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I FINALLY UNDERSTAND SCALES!!!! AND STAYING IN KEY!!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:55 pm
by Sam
Whoa, holy shit. First lessons back with a new instructor this past Monday and I know understand what I did not know for six years! The guitar, the fretboard, and staying in key knowing your scales! So he taught me A Minor/C Major and it's been a blast. It's Saturday now and I have it memorized! Check out this cheesey rhythm riff and lead I did with my new found knowledge! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, I FEEL LIKE OH SHIT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN!!!! AND I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!

http://www.painpurge.com/RhythmLead.mp3

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:57 pm
by Panterian420
I think I just figured out why you guys draw the HUGE crowds at your gigs.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:00 pm
by Sam
Panterian420 wrote:I think I just figured out why you guys draw the HUGE crowds at your gigs.
Hah, funny dude. It was a fucking Thursday, and this is our third show ever. We haven't played out, and the only people at every one of our shows, is friends and family. People have plans on Thursdays, let alone school, and shit. You're cool as hell for ripping on something you know jack shit about!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:02 pm
by Muffin
It got really shitty after the first 8 seconds, but before that wasn't too shabby :tup:

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:04 pm
by Sam
Muffin wrote:It got really shitty after the first 8 seconds, but before that wasn't too shabby :tup:
Thanks man, haha, I threw it together in like 20 seconds. I was just so amazed at what I finally understood!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:04 pm
by Fantomas
now that you know one major and one minor scale, you know all the generic major and minor scales.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:05 pm
by Sam
Fantomas wrote:now that you know one major and one minor scale, you know all the generic major and minor scales.
Oh hell yes man. God, now I want to help everyone who doesn't "get it" get it!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:08 pm
by Muffin
SAM wrote:
Fantomas wrote:now that you know one major and one minor scale, you know all the generic major and minor scales.
Oh hell yes man. God, now I want to help everyone who doesn't "get it" get it!
Help me "get" it :)

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:09 pm
by Sam
Dude hit me up on AIM, or just ask here what you don't understand. I'll try and make it so that it comes as clear to you as day!

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:14 pm
by Muffin
I just need help developing speed. I can play scales, but I can't "shred" them that well or anything (I mostly play slow-ass "doomy"" solos).



What i'm basically saying is I probably can't play the first 8 seconds of that mp3.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:41 pm
by Sam
Muffin wrote:I just need help developing speed. I can play scales, but I can't "shred" them that well or anything (I mostly play slow-ass "doomy"" solos).



What i'm basically saying is I probably can't play the first 8 seconds of that mp3.
This might sound dumb, but here's the truth. All those cool licks you hear aren't hard. Alot has to do with how they are played. You can get the notes down, but how it's played makes a big difference. That "fast" thing in the first 8 seconds of my clip was just hammer on's and pull off's between 15 & 12 on the first and second strings. Really easy dude...it's like that saying looks can be deceiving. Rock on.

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:10 pm
by Muffin
SAM wrote:
Muffin wrote:I just need help developing speed. I can play scales, but I can't "shred" them that well or anything (I mostly play slow-ass "doomy"" solos).



What i'm basically saying is I probably can't play the first 8 seconds of that mp3.
This might sound dumb, but here's the truth. All those cool licks you hear aren't hard. Alot has to do with how they are played. You can get the notes down, but how it's played makes a big difference. That "fast" thing in the first 8 seconds of my clip was just hammer on's and pull off's between 15 & 12 on the first and second strings. Really easy dude...it's like that saying looks can be deceiving. Rock on.
thanks nigga \m/

Re: I FINALLY UNDERSTAND SCALES!!!! AND STAYING IN KEY!!

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:31 pm
by Mark
SAM wrote:Whoa, holy shit. First lessons back with a new instructor this past Monday and I know understand what I did not know for six years! The guitar, the fretboard, and staying in key knowing your scales! So he taught me A Minor/C Major and it's been a blast. It's Saturday now and I have it memorized! Check out this cheesey rhythm riff and lead I did with my new found knowledge! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, I FEEL LIKE OH SHIT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN!!!! AND I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!

http://www.painpurge.com/RhythmLead.mp3
Congratulations, you just paid to learn something that you could've figured out on your own.

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:08 pm
by Sam
Not everyone is capable of figuring things out on their own. If it wasn't for this lesson, I don't know when I would've figured it out. This rules man, I'm having a blast writing now. My whole style of writing has changed. I no longer guess what notes to play, I know which ones!

