[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Of course we all knew that. :mad: :p[/QUOTE]


Have you ever tried "the light that blinds"?

[QUOTE=Man_Made_God]Have you ever tried "the light that blinds"?[/QUOTE]
Tried learning the song? Nope, but it's on my to-do list.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Tried learning the song? Nope, but it's on my to-do list.[/QUOTE]


It's been on mine forever and I never have gotten it done.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I've been taking lessons for years, but it doesn't help. If anything, it makes learning full songs harder, because now I have to work on theory and exercises for my weekly lessons while working in the stuff I want to do on the side.

Switching topics for a second, what do you guys think of this new avatar?[/QUOTE]
Have you ever given Classical a try? If not you should, it ties into metal very well/

The Light That Blinds isn't a very fun song to learn or play. A lot of the riffs and leads are performed sloppily on the recording, and it's hard to duplicate that sloppiness.

On the topic of learning songs, if you get into a band and start covering songs it totally motivates you. Not only do you want to learn songs to play with your band, but you want to learn them [I]perfectly[/I] to make your band sound better.

[QUOTE=guitrguy]Have you ever given Classical a try? If not you should, it ties into metal very well/[/QUOTE]
Nope, I never have, although I'd like to. My teacher is a jazz guitarist though, so that's what I play.

Although lately I haven't been able to make as many lessons thanks to my job, and I'm progressing very slowly.

Does anyone know how the show in Stockholm was? Since it's coming on DVD, I mean. I was unable to go, but then I heard about the live DVD and I felt a little better.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Don't feel bad. I've been playing for a couple years and I don't know any except for Stairway to Heaven that my teacher taught me in the very beginning.

I'm precisely the same way you are. I tell myself that I'm going to learn a whole song and lose interest after a while. Consequently, I know 1000000 odd riffs and no full songs. It sucks, but I'm trying to change that with Night's Blood. :)[/QUOTE]

i plan to change it with "lake bodom", but in the last few days i realized that i'm loosing interest :/ though can play the intro, the bridge (to the first/main riff) and the main riff.

How do you play the intro?

I do the same thing with learning songs...I learn 70% of it then I move on.

But I've been really good lately. Sometimes All I want to learn is a couple riffs from the song. As you all know I'm learning the 5th caprice at the moment...and it's taking lots of patiance...But I'm 1/3 of the way through without straining to hard.

I think I know about 20 songs all the way through...but some of them are pretty simple AKA Audio slave type stuff

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]How do you play the intro?[/QUOTE]
how? with my four fingers and a pick 1.00mm... or what do you mean?

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Nope, I never have, although I'd like to. My teacher is a jazz guitarist though, so that's what I play.

Although lately I haven't been able to make as many lessons thanks to my job, and I'm progressing very slowly.[/QUOTE]

At least choose a good Decapitated album to use as an avatar :p

Burn!!

Hmm... the only song I think I know 100% of is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana haha. Although, alot of punk-type songs with mostly power chords are easy. I don't know any metal songs that are easy enough... I have barely practiced in 2 or 3 weeks. Everything's been too crazy. I still should learn Angels Don't Kill some more.

[QUOTE=Squirrel]At least choose a good Decapitated album to use as an avatar :p[/QUOTE]
Hey, I combined Organic Hallucinosis and Winds of Creation into one avatar! :mad: :p

I like the new one anyway. The riffs sound great, if only it wasn't for the horendous vocalist. Nothing beats WoC though.

I should listen to those eventually...:p

My teacher is a show tunes guitarist, oddly enough. :confused:

He knows a bunch of jazz theory though, along with my dad...plus, having a show tunes guitarist is a good thing when you're playing guitar in the pit for Les Miserables. :p

[QUOTE=PsychoticFlubber]Hmm... the only song I think I know 100% of is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana haha. Although, alot of punk-type songs with mostly power chords are easy. I don't know any metal songs that are easy enough... I have barely practiced in 2 or 3 weeks. Everything's been too crazy. I still should learn Angels Don't Kill some more.[/QUOTE]
Black Sabbath - Paranoid is a very easy metal song.
or metallica - am i evil is easy too

edit: most metallica songs aren't that hard
f.e.: metallica - seek and destroy; master of puppets isn't even that hard...

this were all my first metal-songs i've learnt (main riffs... i never learnt a whole song)

[QUOTE=repcak]Black Sabbath - Paranoid is a very easy metal song.
or metallica - am i evil is easy too

edit: most metallica songs aren't that hard
f.e.: metallica - seek and destroy; master of puppets isn't even that hard...

this were all my first metal-songs i've learnt (main riffs... i never learnt a whole song)[/QUOTE]


I hate metallica with a passion. Their songs are lame and simple to play though.

Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath is REALLLLLLY easy.

The whole song is like 3 or something riffs. :p

most black sabbath songs are easy (even easier than metallica).

iron man is awesome and even easier than paranoid :D

Repcak, I meant how do you play the intro to Lake Bodom tab wise.

Metallica songs aren't easy, most of them have sections that are trickier than most people think, and so have Bodom.

i have the tab from mysongbook.com for gp4 ... there is a version where you play arpeggios, i play the other version; without arpeggios

-----------------------------------12-17-----
----10-12-13-10--10-12-13--------------
------------------------------------------------
14-----------------------------------------14
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
and repeat

...was it this what you wanted to know?

Yeah.

Btw, saying "there is a version where you play arpeggios, i play the other version; without arpeggios" doesn't actually make sense.

An arpeggio is just playing notes of a chord individually which is what this intro is, mainly Amin with other notes from the Amin scale, so I think you must mean string skipping instead of sweeping.

Music theory ftw

I started Night's Blood last night and was kicking more *** than I thought I would. Time to tune down and play some Shadows Fall at the same time. :)

Night's Blood is by...?

[SIZE=300][b]DISSECTION[/b][/SIZE]

Never heard of em.

That whole album is pretty meh, in my opinion. Night's Blood is probably the best song.

Fools!

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Hey, I combined Organic Hallucinosis and Winds of Creation into one avatar! :mad: :p

I like the new one anyway. The riffs sound great, if only it wasn't for the horendous vocalist. Nothing beats WoC though.[/QUOTE]

I dunno, i've listened to WoC for years so its wearing thin.

The Negation is my favorite and has been for a bit now.

The new album sucks except for about 2 riffs and 2 leads.

I like The Negation too, but I find Nihility pretty boring.

[QUOTE=MRDuCran]Yeah.

Btw, saying "there is a version where you play arpeggios, i play the other version; without arpeggios" doesn't actually make sense.

An arpeggio is just playing notes of a chord individually which is what this intro is, mainly Amin with other notes from the Amin scale, so I think you must mean string skipping instead of sweeping.[/QUOTE]
ähm... yes... i'm not the best in theory. my mistake... you're right, i meant string skipping instead of sweeping

Ben... What do you tune to? and everyone else here?

I play in Drop D, DADGBE, sometimes standard.

[QUOTE=Man_Made_God]Ben... What do you tune to? and everyone else here?

I play in Drop D, DADGBE, sometimes standard.[/QUOTE]
Standard E or down two whole steps to C.

I'm usually in standard E but I downtune to whatever I feel like playing in. It's always different.

In my guitar class were learning blues improv, so when practicing that I play in standard. Otherwise, if I'm just playing something independantly I almost always play in Drop D.

I practise in standard E and jam in standard D, since I play alot of Bodom.
But I'm trying to practise more, agh dam pc addiction.

Damn you Ducran, your now 8 posts ahead of me!

i tell ya what... Alexi Laiho may be good, prolly one of the best shred metal players in this modern era.... but i want to say that COB's synth player (Janne Warman) is awesome. i dont think ive seen a keyboard player go so fast man im tellin ya.... that band has so much talent its not even funny... when you got alexi shreddin` and the keyboard player playing the same thing i would have to say that... wow thas crazy stuff... i would think keys are a lot harder to play at those kinds of speeds

I usually play in standard tuning. I have a guitar with thick strings that I pretty much tune to whatever I feel like playing, but it feels so wrong to do that on my main guitar, for some reason. I mainly dislike the looser feel and poor intonation that comes with tuning down while using light strings.

Main guitar = standard.

Backup = usually drop C, occasionally others.

Acoustic = whatever I feel like.