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Petrovsk Mizinski 
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 Posted: March 18 2008 at 05:08 |
 SpaceMonkey wrote:
 Haven't been practicing lately. Either working reading or sleeping. Will definitely make up for it this weekend if nothing comes up all of a sudden. |
When was the last time you had the chance to play?
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SpaceMonkey
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Posted: March 18 2008 at 04:56 |
Haven't been practicing lately. Either working reading or sleeping. Will definitely make up for it this weekend if nothing comes up all of a sudden.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 17 2008 at 15:04 |
I'm going to be giving my progress in a few days...more hockey...I've had it 4 days in a row (and I have another ice game tonight)...I'm barely able to get 3 hours in these days .
It's a good thing I'll be continuing this after March as well 
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: March 16 2008 at 00:42 |
Oh and hey all you guys can you give us a progress report on your actual speeds you have achieved, like how I mentioned my alternate picking speed above?
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 22:59 |
Yesterday was a fairly social day, so I only got in 3 hours, from 10pm till 1am. I was working on my wide vibrato again, just trying to get it more even and controlled, and of course, doing the usual alternate picking exercises I do and Legato stuff. I was told by a friend last night, that's perhaps not as proficient as me, that my legato has a very fluid quality to it which is what you really want to achieve with good legato, so I guess that means I'm getting good at it.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 15 2008 at 13:23 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Last night, I played guitar from 9:40pm till 11:50pm, and well, I've got some good news on the progress report. At the start of the month, my alternate picking was at 220bpm in 16th notes (which is approximately 14.67 notes per second) and 150bpm in 16th note triplets (15 notes per second), and already too weeks later, I'm hitting 235bpm in 16th notes (approx 15.67 notes per second) and 160bpm in 16th note triplets (16 notes per second). A whole note per second faster in two weeks, I have never improved so fast in such little time. Normally it would take more than a month, to improve this much. This shred war is really motivating me and I'm spending more time on my chops and the results are really showing.
My alternate picking sucked even 12 months ago, now, it's finally really working, faster, and much cleaner than ever before.
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I've got a question for you..when you alternate pick do you have your index finger AND middle finger (along with your thumb on the back end of course)or do you just have your index finger and thumb, someone told me you pick a lot cleaner with your middle finger and index finger (and thumb on the back end of course)..I personally just have my index finger along with my thumb on the back end, I want to know if this is stopping me from improving more than I can. |
There are no rules dictating what fingers you use to hold the pick, as long as your technique for picking provides minimal resistance on the strings and you pick at the correct angle, your okay. You will notice soom more newbie players tend to wear down their pick pretty fast, because they hold their pick at the wrong angle, whereas I can use a pick for 2 months and it wont be worn down significantly. I personally use the thumb and index finger, so when I do sweep picking patterns that need a right hand tap, I can still hold the pick between the index and thumb, and tap with the middle and quickly revert to sweeping with the index and thumb with no hassles. Some people use the middle finger and thumb to pick, and tap with the index, and that''s perfectly ok to, just not the way I prefer to do it. |
Thanks a lot!
This is another reason why this shredding war is so great, you can pick up advice from other people that will make you an even better player.
Well last night I practice from when I got home from school (2:00) up to 4:20, then I went to lessons, working on some sweeping with my teacher. When I came home from that, I went straight to ice hockey (game, clinic, practice), 5:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. I did score 2 goals in our game, and the practice is always fun..the clinic was pretty much just shooting on goalies..not much skating at all...
There was of course breaks inbetween but still, I am tired  . After I sleep, I'm going to watch the avalanche game with my guitar in hand..and then at 7:00 tonight..roller hockey playoffs...
Edited by MisterProg2112 - March 15 2008 at 13:25
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 22:44 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Last night, I played guitar from 9:40pm till 11:50pm, and well, I've got some good news on the progress report. At the start of the month, my alternate picking was at 220bpm in 16th notes (which is approximately 14.67 notes per second) and 150bpm in 16th note triplets (15 notes per second), and already too weeks later, I'm hitting 235bpm in 16th notes (approx 15.67 notes per second) and 160bpm in 16th note triplets (16 notes per second). A whole note per second faster in two weeks, I have never improved so fast in such little time. Normally it would take more than a month, to improve this much. This shred war is really motivating me and I'm spending more time on my chops and the results are really showing.
