Jack Nicholson going insane in the Shining. Well played.
5pts: @Vibetronic - wow...what an assault! On second listen, there's actually more space than you originally think. Love the little harmonies that pop up here and there. A healthy dose of various Vai eras: opening like Jack Butler and ending like something from 'I would love to'. I want to see a vid of the technique at 00:18! Well done.
3pts: @stratman3142 - continuing your pinched harmonics phase in the opening A strong second half...the drone around 0:33 puts me in mind of 'Mindcrime' era Queensryche. Thoughtful as ever, ending with some nippy stuff.
1pt: @fastonebaz - thematic opening with the full bag of whammy tricks followed by a 'feel the burn' tremolo etude ending with legato shreddage. I kinda wanted the tremolo section to break out into something else but, to be fair, it was always building without repetition...maybe I my ear wanted to hear some rhythmic variation within it. Striking tonez as usual.
Close run stuff from everybody else...well played!
Now, everybody pop a valium for next month's backing track
5pts @digitalkettle ;;;;
3pts @Bezzer
1pt @Vibetronic
5pts @digitalkettle (again from me). Tasteful melodic phrasing - light and shade
3pts @Vibetronic - just wow. Love to see the transcription of that - probably easier to start with black paper and add the white in. An assault on the senses.
1pt @stratman3142 - built very well into the end phrasing from 40 sec onwards.
Well done to everyone who posted this month.
5pts @Vibetronic ; - This was superb end to end - fantastic playing - lots of contrast in tones (fat/scratchy/ harmonised) and - it was like a showcase of rock techniques - and the melodic section with a theme - really liked that too - bravo!
...One day I'll put in the extra 1,000,000 hours to play like that!
3pts @digitalkettle - This one had me feeling some Jason Becker/Marty Friedman with the note choices and timing - and that last ascending picked lick.... can I nick that off you please?!!
1pt @fastonebaz - I loved the tone in this which was a great choice - it was the kind of thing that I could imagine being used behind a high tech action scene in a movie or computer game - really cool!
I'm really impressed with all of these - and all the others had stuff in there I would love to learn
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
Please drop me a message.
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Thanks I can certainly do that...took me long enough to figure out so I still remember it!!
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When you use legato do you use pull-offs, or are they all hammers like the Allan Holdsworth approach.
Also, do you lift the other fingers off, at each hammer or pull off? For example, in the past I've always left my first finger planted in place when executing hammers and pull-offs with the other fingers. Now I'm trying to get used to lifting my first finger off the fretboard when using the other fingers, as I've seen a few recommending this and it seems to create less tension.
My legato/pick thing is legato on one string, pick on the next...ie if you were going to play C major on the 3-n-p-s shape from the 8th fret on low E with a doubling-up pattern. I'd pick the 8, hammer 10, hammer 12, then pick all 8-10-12 on A. I'd then pick the 8 on A again, hammer 10 and 12, then pick 9-10-12 on D...and so on. If you do it quickly enough it gives the illusion you're picking the lot unless you're really paying attention. It's total cheating - the hammers give you the time to move the pick to the next string and quickly pick 4 notes, hammer, move pick to next string etc. Essentially you're just picking on one string all the time without any tricky crossing
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Is the pattern:
Down, hammer, hammer
Upstroke, downstroke, upstroke
Down, hammer, hammer
Upstroke, downstroke, upstroke
etc
Which would suit a USX (upstroke escape) approach.
Or is it:
Down, hammer, hammer
Down, up, down
Down, hammer, hammer
Down, up, down
etc
With would suit an economy picking technique (i.e. no escape needed)