Darkman
09-02-2007, 10:49 PM
So I've been working on speed, doing some Batio and Gilbert basic licks. The main issue I've come up against so far is effective muting when alternate picking. For my old legato style slow playing and down picking I had the muting controlled. Suddenly I don't anymore :)
But anyway the new issue I've come up against is where to go after playing a fast run. This may sound silly, because of course the choices are obvious ie bend a note, or hit the root and use vibrato etc. But the problem specifically is getting to the closing phrase fast enough. Since the fast run is played.... FAST.. the end phrase has to happen pretty darn quick too.
Gilberts first Intense Rock licks for example sound great while your playing them, but there's no "tail". And if a lick ends on say your middle finger in the 13th fret in Am, you have to move like lightening to make a bend on the 15th fret (assuming you use two fingers to bend).
To clarify, I am just saying working on an end phrase for these fast licks is half the work. I hadn't forseen that. And playing three notes per string (1st finger, middle and pinky) means getting into a bend position is tricky. It's finger fumble time.
I don't know, maybe my technique is so grounded in two notes per string and slowish playing that I'm having these difficulties.....
But anyway the new issue I've come up against is where to go after playing a fast run. This may sound silly, because of course the choices are obvious ie bend a note, or hit the root and use vibrato etc. But the problem specifically is getting to the closing phrase fast enough. Since the fast run is played.... FAST.. the end phrase has to happen pretty darn quick too.
Gilberts first Intense Rock licks for example sound great while your playing them, but there's no "tail". And if a lick ends on say your middle finger in the 13th fret in Am, you have to move like lightening to make a bend on the 15th fret (assuming you use two fingers to bend).
To clarify, I am just saying working on an end phrase for these fast licks is half the work. I hadn't forseen that. And playing three notes per string (1st finger, middle and pinky) means getting into a bend position is tricky. It's finger fumble time.
I don't know, maybe my technique is so grounded in two notes per string and slowish playing that I'm having these difficulties.....