ill have to do that.

Normally, i have most of the track memorized in my head (ear). When i look at the tabs, I really pick and choose which sections I think sound better alone, ya know (no keyboard player, maybe just a click track, etc)

I really don't know which sections are Alexi's tbh, but i think i could figure them out if I really wanted.

If i still had a way to record, I'd probably learn all the track individually and combine them.

I DID get my Krank fixed, so im motivated to learn some more songs. Ive basically been listening to hatebreeder for the last 2 weeks straight. I bought a gig card for my PSP, and put about 8 CDs on there. Its not quite having my Ipod, but its nice none the less

If you want Alexi's parts, listen to the cds and he's on the right side.
I think he's left on AYDY though.

Basically, he always plays the solos and most of the verse/chorus leads, except for a few like in Downfall, Mask of Sanity, Hatebreeder, for example.

Live videos always help too if you really wanted to find out.

i know for most of his singing parts, he just chugs right?

It depends on the song tbh. Kissing the Shadows, he plays all of the leads you hear and sings at the same time, but the main theme in Mask of Sanity was played live by Alexander, I don't know why they mix it up.

I think on the hatebreeder album, he mostly chugs during the verses...


anyway, I don't like just chugging if theres a more demanding part in the mix. Id rather spend the time and play the hard stuff. I find it more enjoyable

Yeah I play the harder parts too, because I'm not doing vocals so you can concentrate more on that. So saying that, you could just learn all the lead parts.

I normally learn the lead parts, but i find my rhythm needs the most work. I've been concentrating way too much on lead, and I eventually want to get to the point where complex Nevermore-esque rhythms are a walk in the park.

So yea, i really do learn all the parts

Ah yeah, Nevermore. Their rhythms are definately hard, I'd need to practise some of those first for sure. I'm really happy enough with y lead playing yet to be concentrating properly on rhythm though.

My ultimate goal is to be able to play the stuff on Paul Gilbert's Intense Rock 1.

im trying to become more "rounded" at this point...

but yea, i still practice sweeping way too much :lol:

paul gilbert's intense rock I? hm... good?

dou you know if there is a guitar book by Yngwie Malmsteen? I think Alexi should write one :)

Yes, unbelievably good. Some people don't like it but his playing is amazing clean and accurate.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AqRvYDkXP2c[/url]

There's quite a few Yngwie books in terms of "lesson" stuff, plus all the tab books for his albums. There IS an Alexi one but it's not a lesson, it's a book with tabs from a few Children of Bodom songs, but they'll all be wrong because it's Japanese. Plus, Alexi has done 2 full Young Guitar videos with tabs.

[QUOTE=unknownsoldier12]im trying to become more "rounded" at this point...

but yea, i still practice sweeping way too much :lol:[/QUOTE]

I don't practise sweeping anymore, I hardly practise at all. I've been going downhill for the last 2 1/2 years.

yea, my practice fell out a bit when my amp broke, but now thats its fixed, i find time for it.

Normally i practice about 20 minutes even before work

[QUOTE=repcak]paul gilbert's intense rock I? hm... good?

dou you know if there is a guitar book by Yngwie Malmsteen? I think Alexi should write one :)[/QUOTE]


Eeeeew, bad idea.

Mitch, do you want to insult me? you post links to videos although you know that i CAN'T see them till friday ... grml :(

why are the japanese versions of his songs wrong? i thought alexi was the one who wrote them?
[QUOTE]
I don't practise sweeping anymore, I hardly practise at all. I've been going downhill for the last 2 1/2 years.[/QUOTE]
you haven't practised sweeping for 2 1/2 yrs, right? how long do you play guitar? 2 1/2yrs ago i was happy when i was able to play Master of Puppets :p


as i see nevermore is good for rhythm... what bands have good rhythm things i can practise? i have to work more on rhythm too, but nevermore is too difficult. some easier bands... any suggestions?

What kind of rhythm are you talking about ?

Timing ? Stamina ?

[QUOTE=repcak]as i see nevermore is good for rhythm... what bands have good rhythm things i can practise? i have to work more on rhythm too, but nevermore is too difficult. some easier bands... any suggestions?[/QUOTE]
Iced Earth :chug:

my rhythm practice focuses on my technique, or lack there of. It really doesn't matter what types of rhythms I'm playing for me to get a lot of work from it. Speed is not of importance. If you are having timing issues, I just slow it down to 1/4 notes at a reasonable speed and work it out (almost like on paper) Once you have the rudiments down, speeding it up is easy

[QUOTE=repcak]Mitch, do you want to insult me? you post links to videos although you know that i CAN'T see them till friday ... grml :(

why are the japanese versions of his songs wrong? i thought alexi was the one who wrote them?

you haven't practised sweeping for 2 1/2 yrs, right? how long do you play guitar? 2 1/2yrs ago i was happy when i was able to play Master of Puppets :p


as i see nevermore is good for rhythm... what bands have good rhythm things i can practise? i have to work more on rhythm too, but nevermore is too difficult. some easier bands... any suggestions?[/QUOTE]

Oops, I totally forgot about your limit thing, sorry. :o

No, Alexi doesn't write out the tabs, the Japanese transcribe them, and they always bugger up the fingerings for it, although the notes are usually close.

