Playing ambitions?
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Playing ambitions?
What are your preferred playing styles? What can you do well? What can you not do? What are you looking to work on this year?
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There are few things I'd like to be able to do. I want to play more melodically, more fluid and with better phrasing, but I wouldn't mind being able to pull off a few speedy tricks every now and then.
I play for a lot of singer songwriters, so am also really interested in finding new chord substitutions, so some basic jazz theory is probably something I'm going to have to get myself into.
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There are few things I'd like to be able to do. I want to play more melodically, more fluid and with better phrasing, but I wouldn't mind being able to pull off a few speedy tricks every now and then.
I play for a lot of singer songwriters, so am also really interested in finding new chord substitutions, so some basic jazz theory is probably something I'm going to have to get myself into.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I'm probably going to work on my palm muting this year. A lot of the music I like uses a lot of palm muting and I also make a lot of wrong string noise and general crap when playing so I think I'll carry on working on this, this is more noticable now I've got a 2x12 and am generating more volume when praticing.
Also at the end of last year I started working/drilling on my legato, hammer-ons/pull-offs rather than full blown Joe Satrani type stuff. I've kind of been able to get away with the odd ones here and there when working on specific riffs but more general stuff, especially multiple consequative ones on the same string have been pretty hit and miss. I noticed this when working out he intro riff to School's Out which has a little three note pull off at the end and depending on which guitar I used it just sounded pretty crap. When I was starting to learn string bends I did a focused effort like this and it seemed to work pretty well and these days I think I can bend pretty much in tune (if maybe not always that quick) so I'm hoping thsi works.
My goal for the year is to get to the stage where I can play along comfortably for a rhythm(ish) parts to the kind of classic rock/metal I like. I'll be chuffed if I can play along and maybe bluff my way through playing with others.
Also at the end of last year I started working/drilling on my legato, hammer-ons/pull-offs rather than full blown Joe Satrani type stuff. I've kind of been able to get away with the odd ones here and there when working on specific riffs but more general stuff, especially multiple consequative ones on the same string have been pretty hit and miss. I noticed this when working out he intro riff to School's Out which has a little three note pull off at the end and depending on which guitar I used it just sounded pretty crap. When I was starting to learn string bends I did a focused effort like this and it seemed to work pretty well and these days I think I can bend pretty much in tune (if maybe not always that quick) so I'm hoping thsi works.
My goal for the year is to get to the stage where I can play along comfortably for a rhythm(ish) parts to the kind of classic rock/metal I like. I'll be chuffed if I can play along and maybe bluff my way through playing with others.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
Wanna work on my left hand muting and learn some Hendrix and chili peppers songs
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I've been mucking about with playing and singing on my own, mostly on an acoustic. I'd like to try playing along to songs.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I'm going to figure out how to do Pete Townshend style windmills without impailing my right hand on the guitar.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
Lose the whammy bar...kdawg2a wrote:I'm going to figure out how to do Pete Townshend style windmills without impailing my right hand on the guitar.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I'd like to work on composing some songs. I have a weekly covers jam with a few guys. Might be a hard sell but I'd like to bring along some original ideas and develop them. Either that or find a new group interested in something similar.
I always get hung up on lyrics so need to work on getting through the blocker of being embarrassed to write my own.
I always get hung up on lyrics so need to work on getting through the blocker of being embarrassed to write my own.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I just want to now how he does it without fucking up his shoulderkdawg2a wrote:I'm going to figure out how to do Pete Townshend style windmills without impailing my right hand on the guitar.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I'll be working on to not be shit.
Nah. Just getting the guitar in hand more and learning lots of songs. Try to pick songs that require different techniques that I'm not so proficient at but also not too far out of grasp. I think that's the key to my improvement.
More gigs too.
Nah. Just getting the guitar in hand more and learning lots of songs. Try to pick songs that require different techniques that I'm not so proficient at but also not too far out of grasp. I think that's the key to my improvement.
More gigs too.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
Interesting. I saw this, or an edit of it, a while back and it kind of made sense but it started to feel like it was one of those "miracle cure" scams and I forgot to check out on here if people thought it made sense.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
I'm happy with my playing, I've figured out what I can and can't do so just keep working on what I can do and don't worry about the rest.
The older I get, the more disappointed in myself I become.
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I just posted a big reply, but it's gone for some reason.sty wrote:Interesting. I saw this, or an edit of it, a while back and it kind of made sense but it started to feel like it was one of those "miracle cure" scams and I forgot to check out on here if people thought it made sense.
Anyway, there's no scam here. He's just asking you to focus a little more on your right hand picking. I spent a lot of time on this when learning finger picking acoustic and it definitely helps.
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Re: Playing ambitions?
In terms of electric guitar anyway:
Things I'm good at:
Technical playing. I can replicate things easily.
When I pick up the guitar it's my instinct to make up melodic yet technical lines - e.g. I love Marco Sfogli. That's what I really enjoy doing.
Bad at:
Sight reading
Writing songs that I am happy with. I envy songwriters.
I'm working on some pop songs at the moment for a bit if a change, and because most people don't like technical guitar stuff haha. Trying to incorporate a few cool lines in the background though.
Things I'm good at:
Technical playing. I can replicate things easily.
When I pick up the guitar it's my instinct to make up melodic yet technical lines - e.g. I love Marco Sfogli. That's what I really enjoy doing.
Bad at:
Sight reading
Writing songs that I am happy with. I envy songwriters.
I'm working on some pop songs at the moment for a bit if a change, and because most people don't like technical guitar stuff haha. Trying to incorporate a few cool lines in the background though.