I can play metal speed with my fingers, got into using 3 fingers so I could pretty much keep up with anything.
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How fast can you play?
- Thread starter bullshark
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12 notes a second walking, 18 notes a second running 
that wasn't ment to be a pun, thats achully what i can do, but I don't use it unlesss im pissing about or have a song where i need to do regular fills in which case 1 out of 100 fills maybe a 18 notes a second speed (tho in tempo so will vary with song) run.
that wasn't ment to be a pun, thats achully what i can do, but I don't use it unlesss im pissing about or have a song where i need to do regular fills in which case 1 out of 100 fills maybe a 18 notes a second speed (tho in tempo so will vary with song) run.12 notes a second walking, 18 notes a second running
Let's hear it.
i'm just gonna interpret fast as 'the fastest you can play for an extended time'
I don't have any numbers, but when my drummer counted off running down a dream a good 15-20 BPM faster than it should be, I kept the 8th note pulse going for about 4:30. Fingers were just dead after that!
I don't have any numbers, but when my drummer counted off running down a dream a good 15-20 BPM faster than it should be, I kept the 8th note pulse going for about 4:30. Fingers were just dead after that!
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"speed metal" is a genre. it's kinda like pre-thrash metal. early slayer, possessed, stuff like that. possessed is also considered death metal, and slayer is considered thrash, so it's hard to define.
I see.
Are those the Bands that people refer to when talking about "super fast playing" in the context of "metal"? It is nothing I am exposed to much at all.
Thanks for the info!
I see.
Are those the Bands that people refer to when talking about "super fast playing" in the context of "metal"? It is nothing I am exposed to much at all.
Thanks for the info!
Well some people might, but todays modern death metal, deathcore and grindcore bands are playing at speeds that are a lot faster. They are about in the 250-270 bpm range, when the previously mentioned bands are somewhere around 200-220 bpm. Roughly put.
you nailed it. metal is getting faster as it evolves, but i think it's probably reaching its peak
I'm 37 and I still listen to death metal for pleasure. (I don't usually play it with other people, though I'll try and play along to it in my house when I fancy a challenge.) It's certainly an acquired taste--I was in my teens when I learned to love it.
I've never owned a metronome or wanted to, so I can't figure it in beats a minute. I can play the bass line to most death metal tracks at the speed on the recording, but when I do, there are audible sloppy bits.
Fastest I can play cleanly is roughly top-speed metallica (excluding Mr Trujillo's solo bass wankery, of course).
I've never owned a metronome or wanted to, so I can't figure it in beats a minute. I can play the bass line to most death metal tracks at the speed on the recording, but when I do, there are audible sloppy bits.
Fastest I can play cleanly is roughly top-speed metallica (excluding Mr Trujillo's solo bass wankery, of course).
will post as soon as I can be botherd to record, tho not much point as its not that impressive just fast, when ever i get a "wow thats fast" i tend to show them a groove on one note and tell them that its a hell of alot harder to do that well than it is to play fast. im not making up on the 12 notes and 18notes trust, i measured it pretty carefully