My alternate picking sucked even 12 months ago, now, it's finally really working, faster, and much cleaner than ever before.
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I've got a question for you..when you alternate pick do you have your index finger AND middle finger (along with your thumb on the back end of course)or do you just have your index finger and thumb, someone told me you pick a lot cleaner with your middle finger and index finger (and thumb on the back end of course)..I personally just have my index finger along with my thumb on the back end, I want to know if this is stopping me from improving more than I can. |
There are no rules dictating what fingers you use to hold the pick, as long as your technique for picking provides minimal resistance on the strings and you pick at the correct angle, your okay. You will notice soom more newbie players tend to wear down their pick pretty fast, because they hold their pick at the wrong angle, whereas I can use a pick for 2 months and it wont be worn down significantly. I personally use the thumb and index finger, so when I do sweep picking patterns that need a right hand tap, I can still hold the pick between the index and thumb, and tap with the middle and quickly revert to sweeping with the index and thumb with no hassles. Some people use the middle finger and thumb to pick, and tap with the index, and that''s perfectly ok to, just not the way I prefer to do it.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 14 2008 at 12:35 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Last night, I played guitar from 9:40pm till 11:50pm, and well, I've got some good news on the progress report. At the start of the month, my alternate picking was at 220bpm in 16th notes (which is approximately 14.67 notes per second) and 150bpm in 16th note triplets (15 notes per second), and already too weeks later, I'm hitting 235bpm in 16th notes (approx 15.67 notes per second) and 160bpm in 16th note triplets (16 notes per second). A whole note per second faster in two weeks, I have never improved so fast in such little time. Normally it would take more than a month, to improve this much. This shred war is really motivating me and I'm spending more time on my chops and the results are really showing.
My alternate picking sucked even 12 months ago, now, it's finally really working, faster, and much cleaner than ever before.
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I've got a question for you..when you alternate pick do you have your index finger AND middle finger (along with your thumb on the back end of course)or do you just have your index finger and thumb, someone told me you pick a lot cleaner with your middle finger and index finger (and thumb on the back end of course)..I personally just have my index finger along with my thumb on the back end, I want to know if this is stopping me from improving more than I can.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 23:29 |
Last night, I played guitar from 9:40pm till 11:50pm, and well, I've got some good news on the progress report. At the start of the month, my alternate picking was at 220bpm in 16th notes (which is approximately 14.67 notes per second) and 150bpm in 16th note triplets (15 notes per second), and already too weeks later, I'm hitting 235bpm in 16th notes (approx 15.67 notes per second) and 160bpm in 16th note triplets (16 notes per second). A whole note per second faster in two weeks, I have never improved so fast in such little time. Normally it would take more than a month, to improve this much. This shred war is really motivating me and I'm spending more time on my chops and the results are really showing.
My alternate picking sucked even 12 months ago, now, it's finally really working, faster, and much cleaner than ever before.
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Passionist
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 16:53 |
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Oh, I'm almost as uninterested in Jokerit as I am in Pittsburg :P
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:32 |
My last 2 posts barely had a thing to do about guitar, sorry 
I'm off to learning some more Satch Boogie!
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:31 |
Passionist wrote:
Speaking of hockey, it's the playoffs in Finland at the moment, we're off to see my favourite team lose tomorrow. That's again some 3+ hours off from my shredding, but I should think it's worth it :) |
I just found this about Finland playing an exhibition game with Pittsburg next year, check it out:
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:28 |
Passionist wrote:
Speaking of hockey, it's the playoffs in Finland at the moment, we're off to see my favourite team lose tomorrow. That's again some 3+ hours off from my shredding, but I should think it's worth it :) |
the NHL playoffs are near as well...I wish I could get tickets to ANY playoff game for ANY NHL team, I've never been to an nhl playoff game
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Passionist
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:22 |
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Speaking of hockey, it's the playoffs in Finland at the moment, we're off to see my favourite team lose tomorrow. That's again some 3+ hours off from my shredding, but I should think it's worth it :)
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:10 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
Woops, not a very guitar related post above, lol.
