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?
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Improving 2 Fingered Speed?
- Thread starter ninthwondernj
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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!!! 
TomAngelripper said: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
Seems like the newest troll is in.TomAngelripper said:
Ninthwondernj, the trick to improve speed is practice. Start slowly and gradually build up speed. Watch your tone, articulation and consistency.
Hah, I thought it was a pretty funny post. 16th notes at 250 bpm though? A thousand notes per minute? Sounds tiringthe ombudsman said:
For the Original Poster: Like omgbudsman says, break it down and play it perfectly, slowly.
The Clap said:
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.
A piece of piss? Is it frozen?
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.
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.
Mark Wilson
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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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Get this book and do the exercise, absolutely fantastic workout, has helped my fingering no end (no jokes please
)RichValentine said: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.
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.TomAngelripper said:
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.
My finger speed increased 10 fold by playing tunes with mates - as well as jamming to some blues riffs etc... it just comes together after a while! Practice!
I practice ex. for 3 hours a day and the rest i learn songs and you don't gonna tell me what i can play!!What's your problem if i'm better than you??
