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jakerc
12-17-2005, 10:47 PM
I'm curious about how you use a metronome with hammer-ons, pull-offs and bends. Do you count each note as one per beat? it seems like it would be hard to time that way.

For example, if i was playing this (part of the buddy holly solo):


G------------14---------16b18-------
D---14h16--------16p14-------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------

usually I play stuff in sixteenths, but would it be easier to play a sequence like this with eighth notes? I'm not really sure what to do here :(
WindowLedge
12-18-2005, 03:31 PM
I have definitely seen this post before. with answers . . .
GASP! A glitch in the matrix, possibly . . .

Play it the same rhythm as the song, if it was not obvious.
jakerc
12-18-2005, 05:57 PM
I have definitely seen this post before. with answers . . .
GASP! A glitch in the matrix, possibly . . .

Play it the same rhythm as the song, if it was not obvious.

it's not..sorry if the repost upsets you.

does it involve figuring out the type of notes each one is? cause i've been using guitar pro with it and it seems to help a little. I'm thinking i just need to work on counting the rhythms of stuff.
WindowLedge
12-18-2005, 06:02 PM
gp uses standard notation - learning some basic rhythm skillZ should serve you well

try playing along to the song . . .
Kirk's Puppet
12-19-2005, 01:16 AM
It depends what tempo the rest of the song is. Say if the song is at 80bpm and you play it in 16ths, that's fine. If you jump it to 160bpm and play it in 8ths, that's fine too. However let's say there's a whole note in the song at 80bpm, you'd need to tie two whole notes together if you play it at 160bpm. I suck at explaining, sorry.

However, if you only intend on learning a particular passage that has the same rhythm (for lack of a better word) throughout, I'd suggest using 16th notes since it's easier to group 4 notes together for one beat.

>_< sorry for the bad post.
judge_gideon
12-19-2005, 11:14 AM
This is the inherent problem with TAB - it cannot show *meters or note values. Unless we heard the song, or were to see the actual sheet music, we would never know. Sorry, but we can't help you on this one.
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(*edit: it doesn't reflect the meter because it doesn't adequately show note values or subdivisions)