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Help/advice with a particular lick

  • 24-08-2012 01:41PM
    #1
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I've hit an impass with a certain technique I've been trying to improve on. Technically it's quite a simple lick, & I can play it slowly no problems. The problem is when I try to put speed into it. I feel like my technique is wrong, I don't know if there should be pull off's/hammer ons, & I also don't know if I should be sweeping it or playing every note. My approach to it now has all fogged up & I need help if anyone can maybe advise on the best way to improve on it :(

    Here's the lick itself:



    Here's another vid, this guy seems to sweep it...but again, it's far from a tutorial. The lick begins around the 0:50 mark:



    And finally here it is in action at about 0.08 or so:



    I can't get anything near the clarity those guys are getting as I'm messing/mushing it up. Has anyone any tips, again I can play it slowly, the problem lies when I put speed into it


Comments

  • #2
    Rigsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Rigsby


    EnterNow wrote: »
    I can play it slowly, the problem lies when I put speed into it



    Play it at a comfortable speed first, then gradually up the tempo until you have it at the correct speed.


  • #3
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Rigsby wrote: »
    Play it at a comfortable speed first, then gradually up the tempo until you have it at the correct speed.

    I've been trying that cheers, but the problem is at speed the technique isn't the same as playing it slower. Do you know this particular lick? If so, can you advise on the technique you use on both hands when played at full speed i.e sweeping/picking/hammer ons/pull offs etc etc?

    Cheers


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