https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:59:14 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144256 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:12:33 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion neutron2k https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144256 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144246 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:22:50 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion superman_with_a_guitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144246 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144174 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:07:46 +0000
occasionally i will go a week or two with playing little but most of the time i spend running speed scales and inventing little riffs or finding new things to learn.

Some things i practice are sweep arpeggios etc (their tough to get used to!) etc.]]> Guitar Players Discussion neutron2k https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144174 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144156 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:12:27 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Jubby https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-144156 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143626 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:22:10 +0000
Don't throw your scales and exercises under the bus yet, it will still be helpful when you are recording your own songs. You should keep these chops and the theory that goes with them, but don't painfully go through them and focus to much on them were you got bored and want to retire. Also I do I lot of improvising, so get yourself same backing tracks and jam on 8) .

Like B.B. King said "I going to play this guitar to the day I die."]]> Guitar Players Discussion djdubb https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143626 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143582 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:49:47 +0000
find an inspiration to your playing, I recently had an event such as yours, then found my inspiration!

Well, like alot of players, i go through phases... went through the metallica phase, zep phase...learning every song, er, well alot... went through the theory phase, blues..jazz...my own composing.... and now im getting into shredding. i mean i was in that zone back when i was learning every oldschool metallica song, but now im getting more and more into players like dime bag. (RIP) and I found a player called Paul Gilber, many of you probably heard the name...but I hadnt. I listened to so muhc of his stuff, and it blows me away.

So long story short, let inspiration find you, and you take it from there.


*aswell as listen to everyone else :P **]]> Guitar Players Discussion wishiwasthebest https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143582 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143509 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:46:26 +0000
some of the best and amazng tunes are simple three chord progressions. G C D hs gone a long way.

since Ive been playing slide guitar alot lately Ive noticed the beauty of following two or three notes around the fret board.
the tension/release/resolution is simple and beautiful and intrigueing.]]> Guitar Players Discussion dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143509 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143490 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:34:38 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143490 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143489 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:27:21 +0000
I guess that's where this whole problem stemmed from: I dig players like that who just play what they want, without much regard to technique or anything like that, but I'm also interested in (I don't want to call it shred necessarily) playing fast sequences and stuff, like Kirk Hammett, Zack Wylde and Randy Rhodes. I think I was really focusing too much on technique and scales and stuff before, I was thinking: "Ok, I have to know this scale with this pattern and play it at this speed or else I suck". But after watching someone play something so simple, and see how it can work so well, I realised that I should play MUSIC and not scales or technical exercises, and that I don't really suck, I'm just not the most technical player in the world, but I'll get better as I go along.

I guess what this all means is that i'm done with scales for now, I'm gonna focus more on songwriting, improvisation and applying what I know in terms of scales and theory to music]]> Guitar Players Discussion Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143489 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143439 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:52:40 +0000


my bad]]> Guitar Players Discussion dogbite https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/7-years-and-thinking-about-taking-a-break/paged/2/#post-143439