AxlisOld Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) Night Ranger - Rock in AmericaJeff Watson, 2:28, holy fucking shit. That tapping... Edited December 12, 2013 by AxlisOld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Just finished learning SCOM properly. I'm going for Patience right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Finished Patience, I'm going for Don't Cry now. You know, the hardest part of the song is trying to memorize all those arpeggios. God, they're similar, which only makes it harder to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I suck at learning solos note for note. I always just improv and wing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Oh no. The problem is not the solo, which is isn't too long and has a remarkable, easy-to-remember melody. I'm having trouble with those arpeggios... there's so many notes. I just can't memorize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 With stuff like Don't Cry or Patience I've never bothered to learn the arpeggios exact to the album. For one, I don't think Slash ever played the same thing twice. He seemed to have a few basic shapes and chord voices that he would keep consistent and play around with. I tend to learn the voicings and go from there, staying semi-true to the album but not worrying too much about hitting the exact bits everywhere. Solos I'm a bit more picky on but I'm never afraid of adding my own bits as long as it doesn't sound like I'm cheating my way out of a more difficult part or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Chord voices, eh? I have little knowledge on it, so I'm stuck here trying to memorize every note At least I finished learning till that sliding lick on the first chorus, just a little more and I finish the first riff.Unfortunately, the next verse, instead of being a repetition of the intro and the first verse, that is actually a bit different from the intro because the second arpeggio ends with an unfretted 4th string, while the intro ends with the 5th.The next riff is also totally different and so on...I very much prefer the way bands like MetallicA and AiC make their song structures. have nice riffs and lines for your song and repeat them throughout the whole song, then put a solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yeah I basically never try to do a solo exactly note to note. Even when I'm learning stuff from a Satriani tab book my dad gave me a few years ago, it is just not possible to replicate his solos without a whammy bar.That being said, it can be extremely helpful to intentionally learn to play something just like it was originally played. It's a way of adding new licks to your arsenal, and getting to think a bit like the original writer of the piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That is true. You leatn a lot of cool licks by studying the tabs note by note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) I've always found the arpeggio to don't cry to be pretty easy. I think it's one of the better gnr songs to cover. I refuse to play scom and patience, waaay to over done. Edited January 20, 2014 by Mike420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Chord voices, eh? I have little knowledge on it, so I'm stuck here trying to memorize every note At least I finished learning till that sliding lick on the first chorus, just a little more and I finish the first riff.Unfortunately, the next verse, instead of being a repetition of the intro and the first verse, that is actually a bit different from the intro because the second arpeggio ends with an unfretted 4th string, while the intro ends with the 5th.The next riff is also totally different and so on...I very much prefer the way bands like MetallicA and AiC make their song structures. have nice riffs and lines for your song and repeat them throughout the whole song, then put a solo.Chord voices more or less just means different/unique positions of playing chords.Say for A minor, the most basic voice of it is:x02210But an alternate voicing of it is:x07555Among many others. So for Don't Cry if you learn strictly the chords for say the verses (Am - Dm - G and so on) it will make memorizing those arpeggios that much easier because as long as you playing the chord in the same position or voicing of the song then even if you hit the "wrong" note here or there it won't be noticable because it'll still be within the chord itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Makes sense. Thanks Right now. I'm in the middle of the main solo (where you gotta make all these hammer ons and pull offs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrieL_TiT Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'm currently trying to play the stairway to heaven solo well, I memorized all, I'm just having trouble with the rhythm, the rhythm of STH is crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Done. Finished DC solo. Now only another verse and an easier solo to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Finished DC... note by note I was halfway there.Of course now that I know that chord voice thing I'll stick with it as soon as I forget how to play it. Moving on to Nothing Else Matters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Been stuck on about 70% speed for the Locomotive solos (all four of them) for ages. I use Guitar Pro to try and increase my speed 2% at a time, but the lead work in that song is incredibly fiddly.I pretty much have SCOM, Nightrain and Jungle nailed, save for a few sketchy bits that need a bit of brushing up.Also learning the tapping part of Eruption, which I can play at about 60% speed before it starts to sound messy. Edited January 24, 2014 by Towelie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I found when I first started getting into tapping that I could barely get through the Eruption bit without my hand killing me. I had the pattern memorized easily and it's repetitive enough that it's not exactly hard, but damn, if I'm not warmed up enough I get tired of it pretty easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Locomotive's riff is so hard for me to play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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