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09-04-2005, 12:27 PM
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I'm learing the bass part of Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker and parts of the song have areas where he playes the open A and the B four times sorta fast.....(I think I explained that well) but my speed isnt that good. What do you guys suggest will improve my speed with 2 fingers in situations like this and altogether? |
09-08-2005, 12:38 PM
| | | I play only five months and i can play sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!The secret I play thrash and death and not led zeppelin!!!  |
09-08-2005, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by TomAngelripper I play only five months and i can play sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!The secret I play thrash and death and not led zeppelin!!! | LMFAO, i'm sure you use a pick, if not post soundclips... |
09-08-2005, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TomAngelripper I play only five months and i can play sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!The secret I play thrash and death and not led zeppelin!!! | 
mmmm... right |
09-08-2005, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TomAngelripper I play only five months and i can play sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!The secret I play thrash and death and not led zeppelin!!! | Let me guess... you're playing 250 notes per minute? |
09-08-2005, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by TomAngelripper Blah, blah, blah... | Seems like the newest troll is in.
Ninthwondernj, the trick to improve speed is practice. Start slowly and gradually build up speed. Watch your tone, articulation and consistency. |
09-08-2005, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by the ombudsman Seems like the newest troll is in. | Hah, I thought it was a pretty funny post. 16th notes at 250 bpm though? A thousand notes per minute? Sounds tiring
For the Original Poster: Like omgbudsman says, break it down and play it perfectly, slowly. |
09-08-2005, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by The Clap Hah, I thought it was a pretty funny post. 16th notes at 250 bpm though? A thousand notes per minute? Sounds tiring | I suppose it could be done.....just tremolo pick.
A buddy of mine plays that sorta stuff on guitar and it's pretty intense, but once you get the tremolo picking down it's a piece of piss. |
09-08-2005, 01:50 PM
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The secret to playing fast is to practice slowly and build up speed gradually. Use a metronome and don't goose up the tempo until you can play it perfectly in time. |
09-08-2005, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by screamingdaisy I suppose it could be done.....just tremolo pick.
A buddy of mine plays that sorta stuff on guitar and it's pretty intense, but once you get the tremolo picking down it's a piece of piss. | Well this thread is about improving "2 fingered speed"... |
09-08-2005, 02:19 PM
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guarenteed to make you play faster, and with more precision. |
09-08-2005, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Suckbird Well this thread is about improving "2 fingered speed"... | No sh*t!  |
09-08-2005, 06:31 PM
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Get this book and do the exercise, absolutely fantastic workout, has helped my fingering no end (no jokes please  )
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09-08-2005, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RichValentine Bass Fitness.
Get this book and do the exercise, absolutely fantastic workout, has helped my fingering no end (no jokes please ) | no jokes here...but giddy laughter from the peanut gallery cannot be stopped!!
this is probably bad technique but i just grab a string and hammer the same note till i can accurately maintain the tempo it needs to be at. then i add the notes in from there...kinda like getting a running start.
that or the slow and perfect then speed up seem to be the best ways to do it imo.
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09-09-2005, 05:23 AM
| | | | Well Mass Hypnosis of Sepultura has sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!!I don't use a pick,I'm not so useless!!And why is it so strange?? |
09-09-2005, 06:32 AM
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09-09-2005, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by TomAngelripper Well Mass Hypnosis of Sepultura has sixtinth notes at 250 bpm!!I don't use a pick,I'm not so useless!!And why is it so strange?? | You don't seem to know that the guy from Sepultura does use a pick. Nothing wrong with that. And many people can play faster fingerstyle than pickstyle.
Now about those 1/16's at 250 bpm, I'd love to hear that (nevermind, though, my computer doesn't have speakers). It's one thing to be fast, it's another to be clean, on time, tasty, accurate, etc...
Finally, playing fast music won't magically make someone play faster, only through practice can someone achieve that. |
09-09-2005, 07:26 AM
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09-09-2005, 03:47 PM
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09-09-2005, 04:27 PM
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