what do u follow through with after scales on ur warm up?

MaloS · Post by **MaloS** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 8:59 am

I see you are a speedy man...

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 9:44 am

Sometimes - it all came about because of Chopin believe it or not. His Prelude no 9, which is normally played at funeral speed, makes a fabulous accoustic jazz piece if played about 4 times as fast as normal and with a few variants versions on an f hole - then suddenly slow down to the right speed for the last run through and it really cracks people up.

There's a similar piece that was done by the Comedian Dudley Moore years ago - he's banging away at the piano and screaming 'it is not right'. His housekeeper comes in, yells she cannot stand it any more and then you see her hang herself, with finally the suspended feet swaying across the screen in a regular time. He looks up, yells 'that's it' and starts playing the tune in time to the swinging feet and, of course, the tune turns out to be the funeral march.

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:41 pm

Warm up? I guess I probably should, but I never have been able to make myself hold off from just playing straight away. Recently I have found the lead guitar bit at the end of Bark at the Moon gets the fingers pretty warm pretty quick

so I've been playing that quite a bit. So does the chorus bit from Cliffs of Dover - but that's harder

Zakk Wylde · Post by **Zakk Wylde** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 1:18 am

Richy11 wrote:Warm up???????

If I dont warm up, i cant play as fast....

Dont ppl find that as well?

Usually ill spend a while warming up, even for a bit, to avoid playing shit notes for 10 mins.

MaloS · Post by **MaloS** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:14 am

yup...warm up is about 10-15 mins
before practice - especially

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:24 am

I guess it depends a lot on what genre one is playing. It seems that many of you are guitar virtuosos who play 64th notes and expect accuracy.

I don't. I play r'n'r and '70s rock. F'risntance, the first song on our list is normally a warm-up tone - Time is Tight (Booker T - think Blues Bros), so the guitar part is very easy and by the time the song is finished, I'm all warmed up.

MaloS · Post by **MaloS** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:59 pm

well...i am not a virtuoso, but that is specifically what i want to do

(hoping to go to a music institute...)

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 3:35 pm

Tsuken wrote:Warm up? I guess I probably should, but I never have been able to make myself hold off from just playing straight away....

Yeah, I'm the same. Normally I launch into something difficult and get annoyed when I stuff it up. Eventually it comes right though

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:02 pm

Gelato wrote:
Tsuken wrote:Warm up? I guess I probably should, but I never have been able to make myself hold off from just playing straight away....
Yeah, I'm the same. Normally I launch into something difficult and get annoyed when I stuff it up. Eventually it comes right though

yep. I guess the closest I get to a "warm-up" is avoiding the difficult stuff until my fingers are warmer and moving more freely.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:01 am

Oh another thing I do for a warm up on accoustic steel string are the Doc Watsons style fiddle tunes/Irish/US melodies ie the old grey goose, Hornpipe, Scots rag, Coolley's reel, Blackberry Blossom etc. with a pick You start terribly, agonisingly slowly and try to speed up 50% each play through BUT more than 5 duff notes and it's back to the beginning. Then at the end of 5 mins 'bugger the accuracy' and as dementedly fast as possible 3 times through. Usually pretty warm and accurate by then.

Zakk Wylde · Post by **Zakk Wylde** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:03 am

B45-12 wrote:Oh another thing I do for a warm up on accoustic steel string are the Doc Watsons style fiddle tunes/Irish/US melodies ie the old grey goose, Hornpipe, Scots rag, Coolley's reel, Blackberry Blossom etc. with a pick You start terribly, agonisingly slowly and try to speed up 50% each play through BUT more than 5 duff notes and it's back to the beginning. Then at the end of 5 mins 'bugger the accuracy' and as dementedly fast as possible 3 times through. Usually pretty warm and accurate by then.

Interesting indeed, sounds like fun.
Are they the type of tunes that you can crank up the distortion, ad some tapping, some Pinched harmonics etc? Would be kinda cool to mess around with i spose

Choice warm up idea tho.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:46 am

Yeah - one of the really fun things is to try something like Blackberry Blossom (A US country style instrumental tune) on say a pointy head superstrat style thing with Floyd rose (I've got one of those cyclone el cheapos) through a marshall amp and with a wah pedal and big muff pi - you'd think it would just become one big roar but no - the pointy ones are good at separating notes out - and the dive bombing is fun.

You can also tap out God Defend NZ (apart from one note) at the 12 fret if your are so inclined and it's fun trying to get squeals and pick scrapes to liven it up.

Don't forget to do some 3/4 time material to liven it up and the scottish tunes (Davie Work, Marie's Wedding) etc can be fun.

Someday I'd also like to work out a beautiful and delicate classical arrangement of Black Sabbath's little ditty 'Paranoid' as well - with a classical opera singer trilling etc.