guitar technique?

Bleed-Black504 · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject: guitar technique?

Dose anyone have any techniques they use for practice if so plz share some thanks...
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SRXThunder · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:40 am Post subject:

Belated welcome. What exactley are you looking for as far as a practice technique? There are several regiments that I have when I practice that focus on technique, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking for.
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Bleed-Black504 · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject:

ummm just different ways to practice like....ummm ways to get my fingers to move faster u know lol ....as u can see ive only been playing for about a year but im gettin better lol i like to play metal and classic rock stuff
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the1st_fret · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject:

I take it you'd like to build strength, as you say you want to play faster. A good way to do this is to make sure you use all four fingers on the fretting hand. The first excercise for this would be...

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------1--2--3--4
B|-----------------------------------------------------1--2--3--4---------------
G|--------------------------------------1--2--3--4------------------------------
D|------------------------1--2--3--4--------------------------------------------
A|------------1--2--3--4--------------------------------------------------------
E|--1-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a good one for strength and discipline. Its not hard to play but keep it very slow and even, then gradually increase speed but still keeping the notes clean and accurate. Get it down clean then try with distortion and make sure the notes are coming out nice and clear with no strings ringing out over the notes you are playing. And of course, play the whole thing backwards, starting on the high e string 4--3--2--1-- and so on returning to the low E. This is still one of my favourites and you can play it anywhere you like on the neck.

Now this next one is great for finger strength, disipline, timing and accuracy. Its ugly sounding but really does warm up your fretting hand. This again is one of my all time favourites...and again, play it anywhere you like!

e|----------------6---7---------------------------------8--7----------------------
B|-------------5---------6---------------------------7----------6-----------------
G|----------6---------------7---------------------8----------------7--------------
D|-------5---------------------6---------------7-----------------------6----------
A|----6---------------------------7---------8-----------------------------7-------
E|-5----------------------------------6--7------------------------------------6--5
1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1

The fingering leads into eachother. The very last note (5th fret low E string) is just the 1st note again. I just wrote it at the end to help see you'd done a full circle. The rule is that there is one finger per fret. For no reason should a finger leave its fret, its part of the discipline. I tabbed out what finger to use just to help see this better. I'm pretty sure its all right but you'll get the idea anyway.

So - the fingers are assigned...

1st finger - 5th fret
2nd finger - 6th fret
3rd finger - 7th fret
4th finger - 8th fret

Thats pleanty to keep you busy and to get your hands burning in muscle pain. But when it comes to going back to playing something you know well. It'll feel alot easier. And speed just comes from being able to play something easily. Practice both these excercises all the way up and down the fret, each time starting at the first fret, and see how far you can get all the way up until the hands are tired. And then later try to beat that record. Strength is one of the biggest roles in guitar playing, and these works are an excellent building block for this kind of thing. Let them inspire you to write your own excercises, too

Dan.

Bleed-Black504 · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:

thanks alot man this is exactly wat i was looking for it will help a whole lot
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mlubes11 · Tadpole Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 26

As for the 1234 finger exercise you can do variations of that also.

Try 1324 and back 4231
" 1423 " " 3241

Mike

einarabelc5 · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:09 am Post subject: To speed up

JUst download this little beauty...ITs worth it.

It takes you from semi alternate to sweep picking to pull offs an hammer- ons adn even tapping. Keep practicing and u could even play Rachmaninoff

http://www.guitarspeed.com/?a=pad Wink

SAorry for double posting
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einarabelc5 · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:11 am Post subject: To speed up

JUst download this little beauty...ITs worth it.

It takes you from semi alternate to sweep picking to pull offs an hammer- ons adn even tapping. Keep practicing and u could even play Rachmaninoff

http://www.guitarspeed.com/?a=pad Wink

Stop playing 1 day and U'll notice

Stop playing 2 days and your teacher will notice
Stop playing 3 days and the audience will notice.

Jimmy PAge.

MAn Was HE right he proved it himself lol.
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Stop Playing 1 Day: you'll Notice
Stop Playing 2 Days: your teacher will notice
Stop playing 3 Days: the audience will notice.

Jimmy Page

He even proved himself after not playing for 2 years nowadays its not the same like in the BBC days.

1noobie · Not So Newbie Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 8

Found this site a few days ago...lots of interesting bits & pieces, even for a mainstream guy with all thumbs like me:

http://www.shredaholic.com/