well, it goes taps, then string skip skipping, then arps, then string skipping, then arps.


I can actually get the string skipping up to speed. The taps fuk me up when im trying to do it double time. Some days, i get the arps up to 90%, other days, not so much. The consistency wasnt there, so i figured i should just play at the speed thats always comfortable.


I have the tab + video of those Godless Endeavor arps. Maybe ill learn that this weekend

oh yeah, that one harmonized part between the two string skipping bits that I never learned. I thought that was just straight diminished runs.

Do you have a video of Loomis playing the TGE arps (the straight minor/major ones, not the diminished ones)? I've only seen a video of that kid on youtube who can nail them.

advanced metal theorization itt

o sh!t, ive never seen that kid you are talking about :eek:


yea, i got the video with the guitar world. I think its part 4 where he does those sweeps you are talking about.

And you are right, those arps in final product are all diminished. Loomis uses a very un-orthodox picking pattern, which i wanted to mimic. Not because i whore his nuts or anything, but if it seems weird to me at first, I'm all about making it seem easy.

I think ima go to my brothers place this weekend for some online gaming. Ill try to remember that video, make a fred, and upload it for ya :thumb:

with those videos, they REALLY dont help you master it. For me, its like..

/watches video

"O!!! so THATS what NOT sucking is like...."

[QUOTE=Atman]advanced metal theorization itt[/QUOTE]


thats probably the most sophisticated thing you've said referring to me..


joke or not

i have found that the less you think about picking techniques the far better you will be

[QUOTE=Atman]advanced metal theorization itt[/QUOTE]

Minor, major, AND diminished

this is some srsly intense theory discussion amirite

krup; [url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=20zprLsvOy8[/url] that's the kid, he also nails Psalm of Lydia and some other stuff

fckn prick

[QUOTE=Atman]i have found that the less you think about picking techniques the far better you will be[/QUOTE]


definitely true. The trick is to make it seem like there is no thinking involved, so as not to confuse your picking hand.

What I try to do is purposely confuse the little mother fukker, and work through the hardships. It seems that im not at 100% when leading with an upstroke, unless im going from a higher string to a lower string (like high e to b, etc)

I tend to learn things both ways (alt, and eco) and see what feels "easier" for me, then ill work on the harder one.


TBF, is there anywhere else i can watch that video. This sh!tty computer doesnt support that flash

Arrrgh, actual debates itt. Where's my mndless chit-chat gone?

[QUOTE=Kurrpt]TBF, is there anywhere else i can watch that video. This sh!tty computer doesnt support that flash[/QUOTE]

oh yeah, your gay youtube problem... er... I'll see if Google video has it or something.

that would be bad arse :thumb:

[url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8576606490189174154[/url]

That's not the same video, but the guy nails it pretty good still

yea man, thats not bad at all :thumb:

the MIDI backing track makes me rofl though

but serously I just can't contemplate moving my hand that fast let alone that accurately too

[QUOTE=Sad But True]Arrrgh, actual debates itt. Where's my mndless chit-chat gone?[/QUOTE]
Innit mate, what youns doin yeah?

i just bought some milk

what does innit mean

[QUOTE=overturned]Innit mate, what youns doin yeah?

i just bought some milk[/QUOTE]

what sort, skim? 1%? 2%?

reminds me of this larksome tale;
[quote=Napoleon Dynamite]I noticed you're drinking 1% milk. Is that because you think you're fat? Because you're not, you know, you could be drinking whole.[/quote]

[QUOTE=Atman]what does innit mean[/QUOTE]

just let brits be brits

[QUOTE=Atman]what does innit mean[/QUOTE]
[I]isn't it[/I] moving into [I]alright[/I] or [I]yeah[/I]

[QUOTE=The Black Fist]what sort, skim? 1%? 2%?

reminds me of this larksome tale;[/QUOTE]
"semi", which i think is 1% not quite whole, not quite skimmed

[QUOTE=overturned]Innit mate, what youns doin yeah?

i just bought some milk[/QUOTE]
Well I just mowed me lawn, i'm poppin over me drummer's for a brew in a bit.

I'm still [SIZE="2"]f[/SIZE]ucking wammo'd like from last night.

Semi skimmed is the best milk ever.

[QUOTE=The Black Fist]the MIDI backing track makes me rofl though

but serously I just can't contemplate moving my hand that fast let alone that accurately too[/QUOTE]


what speed are they at?


that dudes technique wasnt the best btw, but he seemed better at the higher frets than myself, fukking prick :lol:

[QUOTE=The Black Fist]just let brits be brits[/QUOTE]

i can't it is part of my insatiable desire just like mr. t needs to dance

[QUOTE=Sad But True]Well I just mowed me lawn, i'm poppin over me drummer's for a brew in a bit.

I'm still [SIZE="2"]f[/SIZE]ucking wammo'd like from last night.

Semi skimmed is the best milk ever.[/QUOTE]

haha silly guy british people don't have lawns

[QUOTE=Kurrpt]what speed are they at?


that dudes technique wasnt the best btw, but he seemed better at the higher frets than myself, fukking prick :lol:[/QUOTE]

It's 16th-note triplets at around 150. Yeah that guy's technique wasn't that clean, but he's worlds ahead of me so meh

the kid on youtube's better and he looks like he's like 16

that's only like 7 notes per second

[QUOTE=Atman]that's only like 7 notes per second[/QUOTE]
How the hell is that possible, seriously

thats not bad at all. I can do some of the "easier" 5 strings at that speed actually.


I say easier because i practice way too much over other shapes.

[QUOTE=overturned]How the hell is that possible, seriously[/QUOTE]


considering i can consistently do 6 notes a second, i find that easily believeable

[QUOTE=Sad But True]Semi skimmed is the best milk ever.[/QUOTE]
No, full cream is, you twat.

[QUOTE=overturned]How the hell is that possible, seriously[/QUOTE]

say "the watermelon milkshake" in one second

i've recorded stuff two years ago which ended up being 16-18 nps at peaks

sure it wasn't complicated but not much ever is at those speeds

[QUOTE=Atman] ihaha silly guy british people don't have lawns[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/coleman_phoenix/lawnlawl.jpg[/IMG]
Thats about half of it.

lawl @ washing on line