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Bearz

Member Since 14 Dec 2006
OFFLINE Last Active Jul 31 2012 02:16 PM
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In Topic: String action

26 February 2007 - 09:35 PM

I am just about to take the brave step of setting up for slide -- heavier strings, higher action etc. I can play slide on low action strings but trying to do the behind-the-slide stuff creates too many buzzes and rattles with low action. I say 'brave step' because I don't know if it will still be possible to play regular lead with heavy strings (bending note etc), and I really like switching to regular lead and back to slide in the same solos.

J

In Topic: The thing about standard tuning ...

26 February 2007 - 09:12 PM

I agree with you guys. I have never really had a great interest in replicating other people's songs verbatim. Instead I like to forage among their riffs or whatever for things to borrow and then try and spin them with my own mojo. I think it is good however to learn how things are done and understand the musical contex in which they are performed. This strikes me as especially true for blues or even country where the background chord structures are often similar from song to song - but the guitar riffs can be vastly different in tone, phrasing and style. Learning riffs and the schemata on which they are hung is a great way to make sense of stuff -- and from that it is up to us to be creative and original. I think most original musicians allude to this process when they talk about their 'influences'
Bearz

In Topic: The thing about standard tuning ...

26 February 2007 - 08:53 PM

Hi, I hope I am understanding what you are saying here, but it sounds like you are confusing a open D tuning with a dropped D. Open D low to high is: D A D F# A D, whereas dropped D (low to high) is: D A D G B E, which of course is regular tuning with the low E dropped down to a D.
Bearz

In Topic: Phrasing

01 February 2007 - 03:58 PM

Yes I totally agree. I spent much of my younger years treating the guitar more like a motorbike rather than a musical instrument - I find it interesting to look back at those days and realise that music was less of a priority than sound. I also like the Johnny Winter approach, although in all his blues mayhem, his phrasing is still pretty hot -- it just all happens a bit faster with him. hehe

In Topic: Heavy (or) dark metal scales

31 January 2007 - 07:31 PM

Thanks -- Yes there is some very interesting scale info here -- should be fun experimenting with the slide on these intervals.

Bearz:smilinguitar:

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