A dude I recently met, wants me to join his band, mainly thrash metal, which is perfect given that thrash is big influence on my rhythm guitar style. In fact, maybe i should work on some more thrash metal songs, Megadeth, particularly the album Rust In Peace, is a great rhythm and lead guitar workout  |
Join the band! Anytime you play with people it's good for your playing all around.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 13 2008 at 15:09 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Friday is going to be tough, I have ice hockey all day after I come home from school...a school game, then a clinic, then a practice...I'll just have to double up on the weekend...also spring break is coming up soon so I'll be putting in a lot of practice then |
so much ice hockey.... your probably way fitter than me then. At most I jog about once a week and ride my bike 3-4 times a week.
The last ice hockey rink I went too closed down due to insurance costs going through the roof. |
my 2 loves are guitar and hockey, I try to put in a bit more on the guitar side though because you can never really over do it with guitar, on the other hand, If I played travel hockey I wouldn't have time to play at all, and that would be terrible for my guitar playing.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 22:40 |
Woops, not a very guitar related post above, lol.
A dude I recently met, wants me to join his band, mainly thrash metal, which is perfect given that thrash is big influence on my rhythm guitar style. In fact, maybe i should work on some more thrash metal songs, Megadeth, particularly the album Rust In Peace, is a great rhythm and lead guitar workout |
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 22:37 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Friday is going to be tough, I have ice hockey all day after I come home from school...a school game, then a clinic, then a practice...I'll just have to double up on the weekend...also spring break is coming up soon so I'll be putting in a lot of practice then |
so much ice hockey.... your probably way fitter than me then. At most I jog about once a week and ride my bike 3-4 times a week.
The last ice hockey rink I went too closed down due to insurance costs going through the roof.
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:18 |
HughesJB4 wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Passionist wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
sbooth wrote:
hmm.. let me check my schedule.
ahh!! It apears I have a 6 hour slot free!!! What luck!!!
Im currently learning Bach's Cminor prelude, brilliant for getting alternate picking dexterity up. Hopefully by the end of the month, I will have doubled my speed. (not likely, lol)
To he who started this thread. You have inspired me! Let the shred-fest commence!
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It's not against the rules to join the shred challenge a week after it began? I didn't make the rules though, but in good spirits, I guess it's ok as long as your truly up for the challenge Never actually seen you around the forum before, how are you dude? |
I think the rules should be if you join a week in, you have to continue a week after the month, to complete a full month that is  |
That would do more than well, we're not nazis here. If you wish to join, welcome then :) and remember, it's
all for you, what you decide to do in the end. |
I'm having a lot of fun with this, and I don't even want to stop this after a month. It would be so cool to actually just continue this, as I believe it will make as all better players in the end if we have greater reason to practice more than just after this month. |
agreed, I'm going to be doing this for at least 3 or 4 months after this if not longer |
No one is obliged to stay on after the month, but it seems Mike is in for longer, so I'm going to 100 per cent confirm that I'll keep going too I'll play guitar later tonight, I've gotta do my Legal Studies homework first  But I should be able to fit in at least 2 hours tonight. |
2 hours is better than none .
I'll probably only get in about 2-3 hours tonight as well, I'm going to the mall with my grandmother 
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: March 11 2008 at 23:28 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
Passionist wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
HughesJB4 wrote:
sbooth wrote:
hmm.. let me check my schedule.
ahh!! It apears I have a 6 hour slot free!!! What luck!!!
Im currently learning Bach's Cminor prelude, brilliant for getting alternate picking dexterity up. Hopefully by the end of the month, I will have doubled my speed. (not likely, lol)
To he who started this thread. You have inspired me! Let the shred-fest commence!
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It's not against the rules to join the shred challenge a week after it began? I didn't make the rules though, but in good spirits, I guess it's ok as long as your truly up for the challenge Never actually seen you around the forum before, how are you dude? |
I think the rules should be if you join a week in, you have to continue a week after the month, to complete a full month that is |
That would do more than well, we're not nazis here. If you wish to join, welcome then :) and remember, it's
all for you, what you decide to do in the end. |
I'm having a lot of fun with this, and I don't even want to stop this after a month. It would be so cool to actually just continue this, as I believe it will make as all better players in the end if we have greater reason to practice more than just after this month. |
agreed, I'm going to be doing this for at least 3 or 4 months after this if not longer |
No one is obliged to stay on after the month, but it seems Mike is in for longer, so I'm going to 100 per cent confirm that I'll keep going too I'll play guitar later tonight, I've gotta do my Legal Studies homework first But I should be able to fit in at least 2 hours tonight.
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