benno Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) I know exactly what you mean Mark! My fretboard knowledge is probably about as good as it's going to get, i.e. tell me where one degree of a scale is on the neck and I can play the rest of it anywhere. But knowing notes and whatever is stills low for me, and looking at key signatures i have to work it out from the cycle of fifths. It's frustrating for me and it ticks people off when you're playing in a 'big band' sort of situation.But practice makes perfect, so I just keep trying I'm getting better at chord reading now for the jazz band at college, and I think my approach to learning more complex chords (something like Ab7#11 or the like, horrible to look at!) is to work them out properly and get a fingering you can manage, or practice until you can manage one but then learn the shape so it's more instant recall. "Playing theory" as you call it is definitely hella useful!EDIT: Also get some really good guitar playing in your music collection as a bit of encouragement. A lot of the stuff on Strange Beautiful Music by Joe Satriani is pretty achievable and damn catchy to boot, so I'd recommend that. Also anything Dream Theater, Train Of Thought being my favourite. Edited December 21, 2005 by benno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Despite the fact he is the most arrogant man on the planet, I looooooooooooooove Yngwie Malmsteen, everyone has to listen to Vengeance, it could actually be the best song in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 Oh GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 I think listening to solo guitarring gets boring after a few minutes, Yngwie has vocals and I like the classicalness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 I'll agree, he's good at what he does, but he doesn't do much. His style is SO limited I could cry. Give me Satch or Vai any day They're both just much more interesting to listen to, you could hum along to a Malmsteen song even if you'd never heard it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 No to mention he's a twat. I've got a soundclip (I'll try and track down where the f**k I got it from) of him, to quote Yngwie:Unleashing [the] fooking furyat some woman.Story goes that he was on a plane making fun of gay people. She got uppity and poured a glass of water over him. He starts calling her a "f**king bitch" and saying he's gonna punch her out and stuff. It's the funniest thing ever, just for the "fooking fury" bit...Not to mention that he's not really doing anything new? If you look at the G3 vid where he's playing with Satch and Vai, it's basically just Satch and Vai doing really creative stuff together, and tehn Yngwie just does chromatic runs once in a while, maybe some uber fast scalar runs, that sorta stuff. It's just not great 'music', imo of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Hahaha, I had that sound clip once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=34...26&q=BucketheadMore proof that Buckethead, despite being the most insane person in the world, shreds to fook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) Despite the fact he is the most arrogant man on the planet, I looooooooooooooove Yngwie Malmsteen, everyone has to listen to Vengeance, it could actually be the best song in the world.lmao yngwie is great. i went and saw him live and was actually in hyserics when i realised what a complete twat he is. dont get me wrong hes phenominal on a guitar but hes such a idiot on stage, spinning his guitar about and stuff. and lets face it his songwriting skills are shite.satch is the man for shred, followed by vaibut eric clapton rules em all Edited December 22, 2005 by chrishayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 think we're all forgetting a certain dead black man jimi is where its at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Ladies and gentlemen (and wankers), I present to you, Mr. Guthrie Govan. Incredibly nice guy, sounds and looks like a hobo from London, but is incredible at playing the guitar. He can do the sorta "shred" shit in a Vai-esque way, but he's also an incredibly gifted song-writer. The stuff he does with his band, The Fellowship, is nuts.Also, fun fact: During a recent roadtrip in Britain, Yngwie stopped at a music school (I think it was BIMM). Anyway, at the same place was Guthrie Govan, who happened to be there on the day - might sometimes teach, I'm not 100%. Anyway, Yngwie invited a student to come up and "jam" with him (read: watch Yngwie shred, closeup). He invited Mr. Govan, who then dominated him. Yngwie stormed out. Gotta love fat bastards And more http://www.tonemerchants.com/Guthrie_Govan..._2005_Clips.htm Specifically pay attention to Wonderful Slippery Thing, clip #6 from the NAMM show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted December 23, 2005 Report Share Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) I think I love you Mark that guy sounds awesome...This is also brilliant, really original. Edited December 23, 2005 by benno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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