BYE

I’m commenting here on Lori’s last four post so i’m not all over the place in the “recent comments” section.So here i go…

I’ve checked the music made by the new SoPies prior to joining the band and they all ROCK THE BLOCK!

To Nick:regarding the Troy Stetina approach,that’s pretty much what i was hinting at in the lengthy explaination about getting used to the speed.
Speaking of speed,doing some easier patterns than the the one featured in this thread(examples below),Monday evening after work,althought feeling sluggish because of the high temperature and humidity in Quebec,i did a few “speed bursts” of 16th note at 240 bpm(16 notes per seconds).At that speed,it starts to sound like those aforementionned maniacs.Maybe they can push it to 360 but i’m not sure.I stopped for a few minutes and could never go back to that,as if it was a momentum in my routine.
The patterns(strict alternate picking always starting on a downstroke):
1)
E __12__10__________12__10__________
B __________12__10__________12__10__

2)
E ______________07__10__07__________
B __10__07__08______________08__07__

3)
E ______________07__08__07__08__10__
B __07__08__10______________________

…and a little Malmsteen pattern on one string:

E __15__12__13__15__13__12__…

This last one being played usually as a sextuplet(6 notes per beat).
6 notes per beat at 160=4 notes per beat at 240.
Thanks to Captain Zilog for the tabbing he did.I would never have thought of doing it that way.

I like sweeping,it’s much less noisy than Hoovering,plus i have mainly hardwood floors.

To Sebas:i’ve checked your stuff(i always check when people’s name are in pink)and i’m pretty sure that whatever technique you’ll learn will be put to good use.

Of course,one can turn his strenght to super powers,look at Joe Satriani,Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich who both play they fast stuff mainly legato.In rock and metal,as long as the rythm guitar is played with great attitude and confidence,the solos can can be executed in many different ways.

At last,about the learning mechanisms,for myself,i find that getting enought sleep is important.And if i want to sleep less,i have to be quite disciplined about my diet,so no cookies(or Plops or whatever!) and milk before hitting the bed if i’m going to have only 5 to 6 hours of sleep.In fact,i try to avoid eating anything at least 3,preferably 4 hours before it’s bedtime.But that’s for me and it may not work for everyone.

Type to you later!

Regarding your remark about economy picking, do you always do strictly alternate picking (besides stuff like sweeps obviously)?

I’m asking because when starting out guitar I learned economy picking without realizing it and now I’m stuck with it. As far as soloing goes it works and I don’t really mind it that much, but especially when playing one-string riffs on lower strings the notes seem to lack definition when doing economy. The thought of mastering both alternate and economy seems a bit overwhelming to me though (I multitask like Windows - if I have to figure out mid-song if the next pattern is economy or alternate I’ll just crash and burn). Is it possible to un-learn 7 years worth of economy picking and is the switch worth it in the end?

Cheers!

Greets, Sebas.

Out of interest, have you checked out Troy Stetina’s “Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar” book? I seem to remember he suggested something similar, as well as speed “bursts” where you, for example, play something at a very leisurely, half-time pace and then throw in a single repetition at full speed (double the comfortable pace) … and then slowly increase the number of continuous speedy reps.

nick