For example, john petrucci in one of his solos plays 16th note 7lets at about 130 beats per minute. That's the equivalent of 910 notes per minute. How is this possible?
2006-09-21 12:30:44 · 25 answers · asked by me 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
genius.
Guitar gods are not like the rest of us mortals.
2006-09-21 12:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend that is brilliant guitar player..I would say even faster than Petrucci and he is only 21 years old..he was always saying talent is great but it's only 1% of what it takes..other 99% is practice..he is practicing 7 to 8 hours per day..
Great guitar players are working so hard to get on that level
2006-09-21 12:42:22 · answer #2 · answered by vall 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Note: I'm a professional musician.
Yes, Petrucci's fast, but you have to realize there are a LOT of guitar players just as fast - Malmsteen, DiMeola, Holdsworth.
And speed means NOTHING without artistic content - Al DiMeola is the poster child for "million miles an hour, but still nothing to say."
How do you build up speed? Practice - you learn your technique and forms slow and then gradually work on building speed with a metronome.
I'm a pianist and keyboard player and can play as fast as the next guy. But after a while, speed is simply a means to an end - not an end in itself.
Best to you.
2006-09-21 12:34:48 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy W 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It takes years of practice, skill, talent and determination. I know you Will hear that a lot but my dad was in a garage band and he practiced all the time nonstop and no joke he could have gone pro and he would but he has stage fright so it wouldn't work but he practiced so hard and long that now he can play any song that is known to man. So it is totally true that if you practice you will be perfect.
2006-09-21 12:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by halouno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont pluck each note. the fingers on Johns left hand are doing whats called hammer ons. He plucks with his right hand the string as needed. Some musicians can hammer on whole riffs. I can't play neer that fast myself but I don't live with my guitarin my hand at all times. I have a few friends that can play Petrucci solos/songs. They play non-stop tho to be able to do that.
2006-09-21 12:36:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's only one way to change your sound, and that's with stomp boxes (pedals) but there are two ways of doing it! You can either do it yourself on stage, or, if your a famous guitarist (or just lazy - ha ha) you can hire a roadie to do all your pedal switching and wah wah stuff for you!!! As for playing a ripping solo and then going into a fast rhythm, you just have to practice!
2016-03-27 01:26:26 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi - Guitar players play super fast by learning "tapping." This is the method that Eddy Van Halen uses. Check it out.
2006-09-21 12:41:50 · answer #7 · answered by walter88ca 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Practice & giftedness.
Some people are born with amazing hand and finger coordinations, which is perfect for guitar.
So if you're naturally talented, and you practice like hell, you'll be very very good.
2006-09-21 12:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Naked 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
constant practice and playing the guitar by the heart
2006-09-21 12:38:28 · answer #9 · answered by sheikaella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First You must love doing it, then practice for several hours every day, for several years.
2006-09-21 12:48:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice, and a lot of left hand strength! I play violin... so it's basically the same thing... you're left hand has to be very strong!
2006-09-21 12:38:26 · answer #11 · answered by Hannah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