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:13 am
by Mark
SAM wrote:Not everyone is capable of figuring things out on their own. If it wasn't for this lesson, I don't know when I would've figured it out. This rules man, I'm having a blast writing now. My whole style of writing has changed. I no longer guess what notes to play, I know which ones!
Well, you've already caught the bug. Knowing some theory is good as it can help writing, but now you, like so many others, assume you must write based off of theory. It's not always about what is "right", it's most important to place what sounds good.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:44 pm
by SuicideNote
SAM wrote: My whole style of writing has changed.
From 1 lesson? :lol: :lol:

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:48 pm
by Sam
SuicideNote wrote:
SAM wrote: My whole style of writing has changed.
From 1 lesson? :lol: :lol:
I've had three instructors in the past, but man, believe it or not, on this first one with this new dude, it just clicked. It's awesome.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:37 pm
by scrotal_tug
Good stuff! I love it when things just click & new techniques come into play!

Keep at it Sam buddy!

Re: I FINALLY UNDERSTAND SCALES!!!! AND STAYING IN KEY!!

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:49 pm
by hektik
SAM wrote:Whoa, holy shit. First lessons back with a new instructor this past Monday and I know understand what I did not know for six years! The guitar, the fretboard, and staying in key knowing your scales! So he taught me A Minor/C Major and it's been a blast. It's Saturday now and I have it memorized! Check out this cheesey rhythm riff and lead I did with my new found knowledge! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, I FEEL LIKE OH SHIT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN!!!! AND I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!

http://www.painpurge.com/RhythmLead.mp3
no one fucking cares. Knowledge doesn't make you suck any fucking less you worthless pile of monkey trash.

Re: I FINALLY UNDERSTAND SCALES!!!! AND STAYING IN KEY!!

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:20 pm
by Sam
hektik wrote:
SAM wrote:Whoa, holy shit. First lessons back with a new instructor this past Monday and I know understand what I did not know for six years! The guitar, the fretboard, and staying in key knowing your scales! So he taught me A Minor/C Major and it's been a blast. It's Saturday now and I have it memorized! Check out this cheesey rhythm riff and lead I did with my new found knowledge! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, I FEEL LIKE OH SHIT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN!!!! AND I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!

http://www.painpurge.com/RhythmLead.mp3
no one fucking cares. Knowledge doesn't make you suck any fucking less you worthless pile of monkey trash.
You are living post to post in hopes of gaining back your once attatched balls Relapse337 clipped off...owning you, scaring the living piss out of you, and having you beg him via the internet not to come out after you. But hey, no matter what you say to me bro, I'll always love you because we had times like no other back in the day on AIM. Muah honey. You don't have to cry anymore, Sammy's here.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:21 pm
by Aeon
This thread got really gay. :tdown:

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:23 pm
by Sam
aeon wrote:This thread got really gay. :tdown:
Gay in what way...explain, so that all may know what's really going down.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:25 pm
by Aeon
SAM wrote:
aeon wrote:This thread got really gay. :tdown:
Gay in what way...explain, so that all may know what's really going down.
It's like a trip down memory lane - but if memory lane was gay.

Re: I FINALLY UNDERSTAND SCALES!!!! AND STAYING IN KEY!!

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:26 pm
by hektik
SAM wrote:
hektik wrote:
SAM wrote:Whoa, holy shit. First lessons back with a new instructor this past Monday and I know understand what I did not know for six years! The guitar, the fretboard, and staying in key knowing your scales! So he taught me A Minor/C Major and it's been a blast. It's Saturday now and I have it memorized! Check out this cheesey rhythm riff and lead I did with my new found knowledge! THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL, I FEEL LIKE OH SHIT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN!!!! AND I CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!!

http://www.painpurge.com/RhythmLead.mp3
no one fucking cares. Knowledge doesn't make you suck any fucking less you worthless pile of monkey trash.
You are living post to post in hopes of gaining back your once attatched balls Relapse337 clipped off...owning you, scaring the living piss out of you, and having you beg him via the internet not to come out after you. But hey, no matter what you say to me bro, I'll always love you because we had times like no other back in the day on AIM. Muah honey. You don't have to cry anymore, Sammy's here.
Did I hit a nerve you faggot? You suck at guitar, no one else has anything to do with this so stop throwing around names you mindless queef. You fucking suck at guitar, your band is a joke and I can't wait until you fucking die.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:26 pm
by Sam
That gave me no insight as to why you even posted in this thread. Try again.

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:28 pm
by hektik
Point proven. :roll:

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:29 pm
by Aeon
Image
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Image

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:30 pm
by hektik
I don't look like a retarded faggot.

Hektik > SAM

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:42 pm
by iron_tusk
no, but you DO look like that fag from the darkness

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:21 pm
by Wez
Muffin wrote:It got really shitty after the first 8 seconds, but before that wasn't too shabby :tup:

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:14 pm
by BabyKiller
3 teachers and this is the first that has taught you about scales? I'm not sure who's the bigger idiot in all of this.

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:29 pm
by Sam
BabyKiller wrote:3 teachers and this is the first that has taught you about scales? I'm not sure who's the bigger idiot in all of this.
Yeah man I never got it. Oh well, better late than never.

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:03 am
by BabyKiller
well.. on the bright side, you're ahead of 50% of the bands out there.