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"Can anyone here play..."

the guitar solo from Sweet Child o' Mine? If you can, you are a God.

monkey_man wrote:

> That's not fast. And it's awful for what it is. Neo-classical is
> ultimately pointless, and it's the same technique over and over and
> over again - no wonder people get so quick at it, there's bog-all
> else to do playing those scales!
>
> To nit-pick even further...overdriven Ibanez guitars? C'mon, a baby
> chimp could play that stuff! Doesn't take a lot to make those
> minor scales into minor pentatonic scales, add a bit of chromatism,
> then we enter the world of blues which is much more interesting and
> expressive - i.e. actual music!

Two words: DO BETTER

Meh, speed and technical skill isn't everything. Some of the most simple riffs can often be just as satisfying to hear as someone playing thirty notes per second.

Oh yeah, get this, Hammett pwns all you n00bs! :P

metalhead wrote:
> Two words: DO BETTER

I would go into why that's a pointless and irrelevant comment but I really can't be arsed right now so you can either work it out yourself or someone else will elaborate.

And as for technicality/musicality I think that having an excellent level of technical skill is important, not because it lets you ram through stupid 23978372372 note per second shred solos but because the greater your level of technical ability, the more techniques there are to exploit for different effects. It gives you the option of playing fast if you so desire.

Playing fast for the sake of it is pointless, but there are times when it can be appropriate and useful.

Thankyou Mr Robot.

np ty ty

:D

metalhead wrote:
> Two words: DO BETTER

Two words: I can.

monkey_man wrote:
> metalhead wrote:
> Two words: DO BETTER
>
> Two words: I can.

One word: Bullsh*t

Are you both going to pull 'em out and see who's bigger now?

Chr!sto's ready to take the photos.