You become James Hetfield.

Yea Master Of Puppets
So if I train by using Metronome.. What is the suitable speed from slow to fast..
And what notes to play..
Anyone mind to share ?

which is true ..the key is you need "experience" to go along with your "practice routine" ..

you may be able to master ALL the techniques flawlessly , post a super shred youtube video or whatever..

but without experience , what you know will all go down the drain ..

omg that rubber band..
finger pain...
ur finger din turn purple meh??
since the rubber band might restrict the flow of the blood..

er... scales? licks from existing songs? or maybe just come up with your own cool licks.

Normally when i practice soloing ill try to strum like..... 4 chords. Maybe something simple like G - C - Em - D (4/4 beat), and maybe put the tempo quite high

and try to solo to that beat in various scales. It's not the best method, but it sure is fun

There is no definite 'slow' speed or 'fast' speed for you to follow, for example, lets assume that a song you want to learn is played at 200bpm, so you drop it to a level that you can play all notes cleanly without any mistakes whatsoever. Once you're able to do that for a few runs, bring it up another 5 or 10bpm and continue practicing. You could do speed bursts occasionally as well. Plus for downstrokes, try to minimize your wrist movements and keep your arms as relaxed as possible. If you're playing standing up, putting the strap low so your arm extends helps to a certain degree (I believe this is personal preference, but there's probably a reason why Hetfield has his guitar hung so low).

Hope that helps!

This post has been edited by Carbon: Oct 19 2008, 10:02 AM

FOr me i think play classical guitar first , then when switch to electric is much much easier....

The rubberband thingy seems very stupid to me, you don't need to build muscular fingers to play the guitar well. You need to improve your precision in fretting to fret properly without using excessive pressure. Less pain when playing and smoother transition from note to note.

It's true that I feel it's much easier to fret an electric compared to a acoustic, but I don't play any better on the electric compared to an acoustic since the precision goes haywire as I'm used to the acoustic next. when i got used to the electric, the classical becomes hard not because I can't press the notes, but I keep pressing the wrong places.

learn legato...cheating is fun...

Uh oh...don't think gapnap is gonna take this too lightly!

correct..

meet the legato king ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otf5QycHeRA


so...whoever who diss legato..make sure you can be at least half as good as that ..

This post has been edited by gapnap: Nov 3 2008, 03:06 AM

Classical's nylon strings are almost as soft as the electric guitar's steel. Should begin with acoustic steel strings, those are much harder to fret.

legato..? i gotta check this! oooiii Sir Gapnap! no video~! xD

err depends on your string gauge

Wow rubberband , that's something new.

Ritchie Kotzen ftw!
Mr.Big mou??!?????!?!?!?! xD

Best way is to play every day.. practise with feelings, not forced.. when u pluck the strings, hear it deeply in ur heart and soul... bond urself wit the guitar...no pain, no gain..

haha keep myself occupied at least 1 hour a day with my beloved guitar =)

what is legato ???
can share? =P

may i borrow this thread for one question if u dont mind..
i can play guitar...
but i always have problem in playing solos....
i can shred them....but the main the problem is..
i can remember them!!!
i play then half way i forgot what comes next...
its making me angry to my self LoL

Thanks guy.. I appreciate your help.. The tip hanging guitar low really helps
But I need more specific ways to play all downstroke fast..