I have practised sweeping in the last few months probably, I meant 2 1/2 years ago I used to play 4-9 hours a day, nowadays there's times when I don't even plug it in.

yea, i know what you meant DuCran :thumb:

Iced Earth ... to fast.

i meatn mostly timing, gallops, offbeats (8th, 16th), breaks in a rhythm, etc. but maybe slowing down would be the better option.

once i had a period when i was playing the whole day, but it was short. i play for 2-3hours most... recently (the last few days) for 4-6hours, but i never played 9h :eek:
my other problem is/was that i made big breaks... f.e. i haven't played guitar for 4months! i made too often too big breaks without reason... now i take playing guitar serious since 2006.

I don't mean it in a harsh way, but if Iced Earth is too hard for you rhythmically, then you have a [B]long[/B] way to go.

Iced Earth is fast, thats all... i once learnt some Iced Earth riffs but not in the speed they should be.

[QUOTE=repcak]Iced Earth ... to fast.

i meatn mostly timing, gallops, offbeats (8th, 16th), breaks in a rhythm, etc. but maybe slowing down would be the better option.

once i had a period when i was playing the whole day, but it was short. i play for 2-3hours most... recently (the last few days) for 4-6hours, but i never played 9h :eek:
my other problem is/was that i made big breaks... f.e. i haven't played guitar for 4months! i made too often too big breaks without reason... now i take playing guitar serious since 2006.[/QUOTE]
Iced Earth is like the king of galloping riffs.

[QUOTE=repcak]Iced Earth is fast, thats all... i once learnt some Iced Earth riffs but not in the speed they should be.[/QUOTE]

They really aren't fast.

I don't think I've heard any Iced Earth, I'll check them out in a few hours.


I just realised I have 2 albums so I'll give them a listen.

I'd say they're like Metallica meets 'Maiden.

In that case, I'll probably like a few riffs/solos here and there, and find most of it boring. I probably won't like the vocals much either.

I like the vocalist they had for Something Wicked This Way Comes. I think that was the album...it's the one with Meloncholy (Holy Martyr) on it.

Matt Barlow, he was on like, every release but a couple.

wow... i just hit the 140bpm mark... some days ago i hit the 120bpm and now 140bpm! :eek: the problem mainly was not that i'm not able to play that fast, but to play it in time with the metronome... i wasn't able to "hear" every click while playing at this speed... now i can. so Inferno is within reach

i played inferno at 140, then 130 ... though without metronome i play it faster than 140, ... i just have to get used to this "click" at 150 :)
i'm so happy... i reached a speed i always wanted to reach when i started to play guitar :D

tbh... its a "little" bit sloppy... but not that horrible. with a little practise there won't be any sloppy notes


btw. when i look back it was stupid that i started to learn "inferno" though i exactly knew i am not able to play it at 150 (or maybe i thought i will?!) - hm... i think i started to learn it, but never thought i will ever reach the 150bmp mark... hehe

congrats...

I can't even find my metronome

Cool man, good luck on getting it up to 100% accuracy and full speed.

If it was me, I'd go down until it wasn't a "little" bit sloppy, though.

thanks,

i know... right now the "fun" is more important for me :)

in this case: fun = fast ^^

it would be more beneficial to eliminate the mistakes as quickly as possibly. If you practice mistakes, you are really not progressing, ya know

c'mon, don't be too strict... 5min fun, 30min practising :p call it "practising in bursts" fast, slow, fast, slow ^^

the last week was a great week... i played a lot, increased my speed, and overall i made huge steps forward in playing.
one of the things is legato... i can play trills for some minutes without problems... one week ago i played trills for 30seconds and i had to stop... but whatever - i have one question (though i don't know if you ever practised legato)

-10h12p10h13p10
-----------------10h12p10h13p10
----------------------------------10h12p10h13p10 etc.
i can mute the strings going up with my left hand/fingers

but, how do you mute the strings going down?
----------------------------------10h12p10h13p10
-----------------10h12p10h13p10
-10h12p10h13p10

it happens that the string i played before rings, when i change the string... its much more difficult to mute the string and i have no idea how to do it best. any experience? suggestions? i tried to mute it with the left hand/fingers but this seems very difficult and tricky OR i will mute it with my picking hand, but then i will change techniques -> going up = left hand, going down = picking hand.

:rolleyes:

o well, if you are only at that speed for a small amount of time, then reducing it for a longer duration, you can't argue with that.

You gave the impression that you are over clocking yourself. Speaking from experience, it only does yourself a dis-service

[QUOTE=Squirrel]They really aren't even good.[/QUOTE]
Word!!!

They are about as generic and uninspired as the rest of power metal type stuff.

At least they don't fly on dragons.

as far as muting goes, its widely accepted that if you are playing the bottom 3 strings, use your pick hand, top 3, use your fret hand...

for me, it depends where im going, and where i came from.

for example, if im playing on the high e string, and want to switch to the B string, ill use my fret hand.

If im playing on the low e string, and moving to the a string, ill use my pick hand.

with a lot of high gain amps, they will require you to mute with your fret hand most of the time to get rid of unwanted noise.

[QUOTE=unknownsoldier12]as far as muting goes, its widely accepted that if you are playing the bottom 3 strings, use your pick hand, top 3, use your fret hand...

for me, it depends where im going, and where i came from.

for example, if im playing on the high e string, and want to switch to the B string, ill use my fret hand.

If im playing on the low e string, and moving to the a string, ill use my pick hand.

with a lot of high gain amps, they will require you to mute with your fret hand most of the time to get rid of unwanted noise.[/QUOTE]

I always mute with my picking hand. How does one properly mute with a fret hand?

hey guys. im back. I tried are you dead you? and if you want peace prepare for wars very hard. I cannot play them well, way harder then death blooms or happy?